Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-15
AFTERMATH.
A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC
GATHERING AT THE PAVILION
Rejoices in the Principles Upheld
by the Election-Party
Unity Urged.

In response to call published in yester-
days RECORD UNION, large and repre-
sentative audience of citizens met at the
old Pavilion last evening, to rejoice over
the fact that fraud and corruption in Sacra-
mento politics have been punished and
defeated.
The meeting was called TO order by W.
A. Briggs. Secretary of the Republican
City Central Committee. He congratulated
the citizens of Sacramento, who were op-
posed to bossism, on the success that at
tended their efforts at the polls on Tuesday
He read the following list of officers who
had been selected to serve at the meeting
President, Hon. VIM. H. Beatty.
Vice-Presidents-J. o. Coleman, Claus
Anderson, ". NJ. Petrie, Clarence Nelson,
Max Hornlein, John hatcher, w. D.
Stalker, w. r. Jones, James H. Ferguson,
George A. Stoddard, Jabez Turner, J. NJ.
Milliken, VIM. Shaw, C. H. Krebs, S.
Prentiss Smith, A. S. Hopkins, L. B. Mohr,
DR.. A. E. Bruno, Thomas B. Hall, Lee
Stanley, S. B. Smith, James McNasser, DIR.
G.. n. Dixon.
OcCIctdIIcS Iduh JOuHSOU, OeOTSe w &.
Ficks, VIM. Watson, Fred. E. Ray, G. E.
Burnham.
JUDGE BEATTY's REMARKS.
w. H. Beatty. when he came to the plat
form, was greeted with rounds of applause.
He said that on the Sth day of this month
meeting was called of the Republicans
dissatisfied with the way in which the pri-
mary election had been conducted in the
- l. l.,
of the residents of that ward and a free
discussion of the low condition to which
| politics had fallen in this city, which is
| plainly and sadly familiar to all, the meet
| ing appointed committee of 26 we'll
known citizens TO prepare ticket for the
purpose of defeating the nominees of a
| Convention that was composed in part of
members elected by fraud Before
| the committee had taken action,
| the Democratic party, in Convention as
| sembled, nominated a ticket composed
of men who as individuals were good men,
| and ticket good enough in every respect
| to elect. The Independent Republicans
agreed to indorse that ticket upon which
was Republican citizen, one who was in
dorsed by his fellow citizens, and against
whom the frauds in the Fourth Ward was
directed. We Endorsed that ticket, and
thought it best to come together tonight
and give expression to our feelings; not to
rejoice over the downfall of anyone, but to
| renew our determination not to stop at this
one defeat, but to continue in the same
course, and henceforth in this CITY we will
insist on clean primary elections, where
every voter will have right to cast his bal
lot, and where the voice OF the majority will
truly prevail. The apologists for the bosses
met us at every turn and would tell us
that we made mistake and wanted us to
recede, look over these frauds this once and
it would be corrected next time. We
thought now was the right time to revolt,
and the people yesterday sustained us.
The speaker claimed that he was not a
Democrat yesterday or to-day, but a Re
publican. He did not want to be re-
sponsible for men elected by crooked
means, but on the contrary, he preferred
our adversaries should have the offices. The
speaker said there was $50 voters at the
primary in the Fourth Ward, and asked
where they were on election day.
GROVE L. JOHNSON
Was then introduced and said
Mr.. President and FeVotC- Citizens: 1 am not
at all well. Nothing but the fact that l had
promised to be here to-night-and it is one of
| my boasts to keep promise when make one
brings me here tonight. have no doubt if
! become warmed up in my subject / will speak
| loud enough TO be heard by all, but I respect
fully request at least at first that you will bear
with me If | do rot speak as loud as | ought to.
| The foundation principal upon which this
| American Republic is organized is that the will
| OF the majority shall govern. That principle
underlies everything. Upon it we rear the
superstructure that we call our city govern
| ment, our county government, our State govern
| ment and our Federal Government. In order to
| ascertain the will of the majority certain forms
have been enacted into laws which are denom-
| mated in every locality as the election laws.
| They are formed for the purpose of enabling
every citizen OF the country to express his views
| freely fairly and honestly with regard to the
| settled policy of the country and for the pur-
pose OF enabling the vote of that citizen to be
fairly and honestly counted and announced
| The natural result of this feeling and of this
principle is that in this country, in every local
lty. there have been and there always will be
different political parties, which are but the
aggregation into one common band of those
persons " no entertain the same views with ref
| erenee to any particular line of policy. In the
government and management of that political
party certain forms have been enacted by the
leaders and managers and the voters of the
party, Tor the purpose of carrying into effect, ii
| that political party, the same rule which pre-
walls in carrying into effect and ascertaining the
views of the people in reference TO the policy O.
the nation, namely that
THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY
Shall govern. In order to ascertain that will il
| the political party we have what are called
| primaries, to select delegates and convention:
composed of those delegates, which convention!
| are supposed and intended TO represent the vii
OF the party and to carry into effect the behest
! of the majority Of the party, and whenever the
time comes in the history of the country thai
| wicked and designing men take possession O.
| the country and endeavor to engulf the country
| itself into schemes which will advance theil
| selflsh interests, without regard to the will O.
| the majority, the people rise in their might az
| they did in the late civil war, and strike down
the men who have attempted to override the
viii OF the majority of the people of the United
States. lApplause
THE SAME PRINCIPLE
And the same result follows whenever trick
| sters and bosses attempt to thwart the will O
the majority of political party, and to conver
a political party into an engine from which and
by which they can make living without work
and from which and by which they can over
awe and override the political party they dis
grace by their presence. and make it the bast
instrument of their selfish purposes. But wheI
that time comes that the people of any politica
party, or any locality in this nation, becom,
convinced that fraud and corruption hay,
triumphed in the primary and the convention
OF any political party, and have presented Il
the people candidates who represent not tht
interests of the people, or the interests of tn,
party. but represent simply the selfish and cor
rupt views Of the bosses or would-be bosses q
the party, then the party rises in its majesty
and might and spews these would-be bosses GU
of their mouth as an unclean morsel. unfit tC
| d1sgrace the BODY polite lapplauSeI, and that il
the reason we are here tonight to celebrate, il
BETTING and becoming manner,
THE VICTORY ACHIEVED
Yesterday by the Republican party in this cit,
in electing a ticket which may be denominatet
either Republican or a Democratic ticket
care not which-it was elected by the Republi
can party of this city, and it has benefited tn,
Republican party by being elected. Applause.
We are here tonight to endeavor to draw
| lesson from the election TO endeavor to draw
a lesson from the causes which led up to thi
election, and to see to it that in the future n,
such frauds. no such practices as we witnessed
at the late primary and other late convention
of the Republican party shall ever again dis
grace the city of Sacramento [Applause.1 W,
are not here to exult over the defeat of an,
man. We are not here to exult over the defea
OF any party. We are not here to exalt anl
man. We are not here to lend our voices to Thu
loud acclaim that may exist in favor of any DO
litical party, or of any man claiming to be
member of that party. We are here as citizen
of Sacramento, as Republicans, proud of GU
city and our party, to rejoice that principle ha
triumphed in the city of Sacramento over frauC
and corrupt practices. tApplause.1 We are no
here TO ALLEVIATE from us any member of
THE GRAND OLD PARTY
That we all love and honor; not here fer tn,
purpose of sowing seeds of dissension between
the members of the political party called Re
publican. We are here for the purpose of say
ing to those as we think, misguided men tina
voted the so-called Republican ticket yesterday
I'VE make no war upon you. We make no wal
upon the party. We have warred simply agains
the bosses of the party, against the fraud anC