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The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06
By Edward f. Cahill

John Daggett, sometime heu-
tenant governor of California and
a veteran of legislative battles,
sends me a remarkable history
of inside politics of the middle
eighties that concerns nearly
every democratic politician of any
note in that period. The story
is old in one sense, but in another
it is new as well as important, be-
cause it has never been told in
print. 1t was shortly after Cleve-
lands election that Justice Ste
phen ]. Field telegraphed to a
number Of the leading democrats
of California to come on to Wash
ington and confer with the presf-
dent as to the appointments.
Daggett, Senator Cross, Jesse D.
Carr and John P. Irish went on.
When Daggett arrived he found
Carr on the ground working for
the big plum of the bunch, collec
tor of the port of San Fran
cisco. This Daggett considered
"a rather cheeky proposition, as
Carr had never done anything for
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IN California declare that they can
not make any money in the gov
ernor business, and even Frank
Flint insists that he can not afford
to be senator for the salary. SO
may the price of eggs affect the
fate of nations.
BAD MANNERS
UNCLE George Perkins-good
old souls usually sweet tenn
pered, even oleaginous, parsonage,
but this insisteqt talk about his
successor in the senate appears to
have got on the old man 5 nerves.
1t is scarcely polite to talk about
dead mans shoes in the hearing
of the wearer. They have been
rubbing it in on uncle.
It used indeed to be the sen
ator's well beloved Joke while he
was in full health and vigor to-
name this, that or the other OF his
next friends to be his political
heir. Once he held up Fred STRAIT
ton as the right man for senator.
Then it was George Knight. per
haps. or some other man who hap
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circumstances accept position, together with
lot of talk that have not room for here Then
he said, Il will send it now to which, of course.
all L could say that it the day after the
fair, and 1 left him. 1 learned afterwaTd that
he did send the letter, but in the meantime, and
much to the general surprise, Judge Hager got
the appointment of collector to the port and
Lawton the mint, while Irish secured the pension
agency for Allen, his friend, and Judge w. T.
Wallace landed his partner in a ranch. somewhere
in southern California, and who had never been
heard of before, in the Office of collector of internal
revenue. To wind up, by the result Of Irishs
duplicity, Carr secured for Billy Bryan, his
adopted son, who was then keeping the drug store
under the Grand hotel, the postofice He appointed
John Carr, the old mans son, his deputy. He
also had Franks appointed marshal and Dick
Hammond United States surveyor general besides
negotiating the sale of the pOstoffice Site corner of
Mission and Seventh streets
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There YOU have John P. Irish.


Benjamin Ide Wheeler often drops in to dinner
at the kaisers. just taking potluck like friend of
the royal family. From Berlin dispatch | learn
that the president of the University OF California
IS persona grata at court and the kaiser finds his
conversation improving and instructive "In these
intimate gatherings, says the dispatch "of the
imperial family the emperor has had long, earnest
conversations with Doctor Wheeler on a wide
range OF topics. One of these topics, one learns,
was religion in America Berkeley has not
hitherto suspected that theology was included in
the range OF Doctor Wheeler's requirement.
The New York World prints cartoon entitled
Kaiser passing sandwiches and beer to president
OF California university and in the center of the
picture Doctor Wheeler is seen wearing his best
1T is good to be here expression
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The delegation waited on the president, who
received them with disguised air and exclaimed:
Il have had more trouble with California than all
the rest Of the union" After some explanations
CevelancH named an hour for a conference at
which it was agreed that Daggett should go back
10 California and make out list of the men he
desired TO recommend for Office. Senator Cross
turned over the whole matter to Daggett, and
Irish said he wanted only place, that OF pension
agent for Major Truman Allen of Oakland.
Daggett selected John Q. Brown, formerly mayor
of Sacramento, for collector, Israel Lawton for
subtreasurer and Congressman Tully for post
master Of San Francisco.
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pened to be handy, and finally it was Gilett It
we'll worked and meritorious joke, but now
that the senator's health is not good it is no
longer funny, and when they asked him about
Gillett as his successor the other day he tartly
snapped that he had five years 10 serve and had
no idea OF resigning The prosperity OF joke is
i'll the Of him who listens
We have with us today some people who think
that Uncle George is ncd nsideratc. The politi-
clans, at least, deem him unconscionably long
about dying.
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less substantiated, put the assessment at SZUUU
a week 1t sounds like lot OF money, but when
cut up into shares based on the graduated scale
of rank it did not go very far The Chinatown
squad, the captain of the precinct, the police com
missioners, the dominant boss and sometimes the
mayor were all entitled to share in their degree
If any of them neglected TO collect or connect that
was the misfortune of their integrity The gam
bling proceeded just the and the weekly
assessments were never omitted for any oonsid
erable period.
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ONE ON JESSE CARR

