The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-07


MENTO, Jan. 6.-Henry T. Gage, Gov
ernor of the State of California, prides
himself upon the fact that he is the
soul of political honor. Mr.. Gage has
often asserted that he never forgets a
pledge made nor a promise given. But
it would seem that in these latter days
Mr.. Cages memory is either failing him
or the political honor about which he
has talked SO much is merely an air
ship.
There was a time during the cam
paign of 1898 that the prospects for the
election Of Mr. Gage were not brilliant.
In Los Angeles County there was no
wild enthusiasm over the campaign of
MI Gage. In fact there was a great
deal of Republican apathy existing, and
It became necessary for something to
be done to bring prominent Republicans
into the fight in order to save Cages
home county from being placed in the
Mcguire column.
. Senator Bulla had a number of stanch
friends in the Republican party in Los
Angeles County, and in the hour of his
necessity Governor Gage, then plain
Henry Gage, turned TO these friends Oh
Bulla for succor.
Anu ne QlQ uOl appear III vail AAS
friends of Bulla assured Mr.. Gage that
they would go forth and aid him, and
they did so.
In return for this Mr.. Gage agreed
that whoever the Los Angeles County
delegation in the Legislature agreed
upon as Senator that man would be
his candidate, and he would, if elected
Governor, aid in bringing about the
election of that man TO the Senator
ship.
Mr.. Gage even went further. He
stated that if the man agreed upon was
not from Los Angeles County or CITY,
it mattered not TO him; it would be
just the same as long as he came from
Southern California.
Then Mr. Gage went on to state that
if after he was elected he failed to keep
his pledge he could be visited at his
office in the Capitol and he would be
willing to be upbraided.
Mr.. Gage has certainly forgotten his
pledge, and he has demonstrated the
fact that his loudly heralded and
much advertised political honor is
purely a myth.
For days past all the power Of the
State administration has been used to
bring votes to the camp of the man
from Mexico. Not one single, solitary
move has the Governor made to aid
the canvass of Senator Bulla, whose
lIlEIQS III OCLOUGI anu ANONeIllDtI last
worked night and day to save Los An
geles for Gage and to spare him the
humiliation of losing the county in
which ne had resided for thirty years.
In the halls and corridors of the Capt.
tol in the rooms of the Golden Eagle
and upon the streets of Sacramento leg
iSlatOrs who refused to be forced into
the Burns camp have been threatened
with the vengeance of the State admin
aistratiOn. The friends of Bulla here
in Sacramento have borne up heroically
under this betrayal and have said
nothing. They do not now, but to-day
:Assemblyman w. S. Mellick of Los An
geles called upon Governor Gage for an
interview. 1t was accorded him, and
the Governor, to a certain extent, IN
bosomed himself.
Mr.. Mellick is the editor of the
Pasadena Daily News, an influential
paper printed in the Republican strong
hold of Los Angeles County. He sup
ported Gage Loyalty, individually and
through his paper, and was one of the
friends Of Senator Bulla to whom the
Governor gave assurance that he
Would, if elected, assist in electing the
choice of the Los Angeles County dele
cation to the United States Senate. Mr..
Mellick reminded the Governor of. his
pledge, and Mr.. Gage replied that while
: he could not assist in the election of
Senator Bulla, he would do nothing to
iR5ure him. He said that he did pro-
pose to do everything in his power to
defeat the election of Mr.. Grant. but
denied that he was assisting the Burns
forces.
The Governor was very frank to adj
NIT that his sympathies were with
Burns for various reasons. Among
other things the Governors heart went
out TO the colonel on account of the
newspaper exposures to which he was
being subjected, and then, again, he
felt very kindly disposed toward him.
he said, on account of his past SER
vices to the Republican party of Cali
fOrnia. The Governor then proceeded
20 inform Assemblyman Mellick that it
you'd he no great misfortune to South
ern California even If the Senator chos-
en- this year was not a resident of the
southern end Of the State. If the SEN
ator this year was elected from the
north, four years from now a Senator
could be elected to succeed Senator
: George c. Perkins.
This renews and gives credence to the
story that has been heretofore printed
that a combination was made some
time back whereby the railroad COM
pany is to send Colonel Burns to the
Senate this year and four years from
now to replace Senator Perkins with
the present Governor Of the State.
;. When news of this statement. which
. Governor Gage had made. was carried
TO the friends of Senator Perkins to-
night they we're up in arms and they
: viii not be appeased Governor Gage
has undoubtedly brought down upon
his head a very merry war by thus pre-
dieting the defeat of Senator Perkins
four years hence and volunteering the
information that it will be no misfor-
tune to Southern California to lose the
Senator this year and send Burns.