The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-20

~ UR esteemed contemporary the Third street
| ] Boodler pretends to be greatly amused over
~ our efforts to place the Senatorial candidacy
Of Mr.. M. H. de Young properly before the public.
Evidently this adrot explorer of railroad treasures
thinks that in some way Our endeavor to compel De
Young to openly submit his claims to the people is
going to help it get another advertising" contract
out of the Southern Pacific or aid in the election Of
the sandot State or municipal tickets which it is sup
porting The glee affects, therefore, has business
office projection which is far from amusing to u.s.
The esteemed Boodler is mistaken in assuming that
our opposition to De Youngs Senatorial aspirations
is based anything less exalted than desire to
force the perennial toga-chaser into the open field
If the people want De Young perfectly willing
they should have him. 1t might disagree with us, but
satisfied that if the State could survive Sena-
torial term by him would manage to pull through.
But we nsist-and this is urged in the interest Of
square poitcs-that the journalistic candidate shall
not fool the people by posing before them having
no designs upon aspirations for the Senatorship,
while at the time maintaining political bureau
and packing legislative delegations pledged to vote
for him for the Office. Is there anything amusing
about this?
We do not deprecate insincerity in others while
practicing it ourselves. In this matter we are plead
ing for an open and fair Senatorial contest. If The
Call had candidate for the Office it would not hest
tate to him. Certainly would never permit
him to crawl pom the blind side of the office and throw
a lariat over it when every back in the State was
turned. If we the happy promoter of Sena-
toria ambition and hoped to succeed with it the very
first thing we should do would be to place our man
before the people, confident that the mention of
his name would enthuse the masses and bring votes to
our standard.
This is the course we demand that De Young
should pursue-and it is the fair course. Gage,
Mcguire and the others compelled to ask the peo-
pie for votes Why should De Young be permitted
to steal the office to which he aspires?
Every Republican in California should oppose Sc
cret campaigns for the Senatorship Not only are
they fraud upon the people, but they imperil party
success and place entire campaigns in jeopardy. Sup
to prosecute his Senatorial schemes this year in
silence and had succeeded in pledging majority OF
the Republican legislative nominees in the State to
vote for him. What result would follow if, upon the
verge OF the election it should suddenly be developed
that Republican success meant the selection of De
Young for Senator? Undoubtedly the legislative
ticket would go to smash. But would not the State
and every Republican county and municipal ticket
west of the Rocky Mountains be endangered?
1t is for the purpose of avertng such calamity as
this that we have uncovered De Young's Senatorial
with sincerity We intend that the Republi-
of this State shall not be fooled into electing De
Young, come what may. If they want him after a
fair contest that is their business. We would do what
we could for the State while he was Senator