The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02

one. Hale is here to help Burns to en-
gineer a secret caucus. Herrin wants
the caucus. and Hale is dancing to the
wires pulled in the yellow building.
Take him all in all, Hale is the most
respectable tout that the Colonel has
yet introduced on the scene, but that
is not saying that he is the most influ-
entail The Grant men saw what was
going on at first glance and immediate
ly began the work of counteracting the
influence of Herrin's mercantile agen-
cy.
All of the influence that Burns and
Herrin may bring to bear on Assembly
man Clark will never serve to bring
him into the Burns camp.
Il intend to stay with Grant so long
as he is in the fight" he said tonight
and no one can change my purpose.
Should Grant draw out of the contest
or if the future should bring about con-
ditions such as in my opinion would
make it impossible for him to win, then
/ would vote for the man who would
be most acceptable to my constituents
L know that but very few men in
my district favor the candidacy of Dan
Burns. I have received scores of let
tiers and kilograms from men who live
in both the commercial and agricultur
al sections of my district, but not one
of them ever contained a request for
me to support Burns. AS a matter of
fact, 1 know that the great majority
of my people are opposed to his candi-
dacy. I shall never vote for man who
does not represent the choice of the
majority of my constituents. and no
amount of persuasion will serve to
change my mind in this respect"
Other. members of the San Jose polit
ical delegation who joined with Hale
in trying to force Mr.. Clark into the
Burns camp were ex-Mayor Koch. Paul
P. Austin, AL Faye and Sam Rucker. a
Democrat.
Mr.. Herrin will have to throw his line
in other waters, for there are no fish
for him in the Mountain View district.
Being in desperate straits. he has re-
sorted to desperate remedies, but
though he has taken off the mask and
come out in the open, he appears as a
boyle man who is terrible only to chill
dren.
The day for the grand round up of
that the colonel is not yet dead one"
has been postponed until Monday of
next week. Last Saturday the touts
boosted in San Francisco that the
colonel could be elected on Wednes-
day Subsequently the date was post
poned until Friday. Now comes the
third announcement that the touts will
parade their reserved forces next Mon
day.
In spite of many precautions, secrets
will leak from the yellow building. The
story told on the inside is that the
colonel must make a showing this
week, and that if he cannot produce
some substantial evidence of increased
strength the assembly in New York
representing the Searle, Stanford,
Croker and Huntington interests in
the Southern Pacific Company will pro-
coed to designate a new candidate. The
assembly will have its first meeting to-
morrow. Russell Wilson, representing
one of the interests, is due to arrive
in New York tonight. Herrin will be
advised as to the man who may be Sc
lected to take Burns place as the rail-
road candidate for United States Sena-
tor from California.
The representatives of the corpora
ton are said to be willing to make
reasonable struggle to carry out the
wishes of Herrin, but they are not
ready to consent to a prolongation of
the deadlock. Phil Crimmins and Mar
tin Kelly, who control four members of
the San Francisco delegation in the
Legislature, have scented the coming
deal and want to be near the yellow
building when the first intimation of
the impending change of base comes
from New York. They went to San
Francisco to-day to get instructions
and advice as to the deadlock
Some intelligence concerning the
plans in New York must have reached
the Grant headquarters here by wire
The UNFOLDING of Assemblyman Clark
against the efforts of the Santa Clara
delegation is not a victory of sufficient
magnitude to cause the citation which
exists among the followers of Grant
tonight. The feeling of joy is pro-
duced by some information of another
character.
The touts are still claiming the sup
port of members of the Legislature who
cannot under any circumstances be
persuaded, coerced or entrapped into
the support of Burns or his caucus
scheme. The belief that Burns cannot
win out was never so widespread as it
is tonight. Even the touts. talking in
confidence among themselves. express
the opinion that the colonel cannot sue
coed.