The San Francisco call., 1899-09-04

They were instructed to sound the legls-
Iators on the subject Of caucus to asceI-
tain if siXty-one would consent " oplo0
by the decision of the caucus. c-,,e.,,o
do not hesitate to speak their seIllllhei19
freely on the subject of extra session
The Iivermore Herald comments:
It seems that after all the protestationls $50 70
q call for extra session OF tne Si1 Ter
The pressure must have been solnelHiis - .e1
rife, as it is hard to realize ina tnat 'te defeat
would willingly consign his party 10 d uei+as tbe
for which he must ultimately receive me ene
blame Every time an extra session mas mas teer pee,
called in the history of the state IL nus nus Devt
sNIioU,ed nv a political reversal at the heNi
ELECTION. This is probably known TO Daniel
NJ Rurns. but 1t appears to have no weight weight
~ M nnrnnared with his overweening ambition
to represent California IN the uhi'eu ''a'''
Senate.
The San Benito Advance predicts thaI a
defeat of the Republican party Will 1ollo"
TIC Calling of an extra session. 1t says
The people of the state of California, are not
,,or+iaI m extra sessions. and they Will Vlsor-
ously down the admlnistrafstoh NC for lack
Of Senatorial representation but II Wo1Io sI s9ar
y suffer If the choice collection OF poo1Ieps otbs
that blossomed at Sacramento d ie" ii4O
ago were again called together.
The Fresno Republican speaks to the
point in this style:
The politicians who are laying the wires l9T }I
an extra session and for caucus Whlch shail . !
insure insure eHe all their efforts upon the alleged
1artv obligations of Republican legislators TO
sacrifice everything else to the election OF
pnn,bIican senator But entirely aside from
the fact that the obligations OF a puohc on
cial are to the State. instead OF 10 tne pa! =,
and that there can be no obligation TO the state
o. California TO impose a Senator like Burns
on it. it is quite certain that his election "pmIo %
he a partisan as we'll a public calamity. Inc
ReDublican party of California is not IN iaNof
of Burns.
The Tulare Register observes that there
may be nothing in the report OF an extra
session but it is poss1nbity III All the on 'ie the
door of many politician and leader IN
California politics, ..c.,a
The San Diego Tribune says; .I,o 2nouto 10
he rebuked by all Republicans who nave
a spark of true public spirit in their
Speaking of the possible election of
Burns the San Diego Union remarks
'Of one thing members of the Legisla-
ture may be certain II ths plot poeod 20 eiGce tbe
people will never forgive the treachery
that alone can make such an lnfamy pos
sible." 49, ho,,o
that the blunderng Gage Will 90 one SER
sible act by refusing to call the hungry
politicians together. ~.
The Tulare Register is convinced that
Burns will not go before the people with
any claim whatever. This Is not MS way
of working
The NlSaIla lines ueCleies 'iio' 81
ira session would be an outrage on the
taxpayers of the state.
The Pasadena News remarks that an
extra session would be unfortunate Tor
the Republican party.
The HoUister Bee says: The result or
an extra session will be to conSlgn the
Governor and the legislators who sign
the call for caucus to political OBJ
livion." 49,
Members of the state Senate and House may
eipn an agreement to go into caucus In the IN
teTest of Dan Burns in case of an extra ses-
sion mt no member of either house who votes
FOR Dan Burns will have chance TO
vote in the Legislature again. after his
present terms expires the people will nail him
to the cross.
The Humboldt Standard remarks:
An extra session may open the foodgates of
eytravagance and squander some thousands of
the peopIe's money. The promise of 81 mem
hers of the LEGISLATURE to go into caucus on the
Senatorship does not pledge those votes to
Rurns however, and a special session may be
convened only to repeat the deadlock which
lasted throughout the entire regular session
This would be disastrous to the State and not
less so to the Republican party.
The Stockton Mail, paper controlled
bv e L. Colnon, whose unsavory record
as president of the State Board of Har-
Dor Commissioners will linger long in the
memory of taxpayers. favors the extra
session and hopes that Burns will be
elected. Colnon as private secretary of
vising a citizen to dig up substantial
reasons why a pardon should be granted
to a certain convict in the States prison