The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-05
Descended to the Use Of
False Signatures.
Adam Andrew, Henry Croker
and Nose GunSt Were
TOuterS.
Some Of the Names We're Signed "fOr
Business Reasons and Others
10 "Oblige Friend"
"HEsE are desperate times in the
camp of one Dan Burns, who is


wildly endeavoring to force the
legislators of this State to win
dictate" him by making him
United States Senator because the hon
est press of the commonwealth has had
the temerity to publish his criminal
record.
During the past two weeks the touts Of
the Mexican outcast have declared that
whenever the occasion made it neces-
sary the required pressure would be
applied and that the needed votes
would be forthcoming. These allega-
tons were supposed by many to be
backed up by the power to deliver
the goods. and everybody interested in
the contest was curious to know what
particular pull Mr.. Burns had up his
sleeve.
The reserve force" has been discov-
cred. and its revelation shows the
straits to which the Southern Pacific
Company has been put to promote the
cause of its disreputable candidate.
The work is so coarse that it plainly
discloses the raw handiwork of Man
Friday Herrin. Mr.. Burns is credited
with possessing more political sense
than to adopt such boomerang methods,
but he is in the hands of the railroad
corporation and must sink or swim
with them in the fight they are max
ing to put him i the position where he
is not wanted by the people of Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Herrin ran away with the idea
that by circulating a petition among
business houses of San Francisco that
patronize the company and are at it's
mercy. it would be possible, through
broadside of signatures that would
force the Legislature to appoint a
Southern Pacific Senator The scheme
was fiat failure, for out of a popula-
ton of about 100000 the tools of the
corporation succeeded in inducing sixty
four men in the community to put their
names to q document setting forth that
the State would not be disgraced by
electing Dan Burns Senator. The rea-
sons given by these siXty-four lone
some individuals for placing them
selves in such an unenviable light will
be read with deep interest by the peo-
pie of California.
This unique document was forced up
on these members of the community,
principally by Adam Andrew, president
of the Shasta Mineral Water Company,
which is a pet enterprise of the South
ern Pacific, founded by the late Colonel
Fred CTOcker, and in which Burns is
said to be a large stakeholder Added
to this branch of the railroad push was
Mr. Burns partner in the promotion Of
gamb bling schemes, known to fame as
Nose Gunst, Police Commissioner, APP
pointee of Ex-Governor Markham. Mr..
Gunst Democrat, pushed his face into
the business of making Republican
Senator, and by divers and sundry
means secured several names. What
guarantees were given to shippers as
10 future freight rates will probably
+ofY
bers Of the shipping trade went around
and made the request to sign the paper
a personal matter is another feature
with which the public will probably
not be made acquainted.
Some Of the signers were frank
enough to say that they did not want
10 attach their signatures and that they
We're sorry they did 50; others that they
did not think it would have any effect:
others that they were indebted to
Burns for favors done in years past,
and others wanted to see some
thing done at Sacramento.
The anxiety of the promoters Of the
document to make a fair showing is
illustrated by the fact that in two in
stances at least the names were for
geries, namely in the case of Willard
Bros. and Brigham, Hoppe &, Co the
well-known provision dealers of this
city. In the case Of the latter the fine
italian hand Of Nose Gunst appears
Mr.. Hopes statement is not good
reading for gambling partner Gunst or
the other people whose names appear
on the list Mr.. Hoppe said: Nose
Gunst was canvassing sentiment in our
neighborhOod in San Francisco. but
Brigham, Hoppe & Co. certainly gave
him no encoura cement"
The annexed interviews with the
signeTs Of the Burns political bill of
III health will enable legislators to de-
termine he value to be attached TO the !
document as representing the senti |
ment of the business community of San
Francisco:
J. EPPINGER-I signed the paper
at the solicitation of Henry Garten
who brought il to me. 1 did not look
into the mater. / merely did it as a
favor to Garten. I am now sorry that
] did so.
B. SWEITZFR, senior member Of the
firm Of SweitZer & Col do not know
who signed the petition. If our name
is there then ny brother must have
signed. If l had been present no such
signature would have been written 1
don't care to have my business men
toned in connection with politics or
have it mixed Up in the Senatorial
fight in any manner whatever.
F. E. BRIGHAM OF Brig
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