Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-12
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.
One of the Old Line Republicans Speak
Ont His Mind

! EDS. RECORD UNION: 1t is the duty of
every Republican to see to it that his party
is kept free from bossism, from fraud and
corruption. 1t is his further duty to punish
the bold, bad men who, in violation of their
duty, seize the reins of power in the Re-
publican party by means of fraudulent
primaries and Conventions, and to prevent
such frauds from being successful, and
| therefore exceedingly dangerous.
Every Republican admits that the ticket
nominated by the bosses last Monday night
| is the representative solely of the bosses
and the corrupt ring who have disgraced
their party and city so long.
Every Republican admits that the Fourth
Ward primary was horrid fraud, and a
| libel on decent politics; and that the Con-
vention, by indorsing such fraud at the
dictation of the ring made themselves
parties to the fraud, and absolved all Re-
publicans from obligation to support the
| ticket by them nominated.
What, then. should Republicans do to-
| morrow? The answer is obvious. Do
that which the mass meeting at the Pa
vilion resolved upon, viz: defeat the
observation-disclosures ticket. There is
but one way to do that, and that is to vote
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called the Democratic ticket.
To vote for a third ticket would be idle
play-would make the protest of honest
Republicans a farce and insure the success
OF the ring. The only argument used by
the advocates of the ring is that we are
voting for Democrats.
Well, suppose we are? What harm is
there in so doing in municipal affairs? An
honest Democrat, fairly nominated, is bet
ter than Republican owing his nomina-
ton to the most wicked frauds and corrupt
bargains. An honest Democrat without
any collar on his neck, is better than Re-
publican labeled Frank Rhoads prop
erty," and who submissively wears the
collar of servitude to corrupt bosses.
The only way to punish these tricksters
is to prevent their making money out of
their nefarious business; and to do that,
the ticket by them nominated must be
beaten. When aspiring men learn that
Republican nominations given them by
the bosses through fraud are worthless,
then cheating at primaries and in conven-
tons will not be profitable, and the bosses
and their tools will cease their wicked
work.
Hence all Republicans who believe in
honest primaries and conventions, who
desire to punish crime in the party and to
prevent it in the future; who wish to have
reform in the Republican party and good
government in the city, this time vote the
| so-caled Democratic ticket, as Endorsed by
the Independent Republicans.
The men who shout about the party and
| appeal to Republicans not to vote for DEM
ocrats are but the paid emissaries of the
| ring and bosses. These persons, who pre-
tend to be such straight Republicans that
they faint at the idea of voting for Demo-
GRAFT in city matters, are the very ones who
vote for Democrats in county and State
elections and strike all candidates for
| money.
Every Republican vote for the Wolf
ticket is vote given for the best interests
of the Republican party.
PARTISAN REPUBLICAN.