The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-10
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STOCKHOLDERS
REPUlIATE BURNS AND HERRIN
Upbraided for Dragging the Company Into Dis
graceful Politics.
When Requests Be Relieved From the Om Such Candidate Were Unava
ing Resolution Was Passed DetrOne Huntington and Ills Political
Manager, aid the Dupes Of the Delecbe Duo Will Be
-. Without Backing

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. Snow comes to light
the cause of the deep, dark gloom which
settled over the camp of Herrin and
Dan Burns a week ago to-day, and
caused the Burns strikers to threaten
the corporation and boast that their
candidate would win without the help
Of the railroad To-day w. F. Herrin
IS at the head of the law department
and political bureau of the Southern
Pacific, but ninety days hence Colonel
Pillsbury will probably occupy the Of
fees IN the yellow building in San
Francisco assigned to Herrin, and he
will know nothing of any obligations
assumed by the corporation on behalf
OF Dan Burns.
J.: II is true that c. P. Huntington and
,Herrin are for Burns, but Huntingtons s
days, as we'll as the days of Herrin, are
hum bered. On New Years day in San
Francisco there was a significant meet
ing Of the men who represent a ma
:tQrity of the stock Of the Central and
Southern Pacific Railroad corporations.
Herrin and Dan Burns were summoned
10 the council. There was plain talk
al around George and VIII crocker.
aged respectively 40 and 43 years, an
nounced that they were old enough to
company. Men were present who were
authorized to speak for Searles, Hub
bard and Mrs. Stanford. Fully three
f0urths Of the stock of the corporation
was represented at the gathering. Her
rim was upbraided for dragging the
company into disgraceful politics and
. Burns was appealed to TO save Herrin
by Withdrawing from the race. Her
: rim maintained that he could not give
up the struggle and allow two news
papers to drive him from the State. He
.contended that success in the campaign
:, would place him all right with Hunt
: ington and If he lost his job with the
Southern Pacific Huntington was
strong enough to provide for him else
where.
;. The Crocker, Searles, Stanford and
Hubbard representatives declared that
. the interests Of the company would suf-
fer for twenty years if Huntington and
Herrin were successful in the scheme
to elect Burns to the United States
Senate. Every appeal made to Burns
TO save Herrin fell on deaf ears Burns
held Herrin to the bargain as deter
ininedly as Shylock insisted on his
pound of the flesh.
The men representing the ownership
of the railroad property, and who are
in position to take control at any time,
declared that the time had gone by for
standing in with Huntington. They
contended that the interests of the
company demanded that the sentiments
and rights Of the people of California
should be respected. There was an
other conference the following day. All
those attending the first meeting were
not present. The second conference
lasted twenty minutes and took place
in private car al the Sacramento de-
pot. The resolution TO remove Hunt
:itgton was finally ratified by men who
have the power 10 carry out the inten-
tion.
:. The deluded Assemblymen and two
or three Senator's who are on the brink
<of ruin, who are consoling themselves
that they Will bask In the sunshine OF
corporate favor should the people exc
crate them for voting for Burns, will
find that the railroad will cast them
out. Herrin is in the fight up to his
neck. to save himself. The success of
Burns might open the way for his es-
cape from degradation, but he cannot
pull along with him the strikers of Dan
Burns. Whether success or failure at
tends Herrin's efforts in the Senatorial
arena he will lose his position at the
Head Of the law department of the cor
poration. The edict has gone forth.
The handwriting is on the wall. In fact.
his successor has been named.
The members of the Santa Clara dele
cation who have consented to betray
that county assert that the people will
forget when the storm Of indignation
passes over. It is true that the people
do sometimes forget to reward the
worthy and to punish the unworthy
. .Californians are charitable in their
judgment Of their fellow men and pub
!a servants, but their charity. broad
ana generous as it is, could not cover
such multitude of sins against the
honor and good name of the common
wealth as the members Of the Legis-
iature would commit in the election Of
Dan Burns to the United States Senate.
The members Of the Santa Clara dele
cation who are now cOnsoling them
selves with the hope that the peonle
will forget have not measured the de-
grees of human forbearance to ascer
tain just how much the people will
stand and what they will not endure or
tolerate. They viii not allow them,
selves to be shamefully and outrage
6usly betrayed in the election of Burns
ito represent California in the United
States Senate.
The. election Of Stanford. the first
mention of which created some resent
inant which subsequently subsided Is
cited as a precedent 10 justify members
'of the LEGISLATURE in voting for Burns
against the advice and judgment OF
their constituents There is nothing
In this comparison to justify a vote for
Burns Stanford ranked as an able
and intelligent man Of force. character
and energy. He had been Governor of