The San Francisco call., 1896-10-06
THE ASSISTANTS
OF SAM RA|NEY
Citizens Generally So Re-
gard the Little Nom
Partisan Crowd.
The Ticket Would Give the
Local Government Wholly to
the Democracy.
HIS BRoTHER.IN-LAw PHELAN.
Alleged Non.Par tisans Dipped Into
Partisan Politics on the Leg.
islative Ticket.

The Non-Partisan ticket is now thing
of three campaigns in San Francisco.
The movement started out well some
years ago, deserving of the respect of
all good citizens. Then it fell into
the hands of Dan Burns when he
had reason to war on other bosses, then it
petered out to an Endorsement" of par
tlsan candidates. and this year
it has become little, boss
ridden movement controlled by
three or four or more men with friends,
ideas and some force, and backed by fifty
complaisant citizens of good intentions,
considerable innocence, much faith and
little political wisdom.
A consensus of the impressions and
the decided opinions of the best
citizens representing all parties
is easily obtained by any observant
man interested in the welfare of the COM
munlty who converses much with people
on the streetcars. on the sidewalks and in
the haunts of business.
1t is easily discovered about town that
the Non-Partisan ticket of this campaign
is an ignoble thing, which is drawing
small respect and support to it's side.
A small handful of men representing no
constituency but their political friends
and their prejudices met in formal con-
vention for several nights and ratified the
judgments OF three or four men whose
leadership seemed to be conceded, as lead
ership is always conceded when men come
together.
Now intelligent citizens are sizing up
the work of the Nom Partisan "conven-
tion,n the convention" being a small
I'D -
the wreck of the Non-P Partisan campaign
of two years ago.
1t is being privately said by the real
n-Partisans of the City. including many
of the sincere men who went heartily into
the movement few years ago, when it
seemed to promise something good, that the
Nom Partisan convention of this year ap-
pears to have been small handful of
pretty good people who were used as tools
by unscrupulous politicians wherever the
leaders of the movement had no friends
or policies of their own to stand by.
1t is peing universally observed that the
Non-Partisan ticket, if successful, would,
in the event of the success of the new
charter, throw the entire City govern
ehinery, into the hands of the Demo-
Gratis.
While George Z. Fitch acted as chair
man of the formal meetings, it is we'll
known that the powers which controlled
the action of the convention were mainly
Frank ]. Sullivan, jeremiah Lynch and
L. r. Ellert.
The main thing to be gained was the
City government, for the Non-Partisan
convention supported the charter and
gambled on its success. 1t was Frank
]. Sullivan's first care to capture the
nomination for Mayor for his orother-in-
law James D. Phelan. If Mr.. Phelan were
the NJ NY oh rfa i,,,v
amount of patronage would be at his dis
posal.
Democratic bosses pulled the strings OF
the convention so successfully that the
Democracy captured everything worth
having in the municipal Endorsements,
which are seen to be as follows:
Mayor, James D. Phelan; Auditor, william
corder, t: y. Glynn; City and County Attor-
ney, H.. t. Creswell: Administrator, A. c.
Freese; Sheriff, R. L Whelan; County Clerk,
M. c. Haley.
1t was a clean sweep of the municipal
offices the Democratic wire-pulIers effected
in that Nom Partisan convention.
1t is the action of the Non-Partisan
Convention in nominating a com pIete
legislative ticket that has be est dispiayed
the spirit of the com mbinstion and most
disgusted the voters who look for what in
politics has the qualities of cleanness and
good sense.
Citizens who might have gained conf
depce in the "Non-P Partisan" judgment of
party candidates are unable to see why
Nom Partisan body should thrust itselfinto
National politics if it wished to be true to
its avowed purposes and principles. The
legislative campaign of this year in
California involves the election OF
other ways than this the ballots cast this
year for Assem- blymen and Senators IN
volve the wishes of the voters on the
highest National issues that are presented
to them.
This effort of the little Non-Partisan
bosses to take q hand in the vital is
sues of party politics has especially dis
gusted a majority of the voters to
whom the Non-Partisans expect to
appeal. Many members of the Non-Parti-
san Convention repudiated this action and
are not backward about denouncing it
now.
One of them is julius Kahn, who is in
tensely Disguised, but who talks very con-
seryatively for publication.
II was opposed to the convention tax
ing any hand in the legislative fight"
said Mr.. Kahn last night, land I
am opposed to it now. The election
of a United States Senator is one
OF the things involved in the legislative
issues, and as that is properly a field for
party OUTLAWS i uO HOL Lnluk bnaL q N on
Partisan convention should go out of its
municipal field to enter it.''
But the political pulls which controlled
the n-Partisan Convention were too
strong to stop with plan for the capture
OF the municipal government. Some
chances to exercise pulls in the coming
Legislature were wanted as well.
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