Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-09
A PURELY LOCAL MATTER.

We are approaching very nearly to a
local election of the highest Importance to
the people of this city. If there is any one
thing more than snothe. in which the resi-.
dents of the Capital city take pride it is
the public school system.
Though burdened with heavy city
debt, threatened by the evils consequent
upon hydraulic mining, and handicapped
by unusual taxation, the expenditures of
money by this people for the promotion of
the public schools, and their elevation to
the first rank among educational schemes,
has been lavish. There has been nothing
of the niggard about Sacramento in this
matter.
The enviable position we have attained in
this respect has made this city point of
especial attraction. The administration Of
tbs ey5tem we have is of the utmost import
ance to us. The Direetorships are unsal-
aried positions. We should call to those
Offices thoroughly competent men, reliable
citizsns-those willing to devote some time
and make some serious sacrifices for the
good of the town in which they live. But
up TO this time no nominations have been
made for the offices by either
of the political committees, nor
have they deigned to notify the
electors by what process nominations are
to be made. Win the committees nomi-
nate Snail primaries be held? Will
Conventions be called Shall rings and
cliques dictate? What, in short, are the
committees going to do about it!
Let the gentlemen, to whom has been
committed the trust Of securing nomina.
tions, not deceive themselves. They are
the servants of the parties. The parties
are made up of the people. But there is
something that voters esteem more highly
than party-the public schools. The in.
terests of these must not be sacrificed to
any false notions of policy. The people
demand 10 know who are to be placed in
nomination. There is no reason for long
delay. There is every good reason why
the nominations should be made not later
than the 18th instant.
Why should they not be NADER The
Chairman Of one committee states that il
early nominations are declA-ed, the vicious
VIII prey upon the candidates and bleed
them. That is no sufficient reason. Men
fit to be nominated and elected should have
backbone enough to resist these political
bloodsuckers. That such men can be
chosen goes without saying. ANY other
kind of men are not wanted.
There is no reason why the Republican
and Democratic committees should not,
say TO. morrow, invite the submission Of
names by any and ali citizens, and, if the
committees are to nominate, select the
nominees by Wednesday next and give the
names to the public. II the bloodsuckers
approach any of these men between that
date and the day of election, we pledge
ourselves to publish the names of the
blaekmailers and hold them up to public
odium.
There never was better time, or bet.
ter method Of bresiing the back of the
soulless crew, which the Chairman Of the
Republican Committee says is SO numerous,
go strong, and so much to be feared that
the nominations must not be announced
until Just before the day of election.
The truth is, gentlemen Of the commit
tees, the people are just now afraid to trusl
you, for however pure the intentions o.
individual members of your body, your
committee action may not be satisfactory