The San Francisco call., 1898-11-01

r falsehood :to.- conceal his infamy from l: the people before. whom he has posed ]; as a man apart, a: model; of official pur- Edty and the. =personifcation' of all the |, virtues. Such: a man as this would not l: only lie for a deliberate purpose, but he would lie: because he loves to:lie.~ ':". E'% Thou gh t he .treaeherous nature of the E plot: Is. apparent to. all,:it is neverthe- Hess a fact that MT" Phelan and: his fol. lonersa are attempting: to sell. the liar. k ney=Ieainey Deniocratss a gold brick, I The: patronage they offer Is the: patron Fage> of.eandi didates and. cannot%be prom E.ised in 3adXa nce. without: violation, of tile purity, of: .eIectio ions. law. .:zPhelan has broken. his -sacred pledge: to; the peo- Eple of San ;Francfsco and this: fact is
 sufficient reason for:'tfle belief that he r intends. to: break k. his. .pledg to the Har-
 ney- Rainey followers: As: to the prom. E ise: to, disbaI1d the. aggregation of job. :ehasers known as. the Committee of
 One Hundred; the proposition is worth about. as. much as: a. rubber oyershoe on a, summer day. The next Legislature will enact: a. primary. law, and: that of
 course will be the: death blow to the Committee of One Hundred. ;::s:: <: :. :.: #
 In view of this the. good Democrats,
 of. tic. city: are asking themselves if
 there is not sonic" secret: agreements
 that has not been allowed to- come to
 the sur rfae ees and which is: the essence of
 the :serlf-pu blic offer to trade one-third
 of the. city patronage and the commit
 tee: of; one hundred..for .the@support of:
 Major: Harney* and: Sam Rainey. ...... <. : Mayor Phefan's utterahces on the /:
 sell-out are not: without interest as
 they .illI1strat te. how. far a man: viii:
 stretch: the: truth when~it :is+to. his@self- ish interest to do so. When approaehed on the subject yesterday .he said: ..: ..:... = ..The. Exaqrliner.a Goyerror :Budd are: I believe, attempting to, harmonize the. Demo oeratte. party, but what. meas :ures they are taKing3I do not. know: T.
 have: *:attended no Ineetfn gs: with: repre-. .sentattyes, of the. :. *ooffInittee: of. 45e { 1Harney=. committed nor. de, know. that any have: been held. ::: .:- :. # : F Y !'',Te these men. we have said, though: as said to: them: in a speech: I made: recent y at Teutonia Hall. Cut loose
 from sam. .Rafney; leave .; these. false
 gods. come back and help =us win the battle and you will not be%proscribed : If there is: s:any patronage to divide they :nust:take: their chance with: the: rest Of the Democrats who work and trust to
 our good faith for: their share; But
 they must cut loose from San Rainey.!'.:: <: ' '".HoW about cutting loose from: Har-.. . >ney:?" was asked .r* ,..=~ :. :; As T said, they must*cut loose from. Rainey, and if they come back and help ] us in this. fight they. will: not be pros j 'scribed,c but. will be treated as any: other I Democrats will be who work for the: in terests of the party*''** ~ % j : : :; '4I Has Governor Budd: :or. the Examiner. made any definite. offer of patronage to. the representa of the: conmtttee:of
 45O?'' .. :: ,,. ,.1
 :. '''I do not know what they have, done looking to party harmony, but I hardly see how they could have made an offer
 of any definite: patronage: to any one"
 Have you constituted W. R. Hearst your agent to deal with the disaffected
 party?"
 .''Will you countenance and abide by