The only satisfaction [ ever obtained-and that
was infintesimally small in view of the dastardly
nature of the action by which the president waG
made to believe that failed appreciate his con-
hdence by my apparent silence caused by holding
back the letter-was at the Los Angeles conven-
ton, where delegates to the ST. Louis democratic
convention were. elected
Old Carr showed up and established headquar-
ters with his appointed officials in charge and he
expected to go on to st. Louis a delegate, and
with a hat full of proxies. but | made it a point
to attend and put spider in his biscuit by relat-
Ing my story to the delegates and threatening to
tell it to the convention, and he stayed at home
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AN OFFICIAL BOYCOTT

Doubtless it is all due to the high cost Of living
that afacts the great well the lowly, that
invades the palaces of governors and the cottages
and flats OF the poor. There is boycott on
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06

He law against gambling in
Chinatown has never been any
thing better than a form of
hypocrisy converted into a
means Of graft. Enacted as the
empty homage that vice pays to
virtue, it was used by the police
force to levy tribute on the
Chinese. General report, more
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WANTED, A BoBTAIL AUDITOR

One hesitates to offer advice to the new board of
supervisors since the fountain of wisdom has been
removed from the Mills to the Crocker building
but the board is about to consider the finances of
the gas company and the water company the Candid
Friend may be permitted to PROFOUND question =
Why is auditor? Consider the case of the
mysterious Mr. Hockenbeamer. Hockenbeamer
spends eight hours day at rolltop desk signing
his name to the individual paychecks of the many
thousand employees of the San Francisco gas com
pany and II other corporations in the merger. If
Hoc<enbeamer is minded to rob his meal hours he
may be able to find time to write foolish question
on the margin of payroll but he only gets fool
ish answer back He must go forever cutting
bread and butter that IS signing his name. This
is what we like to describe as modern business
methods"
may not pretend to expert knowledge OF these
mysterious methods but merely as evidence of good
feeling and common humanity it is right to sug-
gest the manifest extravaganza of employing a man
of four sylables for this job. Consider the waste
of time. Indeed it seems that it might be proper
for Judge harrington to take judicial notice OF
this waste when he comes to fixing rates for gas
and if this knowledge is not within the proper
sphere of judicial notice could be proved without
serious difficulty by expert testimony.
If were running the corporation | would have
all auditors expressed in words OF syllable and
would refer Hockenbeamer to the super
visors' committee on street names. Call him after
revolutionary hero, or possibly, bobtai pirate
OF the Spanish main might be more suitable for gas
company methods.
Let Hockenbeamer take example by frey Ford
When Mr.. Ford in after life discovered that his
parents had taken a mean advantage OF him while
he not looking by christening him Ticonderoga
he promptly amputated his handle. But he is still
Ticonderoga l.. Ford on the great register 1t is
patriotic but inconvenlent. Wanted bobtail audi
tor
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erabe period
a MANUFACTURED UPROAR
Every once in so often a tremendous outcry was
raised by the press and a series OF formal raids
would be instituted but the whole thing was
spurious and known to be so by everybody who
knew anything 1t was an elaborate framework
OF pretense
No single influence has ever done more to cor
rupt the politics of San Francisco than this assess
ment fund levied on the Chinese gamblers 1t
was the greatest prize for which the politicians
contended. The new charter put the police force
in politics when it made the police commission
the creature of the mayor. Up to that time the
commissioners were appointed by the governor
and held for life. Now they are merely pawns
on the board removable at will every two years.
With them goes control OF the police force and
the cutup of that $1,000 week from the Chinese.
Other forms of tribute are levied on the tenderlon
by the same machinery. The wages of sin pay
an income tax to the government, but it never
gets as far as the city treasury
Why? Because hypocrites enact laws which
they never mean to enforce, and grafters convert
these laws to their own uses and profit.
MCCARTHY No HYPOCRl1E
All this leads up to Battling Macs most recent
pronunciamento. Mccarthy is at least no hypo-
crite and he declares that the Chinese have quite
as good right to gamble the whites The
law? Pshaw! Mccarthy makes the law in San
Francisco. The difference between Mccarthy and
some of his predecessors is that he is more honest
about it. The fact IS that the mayors edict of
amnesty for Chinese gamblers was so startling and
unexpected that most of the politicians do not yet
believe it was meant. There is something behind,
they whisper It is to them inconceivable that
the man higher up should willingly and unre-
servedly keep his hands off that $1,000 week
They are still convinced that some means will be
found to exact the Chinese pound of flesh.
A WASTED LOVE FEAST
The retirement of Governor Gillett from the
field Of politics for the present at least, leaves
Mccarthy apparently up in the air for candidate
The recent love feast in which the mayor and the
governor played the leading parts was fairly
regarded as pledge of McCarthys influence for
Gillett should he be candidate Then suddenly
in the midst of all this political prosperity and
after General de Young had fallen on his neck
and wept tears Of JOY on his shoulder the governor
declines to be candidate 1t is all very embar-
RAISING and perplexng for the plain man, who.
likes to be told what to do.
AN OFFICIAL BOYCOTT
Doubtless it is all due the high cost Of living,
that aflicts the great well the lowly that
invades the palaces of governors and the cottages
and flats OF the poor There is boycott on
governorshps Hughes in New York and Gillett
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HINGES IN HIS BACKBONE


