The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
THE E,-gl ND BOSS
SOME STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE
MAN WHO ONCE, RULED THE
STATE, OF. CALIFORNIA .s

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9-"The re-
port published in San Francisco |
paper saying tnat am one Of the ad- |
visers OF Mayor Schmitz and his fol- |
lowers and tnat l mapped out course
OF graft for them is a lie.
Il have never met Mayor Schmitz,
have never had any connection with
the party now in power in San Fran
cisco and | am not in any way mixed
up with the municipal row in that
city"
Thus spoke Chris Buckley, for twen-
ty years known as the blind boss OF
San Francisco" to a Herald reporter
at the Alexandria today.
Chris Buckley retired from San
Francisco politics nearly fifteen years
ago, but his one time political adver-
sa.'ies refuse to leave him alone. 20
rest in peace in private life.
Last Wednesday a report was pub
lished in San Francisco and sent
abroad charging Mr.. Buckley with be-
ing the adviser of Mayor Schmitz and
Of mapping out a plan of easy graft
through a series of holdups of the sa-
looms, restaurants and other places of
this sort needing police protection.
IF l were at home, l would not
take the trouble to deny this, but
since | was in politics there are about
300,L~0 peopl who have come into
the state who do not know me. At
LONE my friends know what is true
and what is false. They know me, AID
what anyone could say to them about
me would make no difference one way
or another.
1T is ridiculous for anyone to say
that | have any connection whatever
with San Francisco politics.
Il have never in my life met Mayor
Schmitz and have never done any
business with him. | did not support
him nor any of his men. l am not IN
sympathy with the present office hold
ers in the slightest degree.
Il have only speaking acquaint-
ance with Abe Ruef and have never
had any business dealings with him.
San Francisco is having the worst
government Of any city in the United
States. Under the democratic regime
when l was in politics for twenty
years the city taxes were lower than
those of any city in the United States
and there were no defaulters. The
expenses of the government were 81
900, 900 less than they are today and
there's very little more governme nt
today than there was then. AM such
system of graft as is charg"d against
Mayor Schmitz would have Gen abso
, lutely impossible.
, ''I WIS never, as has been sid, in
| dicted the grand jury for any Of
fense. Once when l was in politics
crowd of my political enemies form
l ed themselves into a jury to inves
} tigate me- The court ruled that these
{ men were meeting without legal righ
and set them acide. The real grand
jury followed, and they had no evi
dence to turn over. They were fore
ed to admit that they had nothing a
all against me.
The people are to blame for th'
: present condition of affairs in Sal
y Francisco. The conservative people
g can defeat any party if they will do ii
y l believe that this fall the party vii
be overthrow completed
Party lines will be set aside an
: the people who want good governmen
e will compose a ticket CT honest me
and elect them. ...s.-. ..
"If Henry J. Crocker Or Franklin Z
If Lane had been elected there woul
r never have been such a state of a
y fairs in San Francisco 1 would nc
is say that either Mayor Schmitz or Alb
" Ruef is guilty of the graft for whic
st they are accused, because I only kno'
from hearsay and I do not believe
man should be adjudged guilty unit
e he has been proven so by jury {
lie his peers. That is fair. The fact r
ID mains that San Francisco is the wor:
governed city in the world.
"The best government San Fra,
ut cisco ever had was the Democrat
le government, and the people are begi
ming to find it out.
consider myself entirely out
er politics and will never go into it agai
". am attending to my business affai
ty and spending my time at home wit
my wife.