The morning call., 1894-10-21
POLITICAL INTRIGUES.

Colonel Dan Burns has lately shown
disposition to be communicative. While
he Is about 1t be ought to unbosom him.
self on matter respecting which the
people Of San Francisco feel some inter-
est-to wit, the present state of the reia-
tons between himself, M. H. de Young,
W. W. Stow and c. P. Huntington. Per-
haps it may be worth while to give him a
point as starter, just by way of showing
him that the people are not as ignorant of
what is going on as be fancies. When the
Repu 6llcan legislative ticket was slated in
this city it was done in hole and corner
way, SO that it was extremely difficult to
fnd who was going to be named. and still
more difficult to ascertain how the nomi-
nees stood on the question OF the senator
ship; but after the uomin ations were made
1t was an open secret that both the Assem-
bly, and the Senate candidates were to sup
port De Young. This arrangement was
for a time understood all round. But
presently a whisper gained circulation
that the bargain was not defuite; that
some of the nominees held themselve to
be free to dispose of their votes, if elected,
as they pleased; that the railroad influ-
ence was divided, part being in favor of
Stow was oracular and vague; that the
feathers of Durns himself were fiutterng
in the wind. II was then that De Young
concluded to go East.
For it was plain to his astute mind that
the man who held the key to the situation n
was in the East and that his name was
c. p. Huntington. He alone could lay a
stress Oh Stow and Burns to drive them
AT z NJ
order the power of the railroad to be
thrown to the same side. What people
would like to know from Mr.. Burns now
that he Is in communicative mood is,
How is the negotiation between De Young
and Huntington progressing in New York
a careful study of the recent issues of
the Chronicle leads to the belief that
pothing has yet been accomplished. Our
contemporary maintains an attitude Of
philosophc neutrality in the strife of the
day. In the few articles which it has con-
tributed to the literature of the campaign
there is little purpose or point. 1t is evil
IDENTITY waiting for something.
A knowledge of the men iustifes the
notion that a trade will eventually be
made between the eminent contracting
parties. Huntington cares so little for
the welfare of this State that he would not
mind if it was represented in the Senate
by yellow dog SO long as the dog obeyed
orders: and De Young is so bent Oh be-
coming Senator that he would pledge him.
self to Huntington or to any other man
or cause to attain his object. In this view
the prospect is that the success of the
Republican legislative ticket would mean
solid delegation from this city In favor
of the extension of the subsidy bonds, and
Senator who will add to his other claims
on public respect the betrayal of the in
terest of the State on the vital question of
sportatiOn.
The moral would seem to be that citi.
zens who try to secure pure and honest
city government by voting the Nom
Partisan municipal ticket should supnIe-
ment the work by selecting the cleanest
possible legislative ticket. There is vet
time for some common movement among
citizens to pick out from the Republican.
Democratic. Popuiist or other legislative
tickets and from the independent candi-
dates list of nominees that will at leas,
give some promise of serving the public in
preference to the railroad or De Young
If possible not man should be sent to the
Legislature who will vote for any man fol
United States Senator that is not solid
against any refunding proposition for the
railroad,