The San Francisco call., 1899-01-09
By His Tactics He Shows TO the
World the Weakness of
His Cause.
From Daylight Until Far Into the Night His Adhe-
rents Are Abroad Spending His Money and
Shouting That the Fight Is Over.

| 9, Bulla Il and Knight 4, a total Of IT,
which leaves Republican votes on Joint
ballot Cna' signed to any Of the Sena-
torial cand dates.
Though the Burns people are scofang
at Grant'c pretensions 70 vote Cf 30,
the son of his father is confident that he
IS high man in the fight, and in this happy
idea he is rivaled by Bulla. who is mouth
ing no claims, but quietly receiving his
friends and directing his lieutenants
from his quarters at the Eagle.
To-day his prospects have been made
part of burlesQue conducted by the Burns
gang. They have claimed in the most
confidential manner that Bulla has been
the easiest proposition they had to go up
against, and that he will last only until
the Burns forces are called out after the
second ballot. The same boasts have been
made in Grants case, and general at
tempt has been made to create the i'm
preston that there IS no name of mighty
Daniel worth considering. The gang has
been out in all its unlovely strength, and
them was to their liking. 1t was cam
paign of the barrooms, and every grog-
gerry in town, whether 1t made pretenslons
TO responsibility or not, has had Its
quota of manipulators, well heeed with
good Burns cash to spend on every vote
or influence that has wandered in for
drink. They have been rounded up in the
streets and dragged from private quar-
ters to partake of the Burns cheer and
become infused with the Burns enthuSi-
asm. 1t was the same old crowd; the
loiners and worse, and they were in their
element.
The one decent element infused into the
fight was Morris NJ. Estee and his unfor-
tunate connection is so well known that
its influence is nullitied. Politics make
strange bedfellows and Estee's personal
and political obligations to Mr.. Burns are
his sufficient excuse.
Followers of Grant maintain that thir-
ty-SiX votes will be cast for the San Diego
statesman on the first ballot next Tues
advantage Will press
ed for another ballot with the expectation
that accessions will be registered as the
balloting goes on. Well-poSted politicians,
who are not in the confidence of Grant
Green and Brown, but who are familiar
with many members of the Legislature,
assert positively that Grant cannot tally
thirty-six votes on the first ballot. They
contend that he cannot line up more than
twenty. The paper containing thirty-StX
names for Grant does not show thirty
six signatures. AT least two men whose
names are on the paper have declared to
close friends that they do not intend to
vote for Grant.
Milton S Green, Grants manager, said
that in his opinion there could be no
question of the legality of either house
taking as many ballots separately for
Senator as desired, and cited as prece-
dent the election of four years ago, when
George c. Perkins was elected.
I'm the Senate" said Mr.. Green. three
Perkins receiving a majority on the third
ballot With that precedent do not
hesitate to say that either house can le-
gally take as many ballots next Tuesday
as may be desired
w. 3. Cluff arrived in town this even
ing. He says that he does not come to
take an active part in the contest for
United States Senator, but that his sym
pathies are with Colonel Burns.
The belief has been entertained in many
quarters that Dan Burns would spring
Estee as a candidate when he perceived
the hopelessness of his own struggle for
the place. Estee asserts that he is not
a candidate He goes further and says
that If he were a candidate there would
be no chance of his success. Estee. enter
tanning this view of the Senatorial situa-
tion, proposes to make his sojourn in the
State capital quite brief.