Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-13
THE EFFECT.


methods declare that the peoples triumph
to-day will endanger Republican success
next fall in the National contest. Repub-
licans should not be deceived. National
campaigns are not to be fought upon such
municipal battle lines. The issues be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties are those of governmental policy
affecting the nation. They are not affected
by the struggle of Republicans and Demo-
Gratis in city like Sacramento, to have
decent administration of municipal affairs,
fair play, and freedom from boss rule.
Reasoning men will see that it is not
essential to the National campaign, in
volving 60,000,000 of people and questions
of tariff, internal revenue, and civil service
reform, that VIII Huntoon should be
elected to the unsalaried Office of Fire
Commissioner of the little city of Sacra-
nlento, or that this, that or the other man
should run the Holly water works.
1T is not necessary to national political
activity in thi-ty-eight American States
that Mr.. Todd shall be elected Fire Com
missionef in California town, because he
is dominated by Republican bosses. The
momentuous issues that will be debated
before the people next summer cannot
hinge upon the question whether Ed.
Short-the man put up by the bosses to
be slaughtered-shall command the eleven
or twelve policemen of Sacramento?
A handful of Republicans say they can't
Swallow" Democratic candidates; and a
corporars guard of Democrats turn pale at
the name of Republican upon their
ticket; but neither class have been so
squeamish all these years while voting
mixed ticket for Free Library Trustees
always divided between Republicans and
Democrats.
Let us be reasoning men rather than
partisaDs; let US stand for Sacramento in
local affairs rather than for party Let us
work and vote for decency, cleanliness,
order, law and fair play in the city of our
homes.
If Republicans expect to have any party
strength to contribute to the defeat of
their political opponents in Sacramento
next fall, they must husband it now. 1t
will never do to ply the party lash in
these minor city elections, when the result
is boss rule. Men are becoming very tired
of and so disguised with it, that they are
dropping off and deserving the party and
refusing to ''enthuse" with it when needed,
because they abhor uniform that bears
the name of master and the coronet of
the Rhoads-Daroux-R oeder trinity of boss
aristocrats. Respectable Republicans by
whole battalions are finding out that
they have been wearing the collar for
years, and voting the ring will
when they fondly supposed they
were manifesting their own sovereign
power. These voters will leave the party,
or refuse to vote at least, and remain deaf
to the party call if boss rule continues.
The result will be Sacramento will be lost
to the Republican party utterly.
We are to elect Legislators next fall.
But the Republican party majority will
disappear before that time, unless boss rule
is broken. Even if the ring manages to
elect delegation, it will be useless for
good, since it will be representative, not of
the people, but of the buying and selling
power of the tricksters who are to-day at
tempting to vote imported repeaters at the
polls, and hence valueless as an influence
Democrats are very much in the same
condition; they are bossed from the same
headquarters, and need emancipation quite
as much as Republicans. The time has
come WHEN both can have it if they will.