Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-28
NAMES AND PROOFS DEMANDED.

We expressed our disapprovsl of the pro-
lection of the city bond question into the
city school campaign. The success of the
Republican ticket does not depend upon any
issue Of that character. We think still that
the Republican City Central Committee
was little over-anxious to declare itself
In it's address there ia a good deal of
vaporing about bondholders, and cliques,
and combinations to injure this city and
fleece the. taxpayers, and all that and now
comes the Chairman of the committee and
in a card announces that he ia not sur
prised that the RECORD UNION feels some
what hurt at the adoption of the address. !"
The Chairman mustnot possess himself with
the idea that the RECORD UNION is hurt.
We really thought our treatment of
the illumination of which he is the author was
very gentle and considerate. He and his
committee cannot propose any honorable
plans for the advancement and prosperity
this city that the RECORD. UNION will not
60 a step beyond.
But the fighting of phantoms is the
easiest thing in the world. It sounds loud,
bids for supposed popular favor, and all
that, to curse bondholders and denounce
their syndicstes, and to declare in we'll
rounded periods against secret and mid
night conspirstors putting their heads to-
gether to debauch the city treasury and
control the city elections favorably to the
bondholder interest.
Let there be an end of this sounding Of
brass. We demand of the Chairman, the
committee, the people of the city, or any
one else, statements of fact What
citizens of Sacramento are bondholders {?
Woo are the men who are conspiring
against the city's interests? What are
the schemes to betray this people? Who
are the friends of the bondholders? Who
compose any of the cliques, rings or syn
dicates to injure this city? Name them,
gentlemen let the people know whom
they have to resist. The loftiest eloquence
is the eloquence of facts the most power
full persuasive is proof.
As for the RECORD UNION, in the mean
time, let it be understood that any charges,
lntimatIons, insinuations or statements, by
any person whatsoever, to the effect that
the di,cussion of city affairs by this jour.
nal - e
debtedness, bonded or otherwise, or its
criticism Of any public matter, is inhu-
enced, dictated, directed or suggested, di.
rectiy, or indirectly, by bondholders, their
agents or attorneys, friends or advocates,
are false, and ,otloa The shadow of truth
We have had enough of this impugning
of the motives of citizsns who honestly
differ with each other as to the conduct of
municipal affairs. We give credit to the
open opponent for sincerity, and demand
the same for ourselves This beating Of
tom-toms about the bond question has
gone on long enough. We propose to see
what can be done toward dragging this
bonded skeleton from its closet: it has
been used to frighten timid souls altogether
too long, and demands decent sspulture,
and the laying of its ghost.
We demand that the people be given the
names of their enemies. and of any and all
associations or cliques consorting to do
them injury. They are entitled to know
them. II those who pretend to know who
and what they are fail to make public their
knowledge. they must expect to be branded
as calumniators.
AGAIN We DEMAND THAT THE NAMES AMI
PROOFS De PRODUCED, AND WE WILL PUB,
sISH THEM IN DETAIL.