The San Francisco call., 1897-11-01
THE POLITICS OF AN ABSENTEE.

nASSlNG strange and badly mixed the politics OF the
absentee editor who, in order to avoid the courts in San
Francisco, is nflctng his presence on New York.
With yellow Journal each side of the continent he plays
both ends against the mddshouts for reform in one quar-
ter and stands in with the gang in the other.
1t extraordinary Janus face the absentee presents
just those who in position to see him from both
the New York and the San Francisco pono view. In New
York he den5unces the sngaxers and opposes the election
OF Henry George the Mayora In San Francisco he pro-
esseS friendship for the school of economics and adVo
Gates the election of Mcguire to the Governorshp In New
York he uphohs the Tammany machine and runs With tho
bosses and the boys who working for Van Wyck while
San Francisoo he dnounees the machine and camors for
reform movement in the Democratic camp to overthrow
Rainey.
What is the politics of man who for the machine and
against the mahne Who auds Boss Croker and SCOTS at
Boss Rainey? What the economic principles of man
who is against sngtaxer for Mayor and for singe-taxe
for Governor? Who fought against George while he was
alive and fights for Mcguire, who lives the George plat
form1
Hypocrisy has played many remarkable antics in the
world, but before has played them brazenly as in
this Why exat the Democratic machine in New York
and denounce it in San Francisco? Is the New York machine
vrtuous than that which operates heref Is it not
welFestabished fact known of all men, that the Tammany
machine is the most corrupt and most coupng force in
American pocs2 Did Henry George declare from the
Croker should be in the pentenay and elected Mayor he
would try send him there Why then does the absentee
support Croker in New York. While nglng the cap of
bells a reformer in California?
The game played San Francisco BY the absentee is we'll
understood by the people of San Francisco The local Demo
cratic machine denounced by the yellow journal here be-
for the does grind the gist the absentee
DESIRES Boss Raney being unsuscepbe to other arguments
the lash is cracked loudly he is susceptible to that
lhe absentee objects to nonpasan charter in San Fran
cisco much he objects to courts in San FrancSco and
the Democratic machine not being subServent to his WILL his
command has gone forth 10 crush the machine.
Things evidently different in New York. In that city
the organ of the who plays the reormer in San Francisco
grinds machine tune without variation Tammany Hail.
whose corruption has led the revolt in this campaign of
thousands of Democrats, who like Henry George honest
their convictions has the endaon of the yellow
journal there Every niquy of the machine is upheld, and
every boss and tool of its evil work is supported.
Yellow journalism has brazeny fouted public opinion
all questions of decency and morality often that many
people persuaded had the courage of its dpavy and
least free from Hypocrisy This belief unfounded
Brazen in morals is hypociea politics. The absentee
the mask of party loyalty in New York and of reform
in San Francisco with equal cunning The politics of the
absentee discernbe in his double DEALING but who in the
midst OF this mixture of policies discern his principles?