The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14
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- will. be no Senatorial caucus
This has been determined to-day by
the positive declarations of the sup
porters' Of Grant, Barnes, Bulla and
Scott. :. T.: T.:
The lash of the Southern. Pacific
Company. which for the. past three
days has been applied to the backs
of: the Legislators through the edito-
rial an local columns of the Saera-
mento Record Union and the Oakland
Tribune for. the. purpose of attempt
ing. caucus in the interests Of Dan
Burns, has utterly failed of it's in
tended effect. + -.
1t has had an effect, however, and
that a very decided one. There is
now no member of the Legislature
who. is so blind that he cannot see
. that the railroad is behind Burns and
that. il. he were elected United States
Senator he: would go to Washington
as. the representative of Coils P.
'Hulntin gton: and. not as the repre-
,sentative@of~ the people of the State
: of California -. -: -. -
i. This fact having been clearly
demonstrated; the supporters of other
Senatorial candidates have entered
into an implied agreement to stand
together against the common enemy
and to join hands in com batting
every move the railroad and Burns
may make to bring about any condi-
ton whereby it would be possible for
Burns to. do by<stealth what it is i'm
possible for him to do in the open.
Dannell NJ. Burns as .Assemblyman
Kenneally pronounces the name of the
Candelaria= candidate, is neither a hap
Ply nor a confident man tonight. His
self-composure is vanishing and little
exhibitions. or outbursts of temper. mar
his customary serenity, This ugly feel
ing is all on account of the refusal of
The Republicans. to go. into a caucus on
the Senatorship Early last evening
the tcuts were boastfuI and defiant.
Lined up at the bars and grouped on
the streets, they boasted: that the
colonel" had the battle Won. Tonight
they are .sullen and uncommunicative
When pressed for news of the camu
they reply that1there will be no change
IN the balloting strength of the
colonel. Tomorrow. Beyond that no
Information is. impaired. 4
The hardest days work of. the cam
paign insthe. Burns camp was done to-
day and it was directed to the single
purpose of obtaining caucus. sena-
tors and =Assemblymen of the. Grant |
forces and the Barnes and Bulla fol-.
lOprIn 8
harassed and even threatened, but the
result OF: the various efforts was disap- |
pointing in the extreme.
Some Of the. touts and those of the |
best grade of the lot argue with ap-
parent sincerity. and great earnestness
that. the Republicans must conform to /
party. usage and settle. the contest in |
caucus When:it is suggested that the !
points at dispute. could be readily set
tied to the advantage: of the State and |
the Republican party by the elimination !
Of Grant and Burns from the contest |
they reply that the withdrawal of the
colonel cannot be thought. of as ile5is |
IN the night for Vindication. /
The argument is advanced that |
Colonel Burns has been assafled by the |
newspapers and therefore must be vim |
dicated The fact that. California is In l.
danger of losing the services of a. Sena-.
tor counts for nothing. as against the /
proposition that: Burns might emerge /
from the conflict, without: Ylndieation. /
Inc President may need another sup +
porter in the Senate of the United +
states TO sustain the policy. of the; ad- I
mlnlstra ton IN dealing With the great |
questions. growing. out OF the eJar with
Spain, but President Mckinley must +
have ''Vindieated Dam of California n, !
nobody at ali from this. State. There /
are men IN the Legislature whose minds /
are well balanced on ordinary topics, I
but who talk seriously of supporting |
Burns to the finish in order that he may |
be indicated. -: =. -: =:
According to the boastings of the |
touts, public sentiment is to be awak- /
ened in every county of the State to !
force the Legislature into a caucus be-
cause Burns has reached the conclusion 7
that he cannot win without a caucus
Men here on the ground who are ia |
milfar with the facts of the situation I
know that Mr. Grant has announced his |
Willingness TO step aside and permit the |
election of a Senator provided that /
Burns shall pursue the same course. j."
Grant, as badly as he needs Vindi-
cation of his own course, is not so self 7
ish and insoient as to demand it at the !
expense of CALIFORNIA; representation |
in the Senate of the United States. If !
Burns had any idea of loyalty to the |
Republican party or any sense of graft /
tude for the favors bestowed upon him
self and Nose Gupst by a Republican |
Governor he would withdraw from he |
race and permit the election of a Sen
ator.
The plans of the railroad corporation |
and the railroad press areto be directed |
this week to the manufacture OF public |
sentiment throughout the State in IA f.
vor of caucus, so that Dan Burns may
be indicated So far as returns Lave |
been received, the people are almost |
unanimous in proclaiming that no. Sen
ator at all would be better than Burns
a. Senator. AS soon as the Record /