The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
By Edward f. Cahill

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in making sneak on their constituents and gaining
their election under false pretenses.
THE HARD LOSER
What pitifu plea it is that Pillsbury makes-the
plea of the hard loser, the welcher. He does not
does not want to see that the same plea could
be made with equal force and like dishonor for the
presidential eector who might choose to welch
his obligation vote for the candidate of his party
The two cases are on all fours. There is no law to
compel presidential elector to vote for any candi
date in particular and I do not doubt that if the
politicians any advantage in weching this
obligation they could invent reasons a-plenty that
would seem to them perfectly satisfactory.
ABOUT PoLsLEY
In this line of endeavor I saw the otheraday in
morning paper interview attributed to Assem-
blyman Harry Polsley. He was therein reported
whether correctly or not [ am unable to say-to
have said that he considered this a bad law
far the choice of senator concerned and that
he had voted for it in the legislature with mental
reservation that he might disobey it if that suited
his purpose. Can any conduct be conceived more
base, more dishonorable? He takes an oath with
mental reservation to disregard it if he can see
any satisfactory reason for that course Did Posley
tell his constituents about this mental reservation :?
1 commend the putative theory of Polsey to
Deacon Pillsbury. He appears to have missed
something in the line of subterfuge to cover his
crooked argument
JUST FUDDLED
Mr.. Pillsbury adds, with strange perversion of
reasoning, that the between Spalding and
he
two to one is a dead heat then this was one. AS
further example of the same fuddle Drained style
of argument he goes on to say: Had Chester H.
Rowell been the candidate there would have been
something really advisory in the vote"
Personally I would have been glad to see Mr.
Rowell elected, but I fail altogether to understand
how his personality could make. any difference on
question of principle. Get your head on straight
deacon.
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO
If [ have seemed to speak harshly of the pro-
fessiona reformers it is because l am convinced
that these people, possibly without understanding
the nature and bearing of their action are seeking
to do the commonwealth grave injury by destroy
sing the means of popular control for the election
of United States senator's The examples that have
gwen OF Mr.. P1lSDury reasoning make 1t ta1r
inference that some of them incapable of under
standing what they driving at and are simply
seeking personal advantage without understand
ing the consequences.
QUESTION OF COMMON HONESTY
1t is the misfortune of every great popular move
ment to have horde of parasites and camp
followers attach themselves to the cause. They are
there for what there is it for themselves and they
always ready to subordinate the principles and
aims of the movement if they believe they can
thereby gain any advantage for themselves or their
own set. Mostly these people prefer to work in
the dark, but occasionally there one, like Pills
bury, who has so little sense as to walk into
BOBBY trap. The quality of sincerity in the pro-
fessional reformer of this variety may be inferred
from the present argument which, after ALL is only
question of common honesty.
A GREAT HUSBAND
The young lady who writes with such charming
and delicate humor in these columns concerning
the doings of the Smart Set'-stupid phrasei-
hazarded speculation the other day as to the
husbands of great women and, among other works
of mercy, proposed to conduct a rescue expedition
to deliver Peter Martin from the shadow of a vast
eclipse. Now if mere may be permitted
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