The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-06
AND HIS WICKED PARTNER

- NE OF Bret Harte's best known stories tells
[ ] how two men who had long been pards IN
~ the mines fell out at last and became enemies.
One of them, an ambitious brainy fellow, announced
himself as candidate for the Legislature whereupon
the other one of sheer antagon1sm and deVltry,
declared himself an opposition candidate The boys
OF the camp insisted upon joint debate and the rivals
were brought to the meeting.
The first fellow proved himself something of nat
raI born orator master of the fierce nvective OF the
border. so when he opened the foodgates OF his
wrathful words upon his opponent the camp tett 1t
was getting its moneys worth and wondered why the
other fellow didn't shoot No one expected him to be
able 70 reDly 10 the charges made against him. and
shooting seemed the only thing for him to do When
II came his turn to speak he made attempt at ora
tory. Bows" said he, this has said many mean
things about me, but he has not said the worst L
must confess to lower depravity than anything he
has charged upon me- | have reformed now and l
am going to do better but acknowledge to you
that for ten years Twas that mans partner
That old story of the mining camps OF the early days
has its parallel in the reply OF Buckley to the pages
Of vituperaton poured out upon him by the Exam
liner. Buckley claims to have reformed but he ad-
mits that for years he the Examiners partner
He aided the Examiner with money, with work and
with council He assisted its former proprietor N
contests for the Governorship and the Senatorshp,
he assisted its managing editor to become member
of the Legislature He knew OF its deals with the
railroad and with parties working corrupt Jobs with
Supervisors and he did not expose them Now that
the Examiner assails him boodler looter robber,
thief unconvicted criminal, and forty other vile
things he bows himself and acknowledges lower
depravity still He for years the partner OF that
gang
According to his showing there schemes
of the Examiner in which Buckley, while train
ing with the yellow journal would have share.
They say | am in the employ of Huntington, he ex
claims with Indignation. That's lie! L am not in
the employ of Mr. Huntington and have never been.
But it is we'll known to every resident Of this
mrnity that short time ago the Examiner in the
employ of Mr.. Huntington under a contract of
thousand dollars a month for thirty months. And l
want TO say right here that that is not the only time
to nv knowledge that the Examiner sold out to Mr.
Huntingdon
Referring to the indictment against him by the Wal
lace Grand Jury with respect to the franchise obtained
by Mayne and which constituted great scandal at
the time Buckley asserts he had nothing to do with
it. he refused to sanction the scheme and advised his
friends among the Supervisors reject it; and he
adds:
Had they indicted the Examiner or the people who
were running it they would have been pretty
rect Mr. Mayne afterward informed me that he had
contract with that paper TOR printing and advertising
for $r2 500 and part Of that contract called for the
Examiners aid in the passage of the franchise and
having the Mayor sign it To corroborate my state
refer you to the editorials of the paper about
that time
These but samples of what Buckley has to tell
Of the doings of his wicked partner Why is the Ex-
aminer suddenly silent the issue? Why has it
dropped the subject with dull thud? Why does it
turn all its RACES against Otis thousands of miles away
and leave fight it took up so hotly scarcely more
than week ago?
Some people say Porto Rico is going to be rich