The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20
THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY.

] +, scenes
voting to every citizen who respects his State
and loves his country. The feeling OF disgust,
however is limited to the legislators who co-operated
with the railroad in its efforts helped by the Exam
liner to elect Dan Burns and to destroy the prestige
of the Republican party in this State as to insure
Democratic success in 1000 These exhibited the
audacty and the reckessness of detected CRIMINALS OF
the violent type One of the Senators, III the eXtren
ity Of his passion because the majority OF his Kepuo-
lican associates respected themselves and their party
literally screamed that his candidate was the Ke-
publican of Republicans" and compared his defeat
to the assassination OF Caesar The intellectual differ
ence between Burns and Caesar IS about as VIDE as
the chasm of ages between the two incidents WHICH
were thus ridiculously compared but there was one
nont Of analogy. namely that Brutus killed Caesar
for nicting the last destructive blow on republican
Rome Another Senator, who had not received the
dispracefu notoriety to which he considered himself
entitled bawled out, II for the Southern Paclhc,
and | don't care who knows it.
In the exuberance of their disappointment num-
Der of the supporters OF Burns almost tumbed over
each other and rohed at the mouth as they dictated
their own political epitaphs. Senator DAVIS, how
ever whose poise and whose courage IN standing up
for political integrity superb, on behalf OF nm
self and his fellows, who defeated Dan Burns, the
railroad and the Examiner expressed the actual con-
clusion of the whole matter in these telling words;
eve will go home to our people with the clear con-
science OF men who have done Our duty We Will go
hack and tell them that the candidacy of Daniel M.
Burns was not acceptable to the honest men OF the
Republican party and if you think, gentlemen that
we have hurt the grand old organization by rejecting
such as he then tell you you mistaken, and we
have saved the party from disgrace"
The Examiner OF yesterday conspcuously displayed
its intimate relations with the discounted consPlra-
tors 1t published an exclusive communication from
Dan Burns, in which that extnguished politician IN
effect assigned his rejection as the reason for the
failure to elect Federal Senator. In capitalized
editorial consisting mainly OF congenial epithets,
that trucuent journal speaks of the disgrace OF the
Legislature cas- the opportunity of the Democracy.
But fortunately for the Republican party, while thirty
members committed political suicide the Legislature
was not disgraced and the opportunity coveted by
the railroad and the Examiner has lapsed The Call
has little natural pride in having taken conspicuous
part in redeeming the pledges and in vndicating the
integrity of the Republican party and in unfolding
the honor of the State The railroad was beaten and
its alsehood rebuked. The Examiner was beaten and
branded as traitor to every sound principle it has
avowed Dan Burns killed and his political
corpse prepared for nerment 1t is true that the life
OF the Legislature was prolonged until after the
church organs began their solemn appeals the
first day of the week. and that until the gavels fell the
mirror OF hope was still dinmed by the breath OF
corruption But the obseques of the joint convention
were final and when, after their completion, the mid
night bells of Saturday toled they inaugurated new
day, in which the citizens of this great State were
enabled to welcome the rising with the enthusi-
asm of the Aztees When, as the adjournment was
announced the last vestige of uncleanness vanished
from the legislative halls the gathered congregations
of California may we'll have thanked God for relief
and the Lenten season has been enlivened by senti
ment Of exultation