The morning call., 1894-11-22
FIND 1T HARD To GET OUT.
JUDGES ARE 10TH TO INTERFERE

People who talked politics yesterday
talked almost entirely of the arrests which
have resulted from the investigation in-
stituted IN Judge Wallace'S court. 1t Was
the most interesting bit of political gossip
available, and the stir it has created shows
that large number of men are watching
The proceedings with deep concern.
Men who have for years been accus-
toned 10 work around the polls at election
time and the regstratiOn places before
hand discussed the chances of Martinez,
Buckley, Butler aud Conroy, election Off
GERS of the Tenth Precinct OF the Thirty
fifth District, for whom arrest warrants
had been issued by Judge Wallace. One
young man, who has been wont to speak
lightly of ballot-box stufing. was heard to
say to his friend that he would not be sin
the fix they are in" for $4,000. The re-
mark shows that SEINE wholesome fear has
been awakened among ward heelers, even
If it does come late.
All the time Judge Wallace has been
sitting the affairs of the election the men
who should be most concerned in the H.
Vestgation have up to yesterday feigned
characteristic indifference. but now they
are beginning to fidget, though they are
still of the opinion that the whole thing
will blow over.
A good many other people are Of the
same way Of thinking as these close
observers OF human nature as il is found
in this city. The accused men will give
bail aud be released. they say, and that
will end it. Andrew j. Clunie will get
tired, and so will any other lawyer who
has taken any in terest in the proceedings.
when il becomes apparent that the people
do not really care about the issue. 1t seems
that Mr.. Clunis is, ia fact, tired now. He
said yesterday: These people who talk
about purity and raise a big row before
electon about frauds and suffers and
all that sort of thing are enough TO
make anybody tired. Before the election
you would have thought that they were
SO much lncensed at the way things were
going that they would raise funds and
have these fellows prosecuted. But now
that We have opened no the lead, shown
that fraud was committed, and even fixed
il where 1t belongs, in one precinct at
least, you don't hear any more about the
indignant citizens. They expect us to go
out and conduct that investigation, and
II we get tired and stop they will
be the first to cry that we didn't go far
enough, yet you never hear of their doing
anything. Do they think like to 60 out
there ana overcome their technieal1ties,
battle with witnesses and all that day
after day for the mere love of work? But
us the same thing every time. l don't be-
lleve these men want purity in politics.
They want t. run a bluff before election,
and then let it DROP"
So Mr.. Clunie is getting tired OF his
Iaurels and thinks that it is not pro bable
that any other lawyer will volunteer to
take his place. But in spite Of this the
election officers about town are not at all
at ease, and it would not be surprising to
hear that some of them had leVanted.
James II. Budd was still in the city yes
terday. but be has not yet recovered his
strength, and Democratic office-seekers
have been kept away from him. He has
made no announcement uf his intention in
relation to any OF the offices within his
gift and the list of applicants remains
about the same as heretofore announced.