The San Francisco call., 1899-01-26
DictatiOn Of Burns Managers Is
Resented by Legislators.
Covert Threats Of the Man From Mexico and His
TOutS Now Known to Have No Foundation
on Ability to Wreak Injury

CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. 25.-The joint Assembly
of =. the Legislature convened to-day.
approved the record of yesterdays ses-
sion, took one ballot for United States
Senator and adjourned until to-mor-
row noon. The time occupied in the
proceedings did not exceed nineteen
minutes. The vote taken was the thir-
tieth or the twenty-ninth joint ballot.
Not the slightest resistance was Of
fered to the demand for adjournment.
Grant, Burns, Bulla and Barnes have
their forces well in hand. There is not
the slightest premonition of a break in
any camp.
The firm stand taken bv the forces of
Barnes, Bulla and Grant against all
Overtures for a caucus renders 1t eX-
tremely doubtful if anything can be ac-
complished. in the way of electing a
Senator. while Burns remains in the
. field. His managers issued the procla-
nation that there would be no Senator
elected this session if Burns were not
chosen. Supporters of other candidates
did not fancy that kind of dictation,
and consequently resented it.
The touts say that the deadlock can
be broken by a caucus. The caucus
suggestion at this time is simply a
proposition to give Burns a chance to
accomplish something in the dark that
he cannot bring about in the open light
of public observation. The touts are
still boasting that Burns will get the
caucus and ultimately win the Senator
ship. They calculate that the patience
of the members of the Legislature will
soon be exhausted.
The majority of the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature, knowing the
record and public career of Colonel
Burns, entertain the profound convic-
tion that no election would be much
better for the people of the State in
general and the Republicans in par
ticular than the election of Burns. They
have been so advised by their con-
stituents at home.
The early predictions by the touts
that the patronage of the State admin
istration would be distributed to the
supporters of Dan Burns have not been
verified. The covert threat that mem
bers of the Legislature who shall fail to-
line up for the colonel could pass no
bills was empty talk The manner in
Burns programme to seat Leon Jones
has opened the eyes Of members to the
fact that the organization is not infal-
lible or Irresistible. The members of
the Legislature who are voting for
Burns Will not get State patronage on
that account. They will not get any
advantage in speedy action on their
bills. The only thing that they are sure
to get is public execration, and
they will get such a dose of that from
the people that it will be many years
before any Of them will be regarded
as a fit candidate for public office
They argue now that the memory of
the people is short and all this will be
forgotten before the next election, but
the public memory can be refreshed
when the season for refreshment ar
rives.
Daily messages and reports are com
ing to Sacramento that the Senator
and Assemblymen who are elected to
represent the people of Siskiyou Coun-
ty are deliberately and knowingly mis-
representing their constituents. The
people of that county do not want
Burns for United States Senator. They
do desire that Laird and Jilson should
get into clean Senatorial camp and
stay there to the finish
Assemblyman LIE Barron is not fairly
representing the people of his district
in Sonoma County. There is an i'm
he is voting for Grant to please ex-As-
semblyman Price. who wants to please
Senator Perkins. Intelligence comes to
Sacramento that the tide of Indignation
against LIE Barron in Sonoma County is
beginning to run with a deal of force.
AsSemblyman lie Barron was inter-
viewed on behalf Of The Call this even