, 1873-09-12
THE ELECTION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Whnt the Ilnilronl.Orgnna Said 1ho
Dny Iscfore md tho Dny After.

NalT nG1UF9 ana eAG DNY IA1ICTs
nEFoRE THE ELECTION.
From tho San Francfaco Chronicle Repu5liean rail
road-organ). Sept. 3.
| Tho contest between the Republican and Dem
publican who throws his vote away on the Dolly
Vardon ticket helps to eloct tho Democratic
ticket.
Two giants aro struggling for tho mnssery in
this city,-the H. Republican and Democratic par
about tho nnnks of Ropublcanism with view
to aiding tho Democracy.
Tho Dolly vardon is acavongor ticket and has
no strength. Tho fight is between Tho Republic
can aud Democratic tickets. Choose 70.
Voters must choose between tho Republican
and tho Democratic Legislative tickots. Tho
Dolly Warden tioket is not in the fight, and every
Aepublican who ,votes for it helps to elect tho
Democratic ticket.
In point Of integrity, ability, aud general fit
ness, the Republican Legislative ticket ia far
superior to the Democratic. Tho choice is be-
twoon these two tickets, for tho Dolly Vardens
have no hope Of auccoss.
elected, 1t will bo tho fault OF Republicans who
throw away their yotes on tho Dolly Warden
ticket, which hns no chance of succosa.
AFTER THE ELECTION.
tro" ths san FraRc5sco Chronicle {Repu6'fedn rail-
Toad-0rga'1, Sept. 4.
It was understood ehrly in the day thst tho
railroad Influence, estimated at 5000 votes,
woula be kept back to wait and SEQ how tho po.
4 weakness, and tho Republican tickot held its
own, those voteH wero to bo thrown for tho
Republicans to make assuranco doubly eure
against tho Democracy. But il the Vardena
Republicans wore losing ground, then the Dem
ooIats wore to DO strengthened, the railroad
policy being to defeat their ayowed enemies. tho
Dolly Vardcna. Tho latter ehowed remarkably
strong early in the day, tho policy Of tho loadere
Of tho independent movement Leing to strike
terror into tho opposition, and about o'clock
p. m. tho news must haye gono from tho rail-
road headquarters to unite with tho Democracy,
as from that time until the close Of tho polls it
was apparent that voters wero moro numerous
for the Democratic Legislative ticket, aud the
Republican fire WAS proportionhlly weakened.
This movement, undoubtedly. cost the Republic
Gun ticket Z, 200 votea, md increased the Demo-
cratic vote that number.
The election turned upon tho single issue Of
the railroad; all other quoations wero lost sight
Of and merged into tho mora engroasing topic.
Inc I; popularity Of Coy. Booth, aud tho fact TINT
stion to tho railroad, with his strong peraonal
oxertlon in speeches md lotters, crystaltzed all
tho opposing cloments, and the result, it not =
victory, ia At loast very strong popular protost
h tG Or ere Of railroad corporations
II was chargod against the Republican party
that tho friends Of the railroad had captured itn
organization and, though the personnel Of
TINT IN ticket was superior to any othor in the
tetion that it was, il not in tho intorest
OF tho Company, at least opposed to tho election
Of Gov. Booth to tho Senate Of the United
stasos. The result Of yesterday's election do
monatrateg two things: First, that tho great
naaa Of Intelligent electors Of San Francisco aro
opposed to allowing any corporation to over in
tertero III politics; and, secolId that Gov. Booth
is firmly fixed in the confidence Of the people Of
San Francisco.
II this election shal convince tho railroad poo
PIE that it is impossible for them to wage sue
ceBHfully q war against popular opinion tho
losson will not be nnproductiVe OF good results.
There III another lesion to bo drawn from this
election, and TINT ia, that party organization has
lost it's prestige, and that no party, however
strong or however firmly intrenched in power
can Hafely oppose the popular will OF set at de-
tanco tho popular wish.
From the San FraHcisco Aita flttpubican rat{yoad-
Wo hare had lively campaign @ and there must
be eome lessons in it. Ono is that political
party before going into contest must throw
overheard its Jonahs. Another, that 1t must pro-
tect itson n advance against the reckless lies Of
its advorsariea. We imagine that 1t is under the
latter Of thoso two ruleR that caro- should have
been taken TINT nobody would believe that Cor
ham was to DO Senator in case of tho success Of
the Republicans. Another lesson is, that, whom
the people want to be deceived, thore will DO no
lack or demagogueB to crafty them. Again, wo
ienrn that, whon tho railroad companies arc 60
netting large favors eyory yoar from the Legis-
""~.N F@EAAA4 Ao0AAS n VA 4t1 GlACi 0uk
after it no longor solicits anything. fury rises
against it. This must be because the Company
has no moro subsidies to spond. II it had had q
subsidy s.I1 Of slo,ooo,ooo, the Dolly Vardenitoa
No doubt not Tint the fear that tho Republi-
can oatlcus would favor George g. Gorhain did
the party immense injury. The explicit asser-
tlon that most OF tile hod-over Senator's and Of
the Legislative nominees Of this year, on tho Ro-
publican aide, .wero pledged to him, was kept
pertinaciously before tho people, and, in ito
yory nature Of things, It could not be disproved.
Unfortunately for the party, no popular
Senatorial candidate was brought promi-
nontly forward in tho campaign on the Republic
can side, and, for that reason, there WAS room
for tho suspicion tlatG Gorl'am might be tho man,
and the only certain method Of defeating him
lay in the deteat Of tho Republicans He caused
the overthrow OF tho party in 1867, and now
again In 1878. Under the circumstances, 1t must
in tho future, as q matter Of prudence pro-
tect itHelf from the suspicion Of boing, in any
manner, attached to him az leader.
Sts Louis OH ChicQR0.