The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-08

CALL HEADQ SACR,A
NENTO. Jan. 5lyman Norris
Brooke Of Sacramento VIII be allowed
10 cast his vote for United States Sen
ator according TO the dictates OF his
ow2 conscience.
That he VIII is not the fault Of Dan
Burns, the Mexican candidate. and the
od0rous gang Of poems who are Up here
working in his interests The scheme
CT bribery and intimidation Matched by
the crowd for the purpose Of gaining
.6rooke's vote has been dissipated IN
der the Hmelight cast upon it by The
Call Of Friday morning. Their brazen
attempt, tosJered and abetted by Her
rms hireIings, and apparently aided
by County Clerk Hamilton, to whip
Brooke into line with the Burns forces
by threatening his seat in the Assem-
bly,, has fallen fiat. and this afternoon
old ex-senator Johnston withdrew the
contest which he fled against Brooke
al the instigation Of the AIcaIde and his
political employees. No reason was
. y9uchsafed for the withdrawal
The sudden end 20 the contest, though
f0reshadOwed IN The Call. has created
surprise among the many who have
been on the in-ide and carefully watch
ing the progress Of the case II was
only yesterday that the aged ex-Sen-
atOr made public the statement that
despite the allegations Of this paper he
had never for q moment thought Of
abandoning his case and would not do
So until il had been decided either for
or against him. He also denied posi-
lively that his suit against Brooke had
been melted by Burns or his in
t=resCs, notwithstanding the statement
. OF Brooke himself that he had been
. promised z position for the next four
years under County Clerk Hamilton in
return for his vote and threatened with
& decist0n against him IN this suit if he
declined. Notwithstanding. also. the
further statement OF Brooke that when
g h had called upon Johnston 10 know II
the contest would be dismissed in case
h. voted for Burns the old gentleman
replied without equivOCatiOu that it
would.
That ex-senator Johnston has been
made the tool Of the politician Burns
IS evident in the light Of his positive
public statements and his contrary ac-
.riOu. That the threat OF Burns and the
contest itself were only the same old
..kaTd-W0rked Burns bluff is even more
paIpabIe- Assem- bIyTnan Brooke is con-
ddeCU that the suit brought by John
s-ol was not conceived IN good faith
C0r prosecuted with any intention Of al
lowing a decision 10 be rendered. either
for or against him IN fact, the case
never has been prosecuted as IL was
called the first time in the courts this
morning. and this morning also il was
dismissed The publicity given il has
arisen out OF no legal action, but wholly
out OF the threats, catoleries and en-
treaties. that have been carried 10
Brooke ~ the inuumerable henchueu
OF the Alcalde- II was set up as q man
Of straw, and It has gone TO pieces
without accomplishing anything in the
way OF g stampede.
The only thing IL has accomplished is
that IL has shown in still another place
the hand Of Herrin in another phase Of
Burns fight and proved that no quip
or crank in the present fight IS too
small or Of too little Importance for
that High Chief BungIer OF the South
ern Pacific 70 interest himself in. with
all the power behind him. Il proves as
well the frantic fight that Dan Burns
has been reduced to in his last attempt
70 round up his fleeing prospects Coun-
=. Clerk Hamilton and his connection
with the railroad it has left as cues
ton for that officials constituents to
EetLle for themselves
Brooke was promised by the agent Of