The San Francisco call., 1898-08-15
MAGUERE AND THE FUNDING BILL

H1LE Maguire's cunning or luck has enabled w him to be successful thus far in the n1npula- he has been sngulary unfortunate in his efforts to formulate an issue which go before the people as candidate for Governor His party leaders have withdrawn the silver plank from the campaign, and he for reasons of his has pitched into the rub bish pile his single tax programme.
 Being thus in danger o appearing before the public as candidate of two parties with no platform he made earnest effort in his speech in this city to frame some kind of structure to stand on. He se- lected the funding bill as issue struck stately attitude on the subject and proceeded to declare that he would have succeeded in defeating the iniquous measure had it been for the betrayal of the peo ples cause by the Republican Congressmen from California.
 Magure's pose he told of his fight for the inter ests of California against the octopus like that of Fastaf when he told of his fight at half swords for an hour with twelve in buckram. It required only very plain tale to put down the boastful Fa- staff and story equally simple destroys the boasting and the vaunting of Mcguire Congressman Barham told the story of the passage of the funding bill in The Call yesterday, and it Maguires intended campaign thunder to fzzle out like a broken fire cracker
 It will be remembered that Mcguire in his desper- ate effort make capital for himself out of the fund ing bill had charged that Barham largely respon- sble for its passage Barhan refuted the statement by quoting the account given in the Congressional Record of the proceedings relating to the measure As the bill came from the Senate it was objectionable to Mr Barham and other Republicans, notwithstand- ing it had received the sanction of Senator Morgan who has long held the position of leader in the fight against the railroad. Mr. Barham proposed an amendment declaring that nothing in the act should waive release any right, lien of action al- ready held by the United States. The amendment was submitted to Mcguire, who suggested the in sertion of the word right" which is found therein
 When the question of adoptngthe proposedamend- ment came up in the House 1t was then possible for Mcguire to have defeated the bill had he chosen He was present, but he made objection MT. Bar ham therefore very pertinenty says:
 "Mr Mcguire knew perfectly well that unless my amendment was consented to I would vote against the bill and there at least twenty other Republicans who would also have voted against the bill and it would have been defeated He will prob ably explain why he did not say object and kill my amendment and thus defeat the whole bill"
 This exposure of Maguire's double dealing on the funding bill deprives the demagogue of any possi- bility of making winning fight on that issue The fact that after remaining silent and permitting the bill to pass he comes home and endeavors to make glory for himself by sanderng his colleagues in Congress will add the shameessnes of his rec ord The words which from his mouth might have defeated the bill but which, for reasons of his own he refrained from speaking will be a common cry in the campaign Wherever his candidacy is but forward among men who believe in Straightforward politics and are opposed to demagogues there will arise universal cry "I object"