The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-16
THE HEAVENLY TWINS.

that Governor Gage and Daniel M. Burns will
ever make is conveyed by the ironlcal use OF the
phrase par mobile fratrum, "a noble pair OF
brothers" Their intimacy is close if not as pure,
that of Jonathan and David 1t is quite likely that
they will be as inseparabe hereafter they
The State is filled with narratives OF their relations to
each other which unite them intimately as the
Siamese twins.
1t may be presumed that the people can still identity
Daniel NJ. Burns. He cannot be remembered by any
great deed he has done by any noble word he has
spoken, by any sound principle he has advocated or
by any statesmanlike measure he has originated His
achievements in petty municipal politics in his
former official connection with the State, though oft
en- threshed over in the press were not in themselves
enough to rescue him from oblivion. But as the rail-
road candidate for the Senate of the United States
without a single intellectual moral qualification,
with record, to use David c. Brodericks celebrated
phrase, dripping with corruption" and in hardened
disregard OF popular sentiment he stands upon pin
nacle OF unenvable notoriety, miry and slippery yet
distingushable amidst the fetid exhalatons of the
class OF politicians with whom he is most intimately
associated.
And this is the selected adviser of the chief execu-
tive of the State of California, who stood on high
perch during long canvass and roared his independ-
ence OF railroad influence and OF every form OF hos
tility to the public till he became hoarse and his
listeners stunned! He sounded his own immaculate
purity through the gamut of bugle with the under
tone OF trombone mere interrogation that even
suggested the possible existence of suspicion among
those who did not personally know him that his tenn
perature toward c. P Huntington was not below
zero excited in him much indignation as the honest
parrot felt when he admitted he could talk but
denied the right OF his interlocutor ask him if he
wanted cracker The aureole through which he
shone as candidate while the railroad was "out OF
politics TRANSPORTED him into the sembance of
party saint whom the people could proximately wor-
ship while the common wirepullers glared and tore
their hair in the distance
An archangel and SATIN with locked arms would
not have been greater olecism than the individual
determination after the election of the Governor that
Is and the Senatorial candidate that There is no
accounting, however, for personal tastes which may
excite curiosity surprise but nevertheless belong
to the region OF unbeatable privacy. So the affec-
tionae blending of rancid oil and muddy water thus
personifed was wonderingy observed and mutey toll
Grated. But when the legislators had dispersed and
slept in their scattered homes in the midst of their
relieved constituencies the plot thickened until the
State involved and private anomaly became
public nuisance.
For it apparent that these heavenly twins
were not the victims OF unaccountable and an
engrossng tenderness, but that they had an engage
ment together, with Mr.. Huntington as proprietor
and William F. Herrn as manager The Governor
who had quickly unmasked when the railroad carnival
began and who stuck out his tongue at the dlped
voters who had registered his victory eagerly prom
ised to caricature Nero who appointed horse to
Consulate if the example of Pennsylvania was rati-
fed at Washington. Meanwhile the rewards of the
clashng mercenares to be distributed and who
he
ego or his other self?
The frequent rehearsas were over and the parts
duly memorzed. Up went the curtain, gently tnkled
the prompters bell and the open spectacular drama
began which, like Chinese play is apparently in one
and never to end. All the interested spectators
can rapid changes OF scene with the same crowd
tumblng over each other from point to another
And amidst the general tumult the only fixture is the
receptive Gage and the whispering Burns
Gage is discovered in the orange groves of the
South Burns is there. A rapid shift is made to the
receses OF the executive chambers in the State Capt.
toll Burns is there The rush of steam is heard and
Gage soon appears in the portals OF the Palace Burns
is there Gage vanshes into one OF the dim recesses
OF the architectural hosiery. The coattail of Burns
gides from the faithful crowd. Gage reappears on the
Sacramento bank OF our California Tiber Burns is
there Shaded hooks, obscure corners open porticos
festive grill all the resorts and all the refugees of
the haunted purveyor OF political viands follow each
other in prompt though irregular procession. But
amidst all the transmutations the prompter is un-
changed, there is vociferous gang one hypno-
tied Gage, and eternal and Undesirable Burns
The audience is numerous and respectable It in
cludes Republicans who will have to participate with
their with their influence and with their labor
in the realistic performance OF the coming year And
their chief interest is to ascertain whether the
worst actors they will finish their dsrepu-
table parts and allow genuine stars and good stock
company to take possession OF the stage
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