The herald., 1895-10-10
A FOE TO BOSSISM

The death, as announced yesterday, of
Colonel Stuart M. Taylor RENE owes a gen.
tleman who, ten or fiftee n years since,
was one of the most forceful figures in
California politics. Although seldom in
fuential IN the councils of his party, be-
cause of his antagonism to the element
which in his day of political activity
usually controlled the machinery of the
Democratic party in San Francisco, he
was the recipient of that respect and
Difference that unqualified independence
and sterling ability, welded with ad-
mitted integrity, always gains for man.
He was honored with the cordial hatred
of the "blind white devil" CHRISTOPHER
Buckley. one time proprietor of the San
Francisco Democracy. This alone should
entitle him to a warm place IN the heart
of all honest Democrats. The hostility
OF the 'boss'' was earned by Colonel
Taylor having the temerity to aspire to
the Democratic nomination for congress
from the Golden Gate district without
first going through the customary for
mality of arranging the little affair with
the Bush street dispenser of polltical
nominations. When informed by Buck
ley that he was the exclusive agent for
all congressional nominations in that
particular district and that tho one
sought cnnld only be obtained for a good
substantial consideration, Colonel Taylor
replied that the boss and the nomination
could 60 to the place that is supposed to
be almost as warm as Yuma. II seat n
the national house could only be had by
h,,ui Il
change, he would stay out and devote
his energies to crushing out the class Of
men who, like Buckley, dsgraced Amer
lean politics by making nom nations and
elections to high Office the subjects of
bargain and sale. For his blunt and Wig
orous denunciation at that time of Buc k
leylsm and all tina: it implied, Colonel
Taylor was never forgiven by Chris and
his lambs. No opportunity to down the
man who had the nerve and the character
to rise above the level of pusilanimity to
which the San Francisco Democracy mad
fallen and denounce the corrupsionist
and his creatures, was neglected.
The last assault on the dauntless
colonel was made when President Cleve.
land, after his first Inauguration. began the
appointment OF new set OF federal
officials for this coast.
With superlative impudence, born of
reign long undisputed. the man who
has done more harm to the party he pro-
fessed than all Its avowed enemies COM
bined, assumed the dut" of acquainting
President Cleveland with what ne alleged
to be the wishes of the organized De-
mocracy of San Francisco county regard
ing federal appointments. Accom- panied
by retinue of servitors composed
chiefly Of INSCRIPTIONS ward strikers,
he hied himself to Washington as the
spokesman of a great party organizat. on
OF one OF the most important Glitter of
the union. The Impudenoe OF Buckley
and his retainers appearing at the White
House with slate before an executive
endowed with the marvellous capacity
for Sizing up his man" that disting-
uishes Mr.. Cleveland, was apparent to
everybody with anything like fair con-
ception OF the presdent and his views
regarding the character of the men who
should occupy public station.
When Mr.. Buckley had filed his slate
With tAs lying ssrti6ests that Il e.