The San Francisco call., 1898-12-07
Members Of the Legislature Resent the Insulting Tyranny Of Mal=
 OdOrOuS Herrin.
PHANTOM SACK STUFFED WITH GOLD BRICKS
RumOrS of Resumption of the Inholy Alliance Be- tween the Examiner and the Southern Pacific. Frantic Efforts to Boost the Mexi=
 can EXBOSS

Now that William F. Herrin has been whipped into silence by his more discreet superiors. the Senatorial candi- dacy of Colonel Dan Burns is being promoted in the old familiar way by the railroad company and the off color politicians who live by it's favor. Threats and promises are being freely made, and when these fail recourse is had to the sack" the ever potent fac tor in the important business that has been placed in the inartistic hands of untruthful Herrin
 The disclosures that have been made within the past week concerning the manner in which the Southern Pacific Company is seeking to steal from the people of the State the Sen atorial toga and place 1t on the shoulders of malodorous Colonel Burns have brought such a storm of protest from all parts of the State that the railroad manipulators have been forced to come out into the open and seek to win votes by means peculiarly their own. Where it is necessary to offer bribes, bribes have been offered; where threats of political death and business ruin are of avail, they have not been withheld where promises of prefer ment are potent to cause legislators to betray their constituents, such prom ises have been made. Force is the weapon now being brandished over the heads of legislators, and if force pre- vails Dan Burns will represent the State of California in the United States Senate.
 As an illustration of what is being done in behalAof Burns candidacy the threat concerning the organization of the State Senate may be cited. It has been given out by Burns friends that his supporters will organize the Senate and that all members who refuse to de- clare in favor of Burns candidacy for United States Senator will be left out in the cold, That is to say, they will not be permitted to name any of the at taches, nor will they be given chair manShips of any of the numerous con- mittees. Also that all bills which they Seek to have passed by the Legislature will be smothered.
 This threat has not had the desired effect, as many of the Senators who are bitterly opposed to Burns candidacy declare that if such a programme is carried out they will join with the mi nority if necessary and fight the Burns combination to the bitter end. Among those who are of this way of thinking are many who are personally friendly to Burns, but who feel that his desire to become United States Senator is detrimental to the best interests of the Republican party and contrary to the wishes of a great majority of people of the State. They resent the attempt fC hns lr -1,s line and will exert every effort to de- feat the end so much desired by the railroad.
 Billy Hamilton, who is one of the most active workers in behalf of Burns after-dark candidacy, on Monday ap- preached member of the Senate from the interior with the remark: "I sup pose you fellows are going to stand in all right for Burns for Senator?" The member replied that he did not think 1t necessary to express himself in the matter, as Colonel Burns had not yet declared his candidacy, and in an even ing paper he is quoted as saying that he did not want the office.
 "Oh, that's all right" replied Hamil- ton, suppose he does declare himself: how will it be then?"
 My advice is" returned the Senator. that if he depends upon the support or my district for his election he had better not declare himself"
 It so happens that this same Senator is personally friendly to Burns This IS how he views the present situation:
 Il would assist Burns in any legitf- mate way, because I have always been his friend. But there is such a thing as asking too much of man. I want to go back to my district after the close of the session, and if I voted to make Burns United States Senator I could not do so. The people do not want him ana will not have him, and I am not going to ruin myself and betray the people who elected me by voting for him.
 It may be that there are members of the Legislature who are not as con scientious as the gentleman just quoted and for these Burns and the tricky Herrin have another argument Even the railroad manipulators con cede that the use of money will be necessary to overcome the scruples of many of the legislators, and plans were made for the provision of this money from the funds of the railroad com pany.
 Having in mind past judicial inauiries as to the manner in which the funds of the corporation were expended for po- litical purposes, thrifty Herrin and his co-laborers arranged that the bribe money necessary should be taken from the treasury of the corporation and charged to the bridges and buildings" account.
 When news of this arrangement reached New York there came a pro- test from an official who represents an interest in the Southern Pacific Company not always in harmony with that of the main interest controlled by Huntington. The official in question is no less person than T. H. Hubbard. first vice president of the company His protest took the form of a tele- gram to the conspirators in San Fran cisco in which he conveyed an impera- tive order that the bridges and buildings" account should not be held accountable for funds expended for political purposes, and also that no funds should be so used. as contem- plated. whether charged to bridges and buildings" or any other account.
 The existence of this telegram may possibly account for Colone1 Burns de- lay in announcing his candidacy With the Hubbard telegram are some others not exactly complimentary to the un- truthful Herrin. As a consequence the