The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07

Franciscans have asked them
selves since Tuesday night and
yet ii is not the question that
& chiefly concerns us I have
known Mccarthy for years and
e@~~%&*&A.AA.e | know him to bea proud man,
extremely sensitive to criticism. Some people
might call vanity, but prefer to give him credit
for the finer sentiment. His is not only personal
pride, but reinforcing that there is strong class
pride. There is considerable body of men for
whom public opinion constitutes competent sub
stitute for conscience Mccarthy keeps his ear to
the ground.
KEEPING THEM HONEST
Ruef was vain merely, but even that would
have kept him moderately honest, legally honest
had not his of paint eaters forced his
hand, forced him to come through" in their own
graphic speech. Mccarthy, 1 sure would like
TO mend the black eye that Ruef and Schmitz gave
to labor politics if they will let him.
WHAT WILL BIG BUSINESS" DO?
The question is not What will Mccarthy do
TO US? but, What will big business" plus Jerome
Bassity, do to Mccarthy? Big business" plus
the paint eaters, destroyed Ruef OF course Ruef
never had any moral fiber The unknown quantity
in the present equation is McCarthy's backbone
viii he have the strength to resist the influences
that made him mayor? VIII he prove another
Glett?
OUT OF ONE DICE BOX
The way of salvation does not lie through politics
Had Crocker or Leland been elected neither would
have brought us the millennium, is p H.
Mccarthy antichrist Indeed, as 1 pointed out
months ago, they all three came from the same
source. They tell me that Crocker is very decent
sort and there is due him a certain sympathy
because he was made the 'fall guy" of combina-
tion that first dragged him UP from obscurty and
then threw him down hard.
THE PERSISTENCE OF THE POLITICIAN
Croker is not politician in any sense. He
got into the wrong pew. Leland and Mccarthy
have been at it all their lives and you can't keep
a good politician down. Was there ever an admin
istration in San Francisco that did not find room
for Colonel Bienheld, mostly known "Beany"?
Beany is always insurgent Only last week he
painted his face and took to the brush swearing
he would get Gavin McNab's scalp, but although
constantly rebellous Beany always gets job. Go
into the city hall today and you will see the same
faces behind the counters that you saw FIVE years
ago, although the politics of the administration
is supposed to have radically changed more than
once in that period. Croker simply an
intruder with his pathetcaly imbecile platform
Il businessman
This Mccarthy business all fixed long ago.
1t IS part of the program for next year that is de-
signed to make Charley Curry the republican
nominee for governor. Mccarthy given the
organization support condition that he shall
throw his strength and use his influence next sum
mer to carry the primary for Curry. The organ-
zation is not pleased with Gillett He has been
altogether too independent Curry would suit it
down to the ground.
TWO ELECTIONS EVERY YEAR
We shall have two elections next year Every
body, or virtually everybody, will register as of
the republican party. They want the opportunity
to vote at the primaries with the dominant party
Then if they don't like the nominee they will turn
round and vote for some other man at the polls
they did last Tuesday. That is what may
happen to Curry.
SAM RAINEY'S OPINION
Years ago when the San Francisco charter was