The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

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lows is already in full blast.
It bears about the same relation.
TO real politics that calf love
@eassA;sg.s@@ does TO the more mature phe-
nonlena of~ the tender passion.
! Charley Curry is doing a lot Of
calfpofitics. Mfr Curry has made
''.-'--.'.-...-' an admirable secretary OF state
That is his measure IIe.wi be wise to stay on the
job. Let him remember the fate Of Few Brown
and be warned. Brown. like Curry, WAS a lovable
character, and, again like Curry, was topted as:
"a great vote gettef" He used.to be on the state
board Of equalization, where it was my. habit to
distinguish him as fIot Air Brown. to avoid con-
fusion with aCold Storage Brown now chairman
Of the board. In an evil hour for himself Brown
began 10 nurse grotesque ambition tobe governor
Of California People laughed and clapped him on
the back and poked him in the ribs and told him
lie was good fellow Sohe was, and it is always
fair weather when good fellows together, with
the stein on the table Are we now to have Hot
Air Curry, successor to Brown?
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81 have a strong liking for Charley Curry and
would be glad to save him from. political ship
wreck Ny first meeting with him. was. when. /
found him transacting the business Of county clerk
Of San Francisco in the rear room, of Mnleaiy's
saloon opposite the defunet city hall on I.arkln
street. That was not his fault because when the
first Of January arrived and his time for Induction
TO Office was at hand the incumbent refused to
bulge and held the official fort, to which he had no
legal title. Pending the adjustment Of the contro-
versy San Francisco county had two clerks offices,
one in the city hall and the other behind saloon.
those days Curry was a politician of the poll.
tieians. He saw nothing ineongruous. or strange
in resorting to the shelter of Afuleahys booty wing
Since that time he has grown wiser Indeed he
has grown bigger in every way. He has collected
a fine library and he reads With a rather. unpron:
ising start he has become a man Of more than
common cultivation. He has made good secre-.
tary OF state. and presumably can hold the job as
long as he wants if, just as dear old Ned Colgan
held his until he died. Like Curry Colgan was ptlr
sued by dreams hot air.
The stern political rnoralst of the Fresno Rcprb-
lean INDUCES certain sardonic reflections at currys
expense, like this.
The push will have to be lined UP for somebody, and
they may aswel be lined up for Curry now Curry is
better for the purpose than Ge anyway for his record
consistent GiIIett feformer, once and shows
some OF the tant even now matters where he is not
embarrassed by counter obligations Curry handicapped
by no such record He has been performer as long as
anybody remember and he was never known to balk
the program. He knows only one political gospel and
the organization custodian of that So he can not be
criticised the score of affiliations Also he is an
extremely good fellow He zines everything and knows
everybody Furthermore he agrees with everybody 1t
IS all gae anyway, and much the peasaater game
to be agreeable
Oh, we'll it.takes all kinds Of people to make
democracy. In ministerial office Curry does very
well, and he will never be governor. He would not
be nominated even if Mr. Herrin should continue
dictator OF California because the first qualification
Of boss is an ACUTE sense Of the political stature
of men. aHerrins success lies in knowing what
he can dosand what he can not. He knows that