The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-12-04

William F. Herrin has been whipped
| back to his kennel.
| The afternoon papers that on Friday
| bulged with interviews from the type
| writer of the head of the Southern Pa
| cific Company's political bureau. in
| which Mr.. Herrin abundantly proved
| that his employers were in the business
| Of selecting a candidate for the United
States Senate, and that the man of
| their choice is Colonel Dan Burns.
were silent yesterday. Papa Hunting
| ton has boxed little Willie's ears and
| warned him that a repetition of the Of
fense of letting the public into the Sc
cret inclosure where the railroads DO
| litical wheels go round would cost him
| his Job. So it is that Willie is silent
and his typewriter will be heard no
more forever.
| But Colonel Dan Burns is still the
railroads candidate for United States
Senator. He is apparently oblivious Of
| the fact that the announcement of his
| candidacy by Mr.. Herrin has caused a
wave of indignation to sweep over the
| State, and that everywhere the people
are discussing his record as County
! Clerk of Yolo County and the manner
in which he discharged his duties as
| Secretary of State. to say nothing OF
his personality, his associates and his
whole ma1odorous career In the politics
| of the State.
| Colonel Burns may possibly derive
| comfort from the fact that the Exam
iner, in a bungling effort to turn DO
| litical trick and score a point for the
Democratic party by seeking to secure
the election of discredited Republi-
can to a high Office. is busily engaged
in promoting his candidacy. When al
most the entire Republican press OF the
State is engaged in telling the people
the kind Of man the Southern Pacific
Company is seeking to send to the Sen
ate the Examiner, which has for SO
long posed as the friend Of the people
and the enemy Of the corporation. is
saving nice things Of Colonel Burns and
seeking to convey the impression that
it believes it would be the proper thing
to send him to Congress.
It is not likely that the Examiner
attitude is taken seriously by any one
except, perhaps, Colonel Burns himself.
It may be that in his endeavor to for
| RCC Tie past DIS COllSC4 dS AAio OWAA PNOAAS
record, the colonel has also forgotten
what the Examiner has said OF him In
days gone by. If SO, he will be given an
opportunity to refresh his memory In
doing this triple purpose Will be
served: The Examiners duplicity Will
be made apparent, the colonel Will be
undeceived and the public will be
afforded an opportunity to view very
small portion of Burns record at close
range.
The following extract is from the Ex-
aminer of few days ago:
The Democrats never have said such
things about Colonel Burns as the Re
publicans are now % saylng apGuI paye fmelr bear
| rather willing to admit that Burns put uI
q very hard fight, is splendid political
Leader pths soT1 6I bave 'i
instant found that he is the concentration
Of all the iniquities He has suddenly be-
come far more dangerous man than the
dreadful Mr.. Grant was few days ago.
What follows is taken from the Ex-
aminer of October Z, 1890. A careful
perusal of 1t is invited, as it not only
gives the Examiners real opinion OF
Colonel Burns, but it also contains a
relation of some facts that are import
ant at this time, as they have direct
bearing on the fitness Of the man who
is the Southern Pacific Company s
avowed candidate for Senator. The arti-
Gle follows:
On March 10, 1885, when on trial before
Judge Van Fleet and jury (on charge
of embezzling the funds of the state
while holding the ONCE lee OF beN Secretary %
by a friend that rumors were ahoat 70
the effect that there was something
wrong about his ballot paper account, ne
4 acted thus:
went to the office to learn whether it was
true or not / discovered that 1t was.
called in Mr. Reynolds BURNS chief deputy
ton. ton He admitted that he had taken the
money. but not for himself; that ne . nad nsso s
the money for a friend. w. A. stuart VINO
was in trouble in San Francisco.
The amount embezzled was about $4,000
Burns went on to testify that Reynolds
promised to sell an interest which he held
| in street-sweeping macnlne ana return
the stolen money. Burns testiinony
Mr.. REYNOLDS then suggested the course that
I adopted and followed, and that was to file
| a statement with the Controller alleging that
naid into the treasury the amount had been
expended In cash sales or purchases of ballot
fprapm, cash sales In order to avoid any public
scandal / filed the report that l have seen In
court here The report was neo nai,ot anoat n aeo- @
that are represented in that report having
been purchased out Of cash sales had not been
purchased
It was not until July that Mr.. Burns
awakened to the inexpediency of keeping
Reynolds in charge OF the books and re-
ceipts of the office. He was informed that
his deputy had made lot of money and
demanded that he make. good his steal
ings Reynolds denied having accumu-
lated any money, and his resignation was
demanded.
It was in the latter part of September
that Burns discovered Reynolds crooked
ness in other directions than ballot paper
and he began an investigation of the fee
| book and cash book. But the investiga-
ton did not proceed with much vigor
Burns testimony:
/ was absent most Of the month of October
In San Francisco. It just preceding the
State election and I was a member of the
Executive State Central Committee.
The eya,,otn n ZION of fhe hooks uront ~,