The morning call., 1894-11-08

triumph OF honesty and pure politics, but
our course has been mapped out, ana we
intend following 1t out unlli eacu anu
every offender has been EXPOSED ana
punished. The task is not an easy one by
| any means, owing to the power and 10
| fuence of the political machine being
operated bv Burns, Mahoney and Evans,
| but with an honest court and firm re-
solve we are sure of success in the long
! run.
81 am informed that several lodging
| house keepers in the Forty-thrd District
| have determined to show up the suffers
who were lodged with them, and If they
| do the election of several of Burns min
! ions will most assuredly be invalidated
| under the provisions of the purity law"
Attorney Joseph Nougues, senior cOun-
| sci in the proceedings now pending before
| Judge Wallace, is probably the m ost en-
| thusiasiic and earnest worker in the ranks
| of those who are endeavoring to purify
| the ballot. In an interview he stated that
he was determined to push the matter to
| the limit and bring before the bar of JUS
| tice all who were in the remotest way con-
nected with the disgraceful tactics OF
Burns and his hired mnions.
eve stated before the election" said
he, that the court proceedings would be
continued after the election and we intend
to keep our word. Nothing can sweEve us
from our duty. Threats. prayers, en-
treaties. all are useless and those who are
guilty must pay the penalty of the law.
For its SIZE the city of San Francisco has
heretofore been one of the most corrupt in
no ON,
investigation will soon be regarded as that
of the IeXOw committee inquiry in New
York. The defeat of Hill and the over
throw of Tammany rule in the Empire
State is simply due to the uprising of the
people against boss rule and corrupt poll
tics. aud unless | am greatly mistaken the
Judge Wallace investigation will result in
similar good work.
1--WE are not devoting our energies to the
discovery of suffers alone. but we are to
strike the bosses and those personally in
power who have paid money and sacrificed
whatever principle they may have had to
accomplish their purpose. They may have
succeeded so far as votes are concern ed,
but happily the purity law will prevent
them from occupying their offices If strong
evidence counts for aught.
Registrar Evans has already laid him
self open 10 suspicion in leaving deputy
to look up suffers and who, as matter of
fact devoted his energies to the task of
filling the house with Mahoney suffers.
The deputy is in jail, to be sure, but in our
present investigation we aim higher and
seek TO prove that Burns, Mahoney and
the Southern Pacific are the real culprits
aud should be brought before the bar of
justice.
"In conclusion let me state that so far as
Mr.. Clunie and myself are concerned, we
are determined ID leave no stone unturned
to bring the guilty ones to Justice"
Andrew ]. Clunie, who is in a great
measure instrumental in falling Cobn and
Sternberger. was present during the inter-
view with his associate, Nougues, and
voiced his every sentiment. He said that
the city of San Francisco had been boss
ridden for years, but it was not until lately
that the citizens had awakened to a reali-
cation of the true state OF affairs.
THE rascals who have been elected, so
far as the records show, "said he" will find
sume difficulty in obtaining certificates be-
fore we finish with them. The purity law
is emphatic in its provisions and we do
not anticipate any difficulty in convincing
the courts of the ineligiblity of certain
candidates to hold the offices to which
they appear to have been elected"
Barclay Henley, while not personally
engaged in the investigation before Judge
Wallace, is nevertheless watching every
move carefully. He was one of the first to
fully realize the extent of degradation into
which local political affairs had fallen, and
ia the Wallace Grand Jury matter be was
particularly active in exposing fraud.
"The present inquiry" said he. II do
not regard as partisan matter. The en-
tire commonwealth is interested, and the
sooner. we bring the frauds before the
powerful calcium Of the public the better
it will be for Non-Partisans, Republicans
and Democrats alike. The voice and will
of the people count for naught when fair
count cannot be had and when the Great
Register is filled with the names of worth.
less loafers and persons long since dead.
We must rise in our might as did the peo-
pie of New York and set an example TO
the unprinciped hirelings who persist in
dragging our institutions into the mire of
corruption"
1t is probable that during to-day's pro-
ceedings before Judge Wallace the in
vesiigation into the Baldwin Hotel scan
dial will be resumed and the name of the
party who agreed to pay the bills of the
seventeen or more BARRIERS. plumbers and
carpenters who saw fit to register from
there be revealed.