Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-21
Mr. Bartlctt,s Candidacy.

urs EtHTtIctt's OAnOluAcys
1t is no strained statement to say that
Mr.. Bartlett's nomination for Governor
was, from the moment it was certified
to the State, the equivalent Of his elec-
ton
The State is quite weary of extreme
men aud extreme measures. Its busi-
ness interests mutually impinge upon
each other and knit together. They
have nothing to gain from the exploits
OF genius. They have ever, thing to hope
from the assertion of common sense.
Mr.. Swift has the impracticability of
genius, the self-assertion of q hyper
opinionated man. If he wish to achieve
reform, he enters upon it at right
angles to human nature, and secures its
defeat by methods which wrench rather
than guide.
Mr. Bartlett is his precise opposite.
Full of that common ssnse which is the
endowment of our plain people, he
guides public sentiment on lines that
parallel human nature and does things.
The confidence of the modern world is
man of words. MIR. Bartlett is man of
deeds, and it is remarkable that his long
public career, strung with deeds full OF
action, has yielded up to the keen detec-
tive scent of partisan politics, not one
act upon which his opponents dare to at.
tack him. They say he is deliberate.
That was the only criticism of George
Washington. His enemies cloaked all
their animosity under sneer at his lack
of impulsiveness. Washington was a
contemporary OF the great Napoleon,
and the lovers of dash left on record a
contrast between the two. But Napole.
on outlived every creation of his arms,
and died in exile, while Washington left
behind the foundation of an enduring
polity aud free government, which
would never have existed except for his
cool deliberation.
We have had dash in California until
cur industrial structure has been nearly
dashed to pieces, and the reaction now
favors deliberation and the sure and
permanent construction and alliance oil
all the great material forces that 60 into
the architecture af majestic State.
This reaction carries the business in.
tCICstc VI Vic otdtC " WI. Ddlt tkttt
There is a feeling that we are long past
the stage of political experiment, and
that we need man for Governor who is
full of constructive capacities. Such q
man is not to be discredited by petty at
tacks. The Washington Monument
cannot he stung off its base by gnats,
and the fame of Washington Bartlett is
not to be nibbled down by political
mice.
We have long warned party managers
that they should look for guidance TO in
telligent business forces. Elections are
not won by whittlers. They are carried
by men who wish politics kept ON the line
that favors material development. On
that line lies the public peace and secur-
ity required for profitable trade, and in
such trade is found the opportunity of
labor for employment. For this reason
trade and labor, intelligently compre-
hending their mutually of interest, are
in actual combination in favoring Mr..
Bartlett's election.
California is well started on her march
toward temporal pre.eminence, Senator
German. during his late visit, spoke of
this State as hopeful of one day holding
second place in the Union. II was kind,
from stranger, iu bonds of loyalty to
bis own State, but the compliment falls
short of the ambition of our people, and
short OF our easily possible future.
But we must do something ourselves
to hasten that future and must addres
ourselves to the nearest duty that leads
to it. This duty now is the securing of
the rule of common sense in our local
government, and is to be discharged by
unanimity in the election
of Mr.. Bartlett as the representative of
those forces which are building, as deity
as did the coral foundation of CONT.
nents, the bases of our material inter.
ests. Politicsf Yes, we believe in any
thing that we must have as condition
Of free government. and politics is one
such condition. But separated from
mere partisanship the politics of the
business of California should elect Bart
ett, and so secure the future. Genius
writes novels aud often exploits theories
which may concrete into facts. But
,enius is not safe admins
rator. Common sense has
made the bricks and mixed the
MORTAR and carried the hod and made
he trowel ring. in all the processes that
,ave built up the institutions OF civiliza.
ion, and of that kind of sense the
Democratic candidate is an incarnation.
For these reasons foregoing we find
merchants and financiers, mechanics
md laborers, well content in combina-
'ion for his success, which no appeal to
no low-brewed SANDER.
10 flight of fancy can disturb. His feet |
ire set upon an eminence which the |
'loquence of Tom Fitch and Edgerton
'annot melt, nor the dynamite Of the !