The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-21
ENGLISH AND MEXICANS TO THE
FRONT.
Queer Backing Of the Man Who Went Back On His
Constituents While Under the "InfuenCe"
Of the Mexican

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-
MENTO, Feb. 2O.-The claim put for
ward by the touts that Senator Currier
intended to follow the example of Simp-
son and change from Bulla to Burns is
exploded by the following telegram re-
ceived to-day:
LEMON, Cal, Feb. 20, 1899.
Senator r. n. Bulla, Sacramento: Am
in bed with grip and threatened with
ate. Regret not being there to vote for
| you for Senator. A. L. CURRIER.
1t seems to be the opinion that Sena-
tor Currier will not return to Sacra-
mento unless the session is unduly pro-
! longed by reason Of the Senatorial
strife.
| Senator Simpson passed two hours to-
! day in writing explanatory letters to
his constituents. According to all ac-
| counts the men in the south who are
| bracing up Simpson are a queer crowd.
One of the letters in the Record Union
purports to be from John S. Cox Of
| Pasadena. Cox is not a resident of
| Pasadena, but lives in Los Angeles.
Moreover, he is a 'bloOmin' Britisher,
! who cannot vote beca use he tS not nat
uraliZed. Another letter is from Frank
| DomingueZ, a half Mexican Within
the last ten days Senator Bulla received
! a letter from DomingueZ in which the
! latter pledged his fidelity to the Sena-
| tor.
Irving M. Scott arrived from San
Francisco this evening and reopened
! his headquarters In the Golden Eagle
| Hotel. Shortly after his arrival he was
greeted by his supporters-Senator
Davis and Assembiyman Dunlap. Mr..
! Scott comes to stay until the deadlock
is broken or the Legislature adjourns.
| His friends advised him of the situa-
| ton here, explaining that Burns was
the only Senatorial candidate in the
| field who had refused to sacrifice his
own candidacy to secure the election of
Republican United States Senator. 1t
was shown that Grant, Barnes and
| Buila were willing to make any sacri-
| flee demanded in order that the field
might be cleared for the election of a
| Senator.
When the situation is carefully stud
| led with reference to the future of the
| Republican party in this State, 1t is ad
mitted by leading Republicans that it
would be better for the Legislature to
| adjourn without electing a Senator
than to elect Dan Burns. Failing to
elect, the party could go before the
people two years henee and say that
the orders Of the machine and railroad
were resisted by the manly and loyal
| Republicans of the Legislature, and
the people would commend the act.
Should Burns, however. be chosen
Senator. the party would be disrupted.
A Democratic Legislature would be the
result and the apportionment for ten
years on Democratic lines would leave
| the Republicans at the mercy of their
| political adverSarieS. An adjournment
| without electing Burns would be a no
| tice served on Burns and the machine
that the Republican party respected
| the will of the people and would be
| governed by the voice of the people.
On account of sickness General
Barnes remained at the Sutter Club for
few hours one day last week. The
touts, observing his absence, spread
report that he had closed headquarters
and given up the contest His support
ers say that If there is any candidate
in this contest prepared to stay to the
! finish of the session and accept the re-
suit whatever it may be that candidate
| is General Barnes. They also say that
| there is not the color of truth in the
rumor that he intends to draw out. but
| there is tonight an exceedingly bright
propect that he will win out.
Facts are now coming to light re-
| garding the secret effort in San Joaquin
! County to have the county committee
| direct Assemblyman Muenter to Sup>
port the Dan Burns caucus scheme. 1t
| appears that the Republicans of Stock
| ton were not advised of the meeting or
| informed that a petition was in circu-
| lation asking Assemblymen Dunlap and
| Muenter to get In and do the work of
the touts. 1t is a well-known fact that
| the Republicans of San Joaquin are op-
posed to Burns and do not want the
! Legislature to elect him to the United
States Senate, yet there is an effort in
secret to set aside the will of the peo-
pie and practically instruct the San
/ Joaquin delegation to vote for Burns.
Mr. Muenter and Mr.. Dunlap are well
advised as to the sentiments of their
constituents, and they are altogether
| too bright and enterprising to be de-
ceived by any one-sided petition circu-
lated in secret by the agents of the
organization
The touts are endeavoring to work
| the Simpson game on another member
of the Legislature. The game was
overplayed Sunday night and the spec>
tacle observed by many members of the
| joint convention to-day did not call out
! compliments for the tactics of the
touts. The thought of debasing a man
with liquor and low associations until
his moral sense is so blunted that he
cannot distinguish right from wrong Is
so repulsive to high minded men in the
Legislature that steps may be taken
/ to denounce on the floor of the joint
/ convention the latest and lowest
method of controlling votes for the Of
flee of United States Senator.
The forces of Burns continue the as
saut on Grants column, but the San
| Diego candidate seems undisturbed.
He does not hear of any defections.
Many of the rumors of contemplated
| desertion have been investigated and
| found to be false. There are no indf-
/ cations that Burns is making headway
] In his efforts to secure caucus and
1t is by no means certain that he can
win with a caucus but there is an abb
solute certainty that he cannot win
! without one. The Burns plan of cam