Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-28
THE NEW SLAVE-DRIVER.

And now the Democrats Of San Francis
co are up In arms against their bosses.
Possibly the cruel slavery days are nearly
over. The political boss is the same.
whatever party he ties to. The stripe
down his back is the same color and width
whether he be Democrat or Republican.
lie is at all times and everywhere slave
driver, worse by all odds than the task
master of the old South The latter could
deprive the chattel of his liberty and scar
ify his tawny hide, but the modern slave
driver of the political party does more. He
utilities the one privilege of the citizen by
killing his vote, and crushing the means
appointed for expressing his will. He
reaches the soul, and makes the voter feel
how utterly mean and insignificant worm
he Is and what servile tool he must be
if he swears allegiance to party bossism.
DIR. Shorb rises up in San Francisco and
denounces the Democratic boss and then
small army of Democrats resolve
iHdt representative organization in its sim
pier form is the foundation of honest state and
municipal government, and that we hereby de-
nounce the system which makes the selling of
patronage ana distribution Of spoils out of pub
nc ONCE We denounce the boss rule which
"nen tamely endured makes bosses into auto
crats and reduces the masses of citizens into no.
lltieai bondage. making the masses servlle tools
fdther imam instruments of good. We demand
instead OF the insolence, prescription aud tvran.
ny OF boSslsm, the free and conscientious exer
else OF private judgment in political affairs.
At the same time the Republican party
in that city, split asunder, is in the throes
of similar declaration, and the great,
many-headed independent Republican
voter is making ready to cut loose from the
warning factions, and strike out for him
self, in the effort to save from ruin an Or
ganlzation representative of the best, truest
and most progressive political principles
of the age
Up in Oregon there is trouble, too. Saws
the OregoRtda in recent issue:
The Republican primaries of this county are
advertised for tomorrow. 1t is useless of course
TO advise or urge Republicans in general to at
tend these so-called primaries, for they will moi
The main reason why they will not proceeds
from their knowledge of the fact that any effort
against the solid, organized compact force that
ATTENDS, III protes sional way, to this business
would be wholly useless What is called the
primary election has long been a farce in
Multnomah. To simplify matters
the Oregoaida therefore humbly Teqtiests that
the Regents declare the so-called primary and
the SO called Convention "off" and over their
own names give us the ticket we are to vote
There are great many of us who though not
hard TO please, dislike shams, farces eulIiyoea-
uons, lndirecticns and humbugs, and therefore
prefer to take our salts and caster oil straight"
without The injury of an endeavor to disguise
them in sugar or other sweets that only make
them more nauseous to the taste.
We do not know, and care less, what the
local difficulty in MuItnomah county is:
possibly the 0regonian has private row
with ambitious candidates or distinguished
representatives of the Republican party.
1t Is enough to know that here in CaIifor
ma we understand perfectly how easy it is
Tor political boss to put up a caucus to
put up primary to put up convention.
What we know is, that in the Republican
party there is vitality and blood enough.
and love of fair play enough to break up
all this sort of thing, and put the party
machinery to better uses, and it will be
done. We trust the anti-boss Democrats
OF San Francisco will have no such luck :.
1t VIII be the easier to defeat that spoils
and plumber party which came into office
full of promise Lut is barren of perform
ance.