The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-06

Boss Burns the political tool of Southern Pacific
Company of Kentucky, and Registrar A J. Evans may
be- and should be, in the County Jail before sunset
In Judge Walaces court yesterday afternoon the
beginning of the exposure of the frauds by which
tempt will be tried the city the political
uses of the railroad company made.
Two in the County Jail under heavy bonds
charges of the grosses election frauds One of these
is deputy in the Office of Registrar Evans brother
in-aw of Boss Burns.
Warrants have been issued for the suffers and ar
will be made today.
The exposure of the plan steal the city was made
IN Judge Walaces yesterday through efforts of
Attorney Joseph Nougues, who ably assisted by
drew J. Cunie
The result is startling Bosses Burns, Buckley and
RAney and Registrar Evans face San Quentin
With Judge like Wallace and District Attorney like
Barclay Henley, whose election should be under
the present disclosures of political corruption conviction
and to State prison may follow Buckley
should again fee Montreal and Burns seek safety in
Mexico before their arrests made.
is regreabe that these disclosures should come at
late day. the preceding election it is not with
the purpose of election bluff in view that the honest
of this city who have interested themselves in fer
reting out these political infamies now acting
1t is proposed that every corrupt shall be brought
to light, and that every guilty shall be punished
With honest Judge and upright attorneys the purity
elections law makes possible bring home the crimes to
the wrongdoers.
The story of the startling disclosures is related in
facts brought in Judge Wal1aces yesterday
The Baldwin Hotel has been filled with suffers for
election purposes Men the register from that
hosel who do not reside there have resided there
and could net reside there They are roomed vari-
ously, some IN closets, III parors in
and in the of patrons of the hotel who
do not share their quarters with political suffers.
All this was admitted the witness-stand by Brush
Hardenberg the chief clerk of the hotel yesterday
The admissions reluctantlv and were on1v
disclosed by the skful inquiries of the attornevs
Opposite the of every suffer who had been
given fictitious registration from the Baldwin appears in
the accounts of that hotel the letter M the initial of
the Republican nominee from the Senatorial district in
which the Baldwin Hotel is situated It was develoned
that what money paid the Baldwin for the quarters
assigned to the suffers was paid by one man
What is true of suffers the Baldwin is true of most
districts in the city.
Boss Burns, brakeman the political train of the
Southern Pacific hopes steal the election in the inter-
of the corporation which srangng trade of the
city the industries of the State The plan of the steal
is cumulative voting. By registering man under
various aliases in dozen Places and repeating this pro-
with all the suffers at his command several thou,
sand illegal votes enough determine the of the
election NAV cast. Citizens should do their duty to-
day. The only salvation of this city from p1under and
Southern Pacific domination lies with the Non Partisan
candidates.
Every business man, every citizen who has good
heart should not cast his vote for the
NonPartisan nominees, but should make it his business
to Illustrate illegal voting
The fight against the suffers has just begun. 1t