The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
JUST LIKE GAGE. "

I AEADEhS OF tle interior press just 4IO" llS
suppose that our Governor had been cut up
into tempting or tempted slices, for the
purpose of frying him over a hot fire is
going on all over the State 1t is not
the comparatively modern and delicate system
OF grilling that has been adopted, but the old
fashioned method of the pioneer days, and the siz-
cling and the suffering OF the hot railroad grease are
vocazing and periuming the air in every direction.
It seems that the Governor determined that the
Huntington leprosy and the smallpox ought not to
be allowed to spread at the time. Being deeply
injected with the first disease which had become too
prevalent for immediate extrpation, he addressed
himself to the second and reused up Dr. Matthews,
the president OF the Board OF Health late at night SO
that before morning he might arrange to check its
advancing march at Fort Yuma. For this extra
labor he received due credit in the expressive words
lust like Gage" There may have been some strategy
in this nocturnal visitation, for vaccination, which
successfully ressts smallpox communicates the Hun
tington leprosy in all its forms, including elephan-
tiasis or the swollen corruption of the body and Of
the head
The refrain, 'Just like Gage quickly appro-
priated and disseminated. One paper marked the
anhetcal exercise OF one OF his executive functions
when he vetoed a bill allowing bright women,
among them the Native Daughters OF the Golden
West to vote for School Trustees, and signed an act
legazing prize-hghts Others criticized his approval
OF the anti-cartoon and signature bills, the uncon-
stutionaity OF which as lawyer and the absurdity
OF which as a citizen he must have we'll known, as
indeed he admitted when in the face OF such egisla-
ton he treated the report that he about to go
into the newspaper business ridiculous Still others
resented the scoop" he gave the Examiner and its
Canadian annex of his intention to appoint Dan
Burns Senator OF the United States if Matt Quay
should be seated. Then, under the heading, among
others, OF Peanut Politics" he not only fried
but burned for his ostentatious and vulgar rudeness
to Senator Perkins at the Los Angeles celebration OF
the San Pedro victory over c. P Huntington. His
conduct in this particular instance indicated that he
was not quite satisfied with the antralroad triumph
which Senator Perkins was largely instrumental in
securing. His loyalty to Los Angeles and his affec-
ton for c. P Huntington evidently conflict.
In each instance OF this culinary operation the JUS
thcation OF the chef de cuisine 'Jus like Gage
Other things may be also mentioned that just like
him. His acted confessions OF absolute absorption by
the railroad rapidly accumulating. He began with
the Board Of Health He continued with the Board
OF Equalization. Now he has filled the place of Sena-
tor Boggs, deceased on the State Board OF Agricu-
ture by the appointment Of that distinguished farmer
and hortculturist, Grove L. Johnson, whose great
achievements have been the farming of the revenues
the grating OF huntington shoots upon the Tree OF
State the pruning OF the constitutional rights of citi
zens and of the press, and the application OF the rail
road bacilli to the roots OF civilization.
Henry T. Gage is surely daisy in his particular
line but the line itself produces network OF Shiny
discolorations. He is one OF the examples of indi-
vdual political suicide His notorety has destroyed
his popularity. His influence in the disintegraton OF
his party and in turning the State to Democratic
fusion has been prematurely exhausted Charity
however, would like to furnish him with remedy
for his serious ailments. AS the surgeons have sue
ceeded in taking reefs in the human stomach, per
haps they might succeed in contracting sweied heads
and replacing coarse brains by mental conductors o
a finer quality. This is apparently the only chance
for our gubernatoria phenomenon.