The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-18

ed but none of them seem to have
banned, unless you want to except poor
old Simpson, and do not think he has
popularized voting for the man he has
?. chosen"
Mr.. de Lancie said a good many
other things along the same, line, and
in every one of them he was Just as
positive in. his determination, to not
cast his vote, come what. may, for the
Mexican candidate. and his senti-'
:,ments were. practically re-echoed by
. .Assemblyman LIE Barron of Sonoma,
who said: -
:. IF the Burns people are claiming me
as a, victim they are doing" so with no
:. authority of mine. I have been voting
consistently since 1 have been here and
a vote for Burns would not be CON
sistent.. L shall continue to be consis-
tent to the end, and shall not vote for
Burns" . ~..:..
= Assemblyman "A. H: Merrill of San
. Francisco; who procured tickets, East
. for two of his friends from Mr.. Herrin
:: upon the solicitation of Dan Burns,
> was, however, not so positive. In fact
:. Mr.. Merrill was not: anything. 1t was
:: evident there was more on the Merrill
mind than the Merrill tongue cared to
tell When asked as to the future dis.
position of his vote he ,replied: r
.: II have not told any enc that am
going to vote for Mr. Burns. have
not told you so, have r.? am not
going. to tell you. either"
= "Wiu you say that you are not going
:: TO %Vote, for Dan Burns; Mr.. Merrill?"
.. No, will not. will not say any
thing. I do not want to be interviewed.
/ have nothing TO say at all; only this:
If L. decide to, change my vote every
!. one will know it when / do it, and not
before
-: Proof~is positive that there is not
. particle of truth in the boast of Burns
that he has a block of men in the
BulIa camp, and another block in. the
Grant camp. If he had these blocks of
supporters he would not detach men
>singly, as he did Wright and Simpson.
:, He would if he could by any means
take a bunch of them at once and not
expose each individual deserter to pub
:liC sCorn and censure. Wright was cru
Gifted without mercy before he was
!. lined up. Simpson was helplessly de-
.'bauched before he could be led into the
Burns. corral. Burns is driven TO this
:. desperate. extremity because defeat
stares. him in the; face.
:. Tonight, the touts are cltnging to the
:@hope:. that something. in Dams favor
may, happen before the Legislature ad-
:iourns: one Of. them remarked:
:. |"'You wait. until March 2, when the
pay stops. Then the: legislators Will be
hungry. and ready. to come over to
Burns.''- -.
:. In the vast crowd of the Burns fol-
lowing which -swarms about the State
capitol and around the hotels. and -sa-
looms one cannot find a prominent bust
mes .sman,. banker or lawyer. There is
not a college professor. or preacher adj
vocatfng Burns election. Where one
man. of any character is found in
Burns favor twenty touts. racecourse
l1angers-o1i or low-grada politicians
may he seen and heard: sounding the
praises of the: "colonel.,'
For. some reason which the United
States Treasury Department in WASH
: ington' may be able to explain Dan T.
Cole, an officer of the United. States
Mint. at SAN Francisco, is projecting
himself. into this Senatorial: struggle.
He entered the list of: workers last
summer as an outSpoken advocate of
the election of U. s. Grant, and while
his original candidate is still in the lead
Cole. switches: around to the support of
Dan Burns.
Cole confessed ON the witness stand
=: that he took Grants money, gave some
of it to'.JflsQn of Siskiyou and held out
some for himself: The man who offers
money to eorruptly influence an cleo
ton is. as bad as the man who receives
it, but a man who" takes the money of
one candidate. and then transfers his
abS 'it efe " VIM 5en
Cole is. permitted to leave his Federal
employment to make pitiable exhibit
ton of himself in Sacramento is one of
the mysteries of the day.
After all the predictions and boast
ings Qf:.the touts that a Candeleria
stampede was. inevitable. there was not
a single gain recorded. for Burns in the
joint ballot for Senator to-day. The
Rulla men did not break. The Barnes
q.