Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-07

NOUR COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO WAIT
i upon and inform me that had been nomi-
mated as the Democratic candidate for the high,
responsible and honorable position of State Sen
ator from this county has performed that duty.
To-say that ! feel highly fidttered, and return to
you and the party whose accredited representa-
tives you are my heartfelt thanks, but feebly
expresses my feelings. 1t is doubly gratifying
because i have not sought the honor, do not
now aspire to be a candidate for any position,
and know that it is rendered to me %spontane-
ously, and in wha. you deem 10 be for the best
interests of the party of which / am an humble
member. In considering what my duty is in the
premises / am embarrassed by the fact that /
steadfastly declined a nomination for another
responsible Office on the ticket rendered to me
By at the hands of our recent
Democratic Convention. Lest it may appear
that l am tiattered into a different course now
by the fact that your honor now rendered is for
the post of honor on the ticket, and that l may
not appear inconsistent in my position taken
before the Convention when declining, 1t is be-
coming that ! should be frank with my fellow
citizens, and state some reasons that have in
duced me to take the step / am now about to
commit myself to. Earnest and sincere efforts
were made by the Convention to secure a can
didate for the office of State Senator, and to fill
other positions on the ticket. The Convention
did not succeed, and transferred this duty to the
County Central Committee. That committee,
and Democrats, have made earnest and sincere
efforts to secure a candidate, and up to the
present date all efforts have been futile.
This is a most remarkable state of affairs
under the circumstances. A more favorable
outlook for the election of the Democratic ticket
in this county has not occurred in the past, and
why Democrats refuse to improve this oppor-
tunity is to me unaccountable. Had ! ever de-
sired to be o candidate in this county with the
hope of election, / could not ask a more favor
able opportunity. Our Republican friends are
dissatisfied with the work OF their County Con
%vention, and not at all pleased with their State
ticket. Always liberal and ever ready to re-
nuGp ahucaS in their NUN Marty monoOapnapt
they are now, for reasons satisfactory to them
selves, ready and anxious to support the opposi-
ton. have at no time had any misgivings as
to the result of the pending contest in the State
and in this county. 1t was not, therefore. the
fear of defeat that disinclined me to be a candi-
date. Other considerations conspired to pre-
vent me from taking a position on the ticket,
among them the following | had rendered my
services in this canvass to the Democratic State
Central Committee, which had been accepted.
There are personal sacrifices that | would
have had to make, and will now have to make,
private interests that would have had 10 suffer,
and will now suffer. The first has been re-
moved by way of considering what my duty to
my party was in the present emergency, as will
appear by the following kilograms:
SACRAMENTO, October 6, 1856.
To Vim. D. English. Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, No. 6 O'Farrell
street, San Francisco, CAL:
/ am urged to take a place on the county
ticket. Should yield in the interest OF the
party, will your committee release me from my
Obligations TO take a part in this canvass? An
swer. JOHN 7. CAREY.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 6, 1886.
John I. Carey, Sacramento:
Committee will release you. Sincerely hope
everything will be arranged satisfactorily in
your county. VIM. d. ENGLISH.
The present need of candidates to fill our
ticket, the pressure of friends, my fealty to my
party, my devotion to its principles and its as.
tendency have all constrained me TO forego
other reasons mentioned; to make every sacri-
flee personal to myself and to stand in the
breach. ! had hopedth that this duty would have
fallen to the lot of another. l did not desire it:
do not now; but the situation considered. the
prospect considered and the honorable position
profered, and the appeal made to my Democ-
racy. compel me, gentlemen. to perform what.
after mature reflection, seems to me my clear
duty. and make every sacrifice that would need
be to become your candidate for State Senator.
/, therefore, hereby accept your nomination,
and thank you most sincerely for the honor
conferred.
While 1 did notseek nor desire his favor. now
that l have accepted. | pledge you every honor
able exertion to be elected. Lam not conscious
of any good reason why any Democrat in this
0uuty should not support me. Did / know of
any, L should most certainly decline this nom
nation, because | would then stand in the
light of accomplishing what l most desire-the
success of the party. | know of no reasons.
other than political. why my Republican friends
cannot support me. To my fellow-citizens gen
orally of this county l can only say | am one of
You. familiar with your wants and your inter
ests, and loyal to my home of the past twenty
six wears. and should l be elected-as | believe
WILL shall serve you faithfully, earnestly
and honestly, aud to the very best of my ebii-
the State and county Democratic platforms, and
if elected will take them as my rule of actisn in
matters upon which they speak. Your most
obedient servant. JOHN T. CAREY.