HINGES IN HIS BACKBONE
Allen Lennon Of the Santa Rosa Republican tells
a good story apropos the senator's recent injury.
Here it is:
A few weeks ago the California soon slipped
on an icy pavement and bruised lis spine. The
news speedily reached the headquarters Of the Cali
fornia newspaper correspondents. One ,of them
became wildly excited
"Oh, 1T is only trivial injury" Of his
colleagues expostulated.
Trivial injury hell!9 the perturbed
snorted; my paper will want get out an extra.
Just think S hurt. Why his backbone is
injured you hear that? way they
knew he had a backbone
FANTASTIC POLITICS
The more see of politics the more it appears
to me a state OF mind, meaning anything you
please and merely the expression Of the personal
equation For instance, witness the Stockton
Independent:
It has been apparent for nearly two years that
there was a movement to discredt and defeat Gov
ernor Gillett for any position might aspire
Most of the evidences have been well yeied but
the time for state election approaches some
have become open. Among the dangerous of these
movements against him, the praise lavshed upon
him by Mayor p H. Mccarthy of San Francisco is
the most powerful
O1llett, then, must have cOnspred with Mccarthy
to set afoot this dangerous movement" In sup
port of this fantastic state Of mind beg leave
to quote from speech made by Gillett III the
Fresno opera house on October 20 1906 when he
said: If Bell is elected governor Of this state
he will have to reward Parry Tveitmoe and
Mccarthy for their services God forbid that the
time shall ever come when the state shall fall into
the hands Of men other than those who have the
honor of their state at heart and who will stand
for honor. And | am that the people Of this
state will not vote to turn their ship of state
to these highbinders."
Surely politics has relation to facts 1t is a
state of mind built of unreal fancies and airy
nothings that sport of the winds. Gi1lett now
embraces the man he called llighbinder less than
four years ago. In politics words lose their
meaning.
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MORE TROUBLE THAN ALL HIS MONEY

the party and was entirely destitute Of influenc'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22

