Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-23

they declare for honest money. but in
Congress they have always voted for in
fiation of currency with silver. On civil
service reform, which is very important
question, they are silent, perhaps because
it would be quite useless for them to pre-
tend to be in favor Of it. VIGOROUSLY they
have not the least inclination that way, and
what they most desire IS an opportunity
to empty every federal Office, and fill it
again without the least regard to fitness.
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We have thus reviewed the positions and
practices of the Democratic party on the
leading questions of the day, and in SO
doing we have been careful to oyerstate
nothing, and to confine ourselves to an IN
telligible presentation of the necessary
facts. From these facts it appears con-
clusively that the party has no certain posi-
tion before the country on any issues save
those concerning which It's positions are
incidentally bad. It's record as foe to
free suffrage is too plain to be concealed.
When it has been possible 80 eyade, it has
evaded, and when evasion has necessitated
reputation OF its avowed principles, it has
repudiated. Il has made campaign OF
evasions and negations. in fact, and this in
face of the obvious need of policy which
should vindicate its claim to national con-
idence, Why should an intelligent voter
cast his ballot for the Democratic candi-
dates under these circumstances +? All that
the Democratic party offers is change.
Not change for the better, for it
has declined all challenges to show
that it is prepared to give the
country such change. Merely and
simply change. But though it
takes care not to point out the oonsidera-
ton, the voter must reflect that if change
is not to be for the better. it viii almost
certainly be for the worse. The Demo-
cratic party does not do much to quiet ap-
prehension on this score. Il has shown
so supreme contempt for its own pro-
fessions, and so eager promptness to
modify or reject them for the sake of win
ming support, that no sober-minded voter
can fail to ask himself whether so tickle
and unprincipled a party can be trusted
to perform anything 1t promises. Its
dominant influences are Southern. If it
should win, it would owe the victory to
the South. The South has always con-
trolled its course, If not its professions,
and the spirit of the South is not friendly
to any of the conservative and loyal posi-
tions the party has taken. a cool con-
sheraton of the situation, therefore, war
rants the conclusion that it would be
extremely irnprudent to trust the party
with control of the Government. It's acts
and its promises are too much at variance.
It's controlling Influences are too danger
Gus. It might not upset everything
that has been thus far established, but
there is no ground for hope that it would
introduce any Improvement to the Govern
ment, while there are many and powerful
reasons for apprehending that it would
lend itself to mischisvous courses. We
have said nothing of the Republican party
in this article, because we wished to show
the undecided voter that there is no Just
ground for the change proposed by the
Democratic party; and because, il it is
shown that such d change is not warranted
or demanded, it follows inevitably that
those who recognize the failure of the
Democratic arguments must support the
Republican ticket. 1t would be easy to
demonstrate the advisability of supporting
that ticket on the basis solely of the supe-
rior merit OF the party, and the superior
wisdom and wholesomeness Of its policy,
but if we have disproved the Democratic
case the end aimed at is effsctually
reached.