The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-12
BERKELEY'S Profess.

BERKELEY, Jan. 1.-THE Republicans
Of this city were both amused and dis
gusted with the senseless imputatious
made against their political sagacity in
the columns Of this mornings Examiner
The bald assertion that they were so
many roundheads, fanatically attached to
narrow sectarianism and dominated by
blind, crude and relentless antagonism
against any sort of liberal policy, they not
only looked upon as insulting to the last
degree but as utterly ludicrous in its act
ual statement Of fact. The university town
besides being a college center is peopled
mostly by business people of San Fran
cisco, who make il their place of resi-
dence. The Republicans in this district
are composed chiefly of these two classes
and it is against their Intelligence that
the meaningless remarks appearing in the
examiner were made They are all united
in saying that from motives of party
policy only their wish was that their rep
resentative in the Assembly should vote
against Colonel Dan Burns. They do not
mind being called church people, but they
insist that their political understanding is
quite like that of other people and that
to them Burns election as United States
Senator would be the most unwise move
that the Republicans could be guilty Of
A Call representative called on several
Of the leading Republicans here to-day,
and their opinions were given as follows:
Philip r. Boone, principal Of BOone's
N~4-NA
Board of Education:
Yes, l read the effusion on my friend
Wright in the Examiner this morning. 1
read ii twice. l desired to make sure
whether the writer was trying to be face
tiOuS or serious, or a little off and not
altogether responsible. l drew the last
conclusion. 1 was glad 10 learn, how
ever. that Mr.. Wright, when from home,
had sufficient force Of character to main
tain his self-respect. Certainly, as |
know him, he must have felt out of his
GnhRTa consultation
colonel and his admirers. l know moth
ing of Wright's political relations with
Mr.. Burns and the railroad. But l know
mighty well enough to know this, that ne
has a mind of his own, that he is true to
his convictions; that he never promised
Mr.. Burns his vote; that if he had he
coward and he cannot be inundated.
His constituency must admire him for
his independence whether it be the result
of politics or of church influence. Let
IL go at the latter. Berkeley and Oakland
are willing, and l think Wright can
stand it.. We. shall not lay up anything
him that he knew enough 10 keep away
from the devil and out of the deep sea.
May there be many others like him.
John w Richards, President of the
Board of Trustees of the city: Il cannot
see that there's any justification in call
ing the people of Berkeley puritanical or
imputing TO them any such motives and
inclinations as the article in this morn
fngs Examiner would seem to suggest.
1t is even more unjuStihabIe to say that
motives of that kind could have prompted
Howard Wright TO vote for Bulla instead
of Burns. A short time before the Legis-
Iature convened Mr.. Wright came to me
and asked my opinion concerning the SEN
tfrnent of the Republicans here about the
Senatorship. / told him emphatically that
/ thought the Republicans here would feel
IL a lasting disgrace If their representative
in the Assembly should vote for Burns
told him that his constituency here would
look upon Burns election as one of the
darkest stains upon the Republican party
in this State And this is for reasons Of
party policy merely. 1t is because we
feel that Burns is altogether unworthy of
the high Office which he seeks and that
such a man would rum the policy and
prevent the future success of the party
that we have asked Mr.. Wright to vote
against him, and not from any such sense
less motives as was claimed
Professor Carl c. Plehn of the depart
nent of history and political economy
of the University of California, and one
OF the leading Republicans of this city:
II think that such a characterization Of
the people of Berkeley should oe taken
as a compliment. Such people have the
best interests of the party at heart, and
they would shrink from seeing its policy
twisted into securing political plums for
unworthy men,
Guy Hyde Chick, City Superintendent of