Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-13
squarely traded for the Senators and
Assemblymen,


Assent blymen.
The logic Of the case is about like
this: The State ticket is lost any
way, and the best informed men of
the party give it up, now, three
weeks before election day. With the
State ticket will go down every
county ticket excepting in the strong
est Republican counties Of the State.
The Congressional nominees will be
caught in the same snow storm and
buried full fathoms five under the big
Democratic majority. There are two
Congressional districts where the ad-
verse majority is SO large that the
Republican nominees may be able to
keep their heads above water, and
to squeeze in by a few votes. But, ii
Charlie Sumner with his inherited
conceit, and self-love had kept out
of the way, California would have re-
turned four Democrats to Congress,
this election, instead of the one now
there.
In this chaos the only thing left
floating on the still angry waves OF
popular disapprobation, like the dis
jecta 0embra OF Vergil's ship wreck,
tossed hither and thither, is the Leg
islature. Nor can they entertain the
ghost of hope to make anything
like clean sweep OF that. San Fran
cisco is hopelessly and overwhelm-
ingly against them. In the whole
city, which remember is nearly one
third of the entire State, the Demo-
cratic nominees for both branches OF
the Legislature, will sweep the field
as with the very "besom of destruc-
ton. . as it will prove to our oppo-
nents.
Their only hope then to "snatch a
brand from the burning" here and
there is in the country districts.
These are carefully canvassed, SO
that the party wire-pullers know to
dead certainty just where they are
sure to elect a man, where all effort
would be utterly futile, and where
the fight is hand to hand one for
every inch OF ground. Into these
doubtful districts they will concen-
trate their forces, and try by all
means to get their men in.
There aIe many reasons for their
strong desire to capture this branch
OF the State government. The first
and greatest is to elect United States
Senator. The vote in that branch Of
the National Legislature is exceed
ingly close. When all the members
are in their seats on a strictly party
vote, there is bare working major
ity. 1t is very hard to say how it
will be after the November elections.
Already they have lost one Senator
in Virginia. There are Connecticut,
Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and
California, where they may easily
lose one for each of these States. Ne
vada is another very close State. 1t
behooves the party to be very alert.
The least slip will lose them the one
branch OF the National Government
still under their control. The fight
to maintain this will be determined
one.
There are other minor reasons which
make the Republican party desirous
of securing the present Legislature OF
this State. Four years ago they
were, SO far as their platform
went, rampantly anti-monopoly. As
soon as they came into power their
choice OF Senator made it too mani
fest how insincere they were in this
respect. They would like very much
to have the endorsement of the voters
of the State put on that action.
They find themselves most uncom-
fortably saddled with the late extra
session, which cost the taxpayers
$3.50, 900, with the sole result of elect
ing Williams Senator for three
months-$50, 900 month expense
for their liking for a day." Cry as
they will and point at the Democracy
as having this cold man OF the sea"
on its back, the people laugh, seeing
which party is stately erect and
which is bowed to the earth with this
heavy load of obloquy. They would
like to cajole the voters into remoy-
ing this unpleasant burden from their
bent shoulders.
The mode of operating will be
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