The San Francisco call., 1898-06-17
"oUT OF POLITICS"

THE political silly season is always ushered in hereabouts with announcements that the va
 rious leaders, bosses and manpulators are "out of politics. We have been treated this year to the usual evidences that from the standpoint of these worhes the voters of all political parties are more or less of an ass For instance Boss Raney positively declares that he has made his last appearance on any stage and will, in the coming campaign, take no in- terest whatever in politics. Boss Buckley has re- tired to his Lvermore estate with the solemn assev eration that he is tired of the fray and will have no ing more to do with the boys" Since he launched his extraordinary Committee of One Hundred, | Whispering Boss McNab is "out of politics Gould and Afford never were in; they were simply
 trustees" of the people.
 On the Republican side Colonel Dan Burns is out for good According to his announcement four horse-dray team could not drag him back into the filthy pool and i'll the coming gubernatoria cam paign he will take only the interest of American citizen. Ever since Mrs. Mahoney recovered judg- ment against Martin Kelly that apostle of pure pol tcs, free ballot and fair count has been "out" and 1t is said nothing short of reversal of the decree of Justice of the Peace Cook by the Superior Court will revive his spirits sufficiently to induce him again get "in." Even M M Estee the time honored candidate of the Republicans for Governor, has tired, notwithstanding thousands of his fellow citi zens are camoring to have him again enter the for the highest office within the gift of the people,
 Yet all these fellows working like beavers, not only in politics. but everywhere else where pull may be exercised or delegate to something may be captured They every burning midnight oil over the charter and asking lawyers for opin- ions to the legal effect of this that provision.
 The Southern Pacific is also "out of politics. with the reservation that it will get 'n' the moment its interests are threatened which means that 1t could not be driven "out" by battalion of infantry. One hears of all these bosses every Estees gubernatorial boom IS immensely in evidence, as 1t always is. The overpowering question thus pro- pounds itself that if retirement from politics consists in spending all ones time at putting up jobs for rying conventions and trading nominations, what would happen if the bosses were actually "in" poli- tics?
 We trust the people will not be fooled by any such representations. The announcements to which we have referred intended for the gudgeons No man who has engaged in the excitement of ma nipuating the offices thoroughly recovers MT. Blaine declared that he had been discharged cured from politics At the very next election he dictated the Republican nomination Tor President and afterward became the candidates Secretary of State A politician "out of politics" very much resembles good Indan--dead Gladstone blind speeches. and stripped of his powers of digestion in retirement still continued to influence his party in Parliament Bismarck is "out of politics. and yet every now and then he opens his mouth and all Germany quakes MT Huntington "out of politics is "in' with both hands and feet
 The people should not be mised Everybody is in politics, the ex-bosses up to their ears. After election few of them are compelled to get "out" temporarily but they 'in' again at the very first opportunity. Getting ''out of politics. is merely huge joke