The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-05
Burns Follows the Advice OF John Gaffey and
French Restaurants Profit Thereby.
Duck Dinners Dealt Out With Lavish Hand While Liquid Refreshments
Flow in Agumentve Quantity the Tou for the Mexican Fill
the BucOli Lawmakers With the Glores Of Their Boss
Money Seems to Be Plenty Among Candidates

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. At has remained for
John T Gaffey to put Colonel Burns in
the way of making an up-to-date Sen
atorial canvass. Gaffey says: When
making a Senatorial fight ply your
guests with liquor" Burns latest in
structions TO his lieutenants are:
When making my fight for Senator
take your guests to the French restau-
rants and give them a dinner a la
carte"
Vacillating legislators are the guests
Of honor at many a festive board and
Colonel Burns and Uncle Coils pay the
bills. 1t is comparatively inexpensive,
It is new and it has what novelty there
is in attempting TO reach a man through
his stomach instead Of through his
pocket. The pocket treatment Will come
later. The little dinner parties are
made up in the proportion of one timid
legislator to three. political touts. It
IS a good thing for the touts and u
saving in expenses to the legislator. A
tout turned entertainer is man to be
sought after. The money in his pocket
is not his own and his anxiety to show
a proper unfamiliarity with the menus
of Barbary Coast coffee joints makes
him order everything on the bill of fare,
being certain tha by doing so he will
not omit any particular portion of food
that SC fa 70 +ah a+i %
of his guest.
The heavy frost that struck the Burns
boom Immediately after the colonel
took the general public into his conf
dence concerning his Senatorial inten-
tions is still in evidence. Duck dinners
dealt out with lavish hand to legisla-
tors Of all degrees have had no effect
in raising the temperature around the
Burns headquarters in the Golden
Eagle Hotel The restaurant keepers
are experiencing a boom, but Senatorial
votes are becoming scarcer every day.
The arrival Of Moses Gunst on the
scene cheered the Burns crowd for a
moment and no other shock is expected
until the announcement is made that
Nose has went"
Just when this interesting event is
expected TO occur is not known even to
Governor Gage, and if he knew he
would not tell.
II II Is true, as Governor Gage said
to-day, that "self-interest is often NOR
ally blind" then it may be that Mr..
Gunst's championship Of the Senatorial
candidacy of his gambling partner,
Burns, is a sort OF moral blindness due
TO his desire 70 retain the office CT PO-
lice Commissioner in San Francisco
Gage was inaugurated in time to-day
TO fulfill his promise TO Burns to keep
Gunst in office, 50 it is to be expected
that Gunst Will continue in Sacramento
the work he began in San Francisco.
when ne sought TO use the patrona ge
OF his office Of Police Commissioner to
promote the Senatorial candidacy Of
Colonel Burns. Gunst's presence at
some Of the Senatorial dinner functions
is looked forward to as being among
the star events Of the near future.
. Major Mclaughlin, chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee, is
using his influence in the interest Of
Burns candidacy and in doing so is
providing food for pertinent gossip
among those members of the Legisla-
ture who hail from districts outside of
San Francisco. Not being familiar with
metropolitan methods of doing" poll
tics these Legislators are recalling the
speech made by Major Mclaughlin at
the initial session Of the State Central
Committee just before the opening of
the recent campaign. On that occasion
the major made himself popular by de-
claring against the political manipuIa-
tions OF the Southern Pacific Company
anu asserting that he would fight the
corporation TO the bitter end Because
or these declarations, which were ap-
plauded by the entire Republican press
Of the State, Major Mclaughlin be-
came involved in a heated controversy
with Boss Jim Rea Of San Jose. These
things are still fresh in the minds Of
country members and they are wonder
ing why Mclaughlin and Rea have
Joined hands in supporting Dan Burns
for Senator in face Of the fact that w
T. Herrin has declared Burns to be The