The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-01
CALIFORNIA; UPRISING.
The Workingmen's Victory Greater than tho
Most ssnguine had Expected.
F,oa, ne San ffguci.oo B,aifn.
II tho Work nnlnnn liz 20 ennnrnl cnr

ffon' ne SIN frpuci"o bahrfin-
II the Workngmen have secured control
OF the Convention. 1t will br prime object with
them 10 make the best Constitution they can.
But a modiii 'ation. more or less marked. may
b" disclosed in the Work ingmens party betOr"
long and Il II probable that soma change Will
take place in IA" views hy which their movs-
mcnt is 70 be regarded; 1t can no longer bc
dwaried by the name Il any man. or set OF men.
II II vcrithblc uprising against the existing
order ~ things. the outrum" Of which has
been general and continual rise in tax
ntion with no hating place at all discrrni-
Bile in the distance. In such IA condition of
things there were many who began 10 mink that
amy change could not fail 10 be for the b,tt, r.
There were not few also who reasoned that
the W nrkingmcn, even ON tho lowest view that
could hc inkcn OF their movement. only pro-
posed 10 divide and take things which did not
belong Ia them by and by. while the monopolies
the peoples substance that legitimatey should
come To- them. 1t sometimes does look ~ If it
We're only z question Of time when they should
get il all. There was also striking out wildly
on the part 81 the persons who have been swim
died in thousand ways 10y stock operations.
They felt angered and annoyed Mt having been
So SUCCESSFULLY dcspoilcd of their hard earn
ings. They helped mnteriallyt 10 swell the vol
ume OF discomfort which registered q plurality
has taken place. therefore. may have the effect
Of thunderstorm-thc clearing up Of the polit-
icel atmosphere all around.
Ffual he Sin F,,i,c,so Chronic''.
Estimates or returns from all the precincts
have at length reached the thrOHicle office. and
show the workingmen's victory IL more COM
ll'lN Alllll EVEN ltlt must hhuEllllt OF tltm llu
expected. The entire city delegation has been
elected by an average plurality of about $3.50.
Prom n, Spa Frt,ctscj CdN
II is pretty certain that no single party will
have a majority in the Convention. The Work
ingmen will have q Handsome plurality. but the
sixteen delegates elected by the old parties will
probably hold the balance of power. II does not
follow, however. that these party distinctions
will be rig dly maintaincd utter the Convention
meets. The declaration OF principles made by
the Non -Partisans before the election would
have answered equally well for the Workingmen.
With the exception OF a clause limiting the
ownership OF land which some of the Work ing
mon arc said TO advocate. II includes nearly all
the reforms asked for by TINT party. The rca-
son the on-Partisans did not succeed on this
platform was because the Workingmen had no
faith in their promises. Pledges have SO often
been broken by both the parties that the Work
ingmen refused to trust the two combined. The
large numbero Of Workingmen = delegates in the
convention will hold the other parties to their
pledges. Parties are so evenly balanced that
neither can go to extremes without sending the
handful Of Democrats and Republicans to what
may be termed the conservative side.