The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-04
THE LIGHT OF DAY.

"A OWED. probably by fear of assertions, Burns
| has found it necessary to caucus his sup
porters and bind them in pledge to prevent
an election of Senator if they can unless secret
caucus by secret ballot, shall nominate candidate
In his address to his supporters Burns sad l have
made no secret of my operations, but have invited the
light of day into everything that have gone into
That sounds WELL and we hasten to assure MI Burns
that if he will continue to invite the light OF day 1t
will cheerfully accept the invitation to the end But
he attached something more than R S. V. P to his
invitation 1t is not an unlimited offer of hospitality
to the light of day. for he added Il am not only will
ing but anxious to go into caucus IN the good ola
Republican way, and by the decision OF such caucus
it will be my pleasure to abide" From this caucus
the light of day is excluded 1t secret caucus, and
If the highly priced light OF day should get in there
it is evident that Mr. Burns would not give 1t the
glad hand
1t is simply declaration and an admission that in
the OPEN publicly, and in the light of day, his fight
cannot be won, and that his success depends upon
trap ready to be sprung while the light of day is
cooling its illuminated and sunsmitten heels in the
anteroom
Nothing is more obvious than this. If he have the
strength to elect him be shown in the joint con-
vention in the light of day. and his purposes are so
vestal and high it should be his pleasure to show it
The Republican party of this State does not want a
Caucus in the good old Republican way" because
that way was in the beginning adopted to prevent
men like Burns getting the Senate, or graspng the
other great prizes of the party offered as reward OF
merit fitness and fidelity Like many other good old
WAYS it is lock whose combination has been learned
by the very class of it intended to bar out
Mr. Burns knows the combination and has everything
ready to use the caucus to accomplish that which it
was devised to prevent The purpose OF the caucus
not the caucus itself, was the good old Republican
way and in that way and purpose the party desires
to walk now The methods it devised means to
reward the worthy being invoked in behalf OF
the unworthy, the party abides by its set purpose
when it ntermits the of those means and seeks
others for the protection of its honor and the preser
walton of its character.
The party wants this Senatorial contest fought out
to the end in the presence of Burns friend the light
of dav 1t wants to know who is DESTROYS OF
going into corner in secret to cast caucus ballot
for Burns which cannot be delivered in the light OF
dav The men who have such votes will put on the
party grievous responsibility and lay upon it
heavy burden and the party wants to know who they
are If their work is done in secret this can
not be known The responsibility will be lodged by
them and put upon other shoulders If they
known the party can clean its hands by repudating
them If they are unknown it has no defense against
their act.
Therefore let the light of day shine everything
that is done from now until the end.