IA now enrolling students for the
hlrd consecutive year IN Guthrie. The
ichool has had steady growth since
opening here Sept. 1908. this growth
can be attributed 10 merit only. for there
has been no extensive advertising, but
the officers aud faculty have been un-
firing IN their efforts TO raise the stand
ard OF lhiA school 20 the highes', making
special efforts 10 advance the student
individually thereby making It possible
20 equip them With such thorough kno~l-
edge OF tine scieuee of chir9practic hut
hey are making good to a mum, both IN
results and financially
Chiropracfic Il the "Sclence OF the
ase:" the cniropraetor "The Man Of the
Hour"
II you want a profession that has the
srea.est present and future possibilities
il anything before the public today, enc
roll az once and be one Of the many who
are coming more and more In demand
-aeh dayaa
IN the near future. The science q chls
Opractle viii replace. very largely. aii
ithcr methods OF combating diseases 81
he human body Why Because OF tie
fficiencf. accuracy and never falling re-
sulis obtained By chiropractic Adjust
nents. In abort removing pressure from
nerves which Is the catise OF na Yer cent
| II all disease.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
.0DD FELLOWS install
Newly Elected Grand Officers
Formally lnducted
Into Office
special to Daily Leader.

special to Daily Leader.
saltwater, Okla, Oct ~. The Ok
lahoma grand lodge Of the /. O, o. f.
and the Rebekah assembly adjourned
here, both OF them 20 meet next In
Oklahoma City, April IL, 1911, The
grand lodge made an assessment OF
81 cents per membership to pay the
expenses incident TO the coalition ol
the two jurisdictions and to provide
for going into the union without debt
of any sort,
The following grand lodge Officers
were installed: Grand master !. l.
Robertson, Newklrk; deputy grand mas
tel o. c. Black, Oklahoma City,
grand warden, A. S. G. Shaw, Altus
grand secretary, G. w Bruce, Guthrie
treasurer William Rlsch, Blnger.
In the Rebekah assembly, the fol
lowing newly elected officers were
formerly installed. their terms explr-
ing next April President. Mary w.
Mabaffey Hobart; vice president Gar
rie NJ. Stout. Perry; warden Stella B.
Beaver, Oklahoma city; secretary
Ida G. Beck, III Reno; treasurer, Ellen
NJ. Rail, Alya; trustee, Johanna Van
denburg, Weatherford
The grand lodge adopted ringing
resolutions Of thanks TO President Con
nell and the management of he A.
X NJ college as we'll as to the citizens
OF the city for the couriesies shown
the visiting Odd Fellows.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
An UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.
Owls Masquerade Ball Brilliant
Affair." Miss Ritter
busch is Queen

Cassidy hall was the chicr point OF
'attraction in Guthrie last night on ac.
count Of the masquerade ball held
there by the local nest OF Owls. At
$3.50 the grand march began under
the direction Of Floor Manager Lon
MuXlow and as the orchestra swung 1T
60 tle strains of "The Observer" the
beautiful owl queen Miss Ritterbush
and Mr. Clarence Blank, representing
an old Chadean priest, took their
places at the head Of the rapidly
forming line and the ball was on
immediately following the leaders
we're colonial gentleman and a
Mexican senorita, after them a soilor
and a Moorish dancing girl There
wns wide range In the costumes an
the way from a simple mask to the
exquisite habllaments of the winsom6
queen, and In the line could be seen
section hands, clowns, McNicans COW
boys and COW girl PIerrots and Pier.
cites, yaqueros, Holland girls, Red
Riding Hood court ladies', etc. Two
ot the most comcal were the fat old
Dutchman, who wadded around IN the
grand march with one OF the owl
boys, who impersonated an old ne.
gress and carried q gigantic razor
his hand After the grand march
the first waltz was called aud waen
finally everybody unmasked, anl
Floor Manager Muxlow introduced II,
a Kilmcr president Of the local nest
of Owls, who called for the queen
who came forward in her royal robes,
and right regally she wore them Her
two maids Of honor were tion called
to the center of the floor and Miss
Rlttcrbush was formally proclaimed
queen of the owls for 1910. fand pro.
sented with beautiful diamond ring
Miss Nola Shcrril and Miss Eva Tultt
were the maids of honor and IN their
cAaractcri2ations of Moorish dancing
girl and Spanish court lady, they
Termed an admirable picture with the
queen In the center
Waltzes, twosteps and quadriiIes
'hen followed one another and tho
.uanpy throng whirlcd merrily around
until the wee small hours.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
TODAY IN THE
DEPARTMENTS

Charters We're issued today as fol-
lows:
Enid General Hospital OF Enid. In.
corporated by J. A. Sutton, j. b. Fer
gnson, Frank H. Litson. c. l.. Smith,
w. H. Ryan, N. c. CARRIER and II. G..
MckeeYer. all of Enid
The Oklahoma Lightning Arfestar
and Electric company Of Tulsa. Geo.
a. Stewart Of Tulsa. A. b. Shawyer OF
Crimes, lows. and George NJ. King Of
les Moines, Iowa, incorporators.
Associated Oil and Gas company OF
Aluskogec. II Il. Stone, Joan A. Con
nely and AdoIph Scsulz OF Muskogee
incorporators
The Protected FOresters of the
World. negro fraternal and benefi,-
'al order, with headquarters at Tulsa
was also chartered today. The iirec
tors are f. A. Loupe, Freeman l.. Mois
tin, A. S. Hill, NJ r Tucker. S. A.
johnson and pink Wadley Of Tulsa
and Whit Ellis OF Chandler.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
INVESTIGATES OIL FIELDS
Congressman Stephens Will Go
to Washington early
in November
Special to Daily Leader.

Ardmofe, okla, Oct ~. Congress
man John H. Stephens rs here from
Texas. He investigated the Madill
oil fields anl win visit the Ardmort
fields and will 20 by private convey
ancee TO Duncan or Waufika. IL
says he will continue to agitate the
land question Tor the eastern portion
|oi Oklahoma until all land titles arc
clear and the country can deyelDp e
It's full strength.
He will got to Washington early II
November TO meet with the commit
tee that Investigated the Gore csargei
n Oklahoma and his first request W.
be for the suppressed report OF Col
Mosby made several years ago, an,
II II Is not given the committee. he
Will follow 10 the demand on the flool
OF the house wien congress oonyenes
He feels certain that the next con
gtess win be controlled by the Demo
Gratis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
Announcement.
RATLEDGE SYSTEM OF GHIROPRACTlC SCHOOLS

This school needs / 900 intelligent men
and women to supply the demand whlnh
Is ever increasing In ratio with the
knowledge OF this wonderful science. We
are daily receiving inquiries about the
nearest chlropraetor and when one can
be secured In The various communities
Is Il true that Chir0practols get great
or results than practitioners VI other
methuds3 Make 4 comparison Out OF
over fur thousand eases since Jan. 20.
1903 in Guthrie. only four have been
falal three OF these beign tuberculosis,
The eases handled have been varied. iu-
cluding all the Infection and contagious
diseases 70 which this country u subject,
and nearly all the diseases named by
tie medical world.
Is 1t a lucrative profession7 Make q
eomparison siO0 per month II better
than the average salary $500 per
month Is the minimum enarae for CHI
rOpracttc adjustments, four patients
bring ftum yl0o up, apd thex aan be had
III any town of p0sto(flca and store. our
gr.gdnAtes are maklitg as high as $500
per month"; Whyg Because they deliver
tho goods Don't make the mistake that
others have and, like them, regret it,
enroll nowl 10 teacher. college grad
uate and an persons with degrees We
have special proposition FOR few
months. For further Information. write
or call
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
NEW YORK A MODERN BABYLON

The Guthrie Lecture course started
for the season of 1901 with lee
tuge by Or. Samuel Parker Cadman OF
Brooklyn n'Life in the Modern Bah
ylon." Dr. Cadman has taken New
York City as his example OF a mod
ern Babylon and gives an interesting
exposition upon all phases of that city
He also dwelt at osme length on a
sketch Of London and It's growth DR..
Cadman is forcefu and pleasing
sneaker and II he Is a fair sample Of
the entire course, 1t will BIZ one OF the
best Guthrie has had for many sea
sons.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22

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She has beautifiil. long hair. Since that
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