Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-09

fairness and decency in the conduct of elections
and the elevation of the public morals to
mated by packed and fraudulent Convention
On motion of P. H. Dodge the resolu- /
tions were unanimously adopted.
GROVE L. JOHNSON SPEAKS.
In response to loud calls from all parts of
the house, Hon. Grove l.. Johnson as
cended the platform and spoke as follows
''Fett0tU- citizens am exceedingly pleased !
TO see so large an assemblage of the repre- !
sentative Republicans of the city OF Sacra-
mento assembled here upon so short
notice to take action upon this important
| matter. | am free to confess that in this
matter my duty has not been entirely plain
| to me. At first, having participated in the
deliberations of the late Republican City
| Convention having occupied its time with
some remarks, having had the honor to be
Chairman of its Committee on Resolutions,
| having obtained from that Committee on
| Resolutions the passage OF a resolutionpledg-
| ing the Republican party in the future to give
| us an honest and square and fair and
| legal primary at city elections, it at first
| seemed to me that it was my duty, as a
member of the Convention, and a men,
! Der of the party, to quietly say no more
and to vote, if | voted at all, for the ticket
| that had been placed IN nomination. But
| when | learned, as | did after the Conven-
| ton adjourned of the deliberate attempt
made TO suppress the minority of the COM
mittee on contested seats; of the deliberate
attempt made to prevent that minority
| from having the privilege of presenting
minority report; when | saw the will of
| the people of the Third Ward defeated by
| thu voice of
TWO PROXIES STOLEN
From the delegates of that ward Tap
| plause]; when l saw the First Ward delega-
| ton voting solidly at the command of the
local boss of this city, walking up like
| sheep to the slaughter, like cattle with
halters around their necks-and doing the
| bidding of that man when | reflected upon
the many times that this thing in the past
had been condoned by the Republican
party, and that no improvement was per-
ceptible in the conduct of the bosses, or
the would-be bosses of the party, it seemed
to me then that my duty as a citi-
zen OF Sacramento, as member of the
Republican party, proud of the party
as one who had in times past received hon.
ors at the hands of the Republican party
| as one who desired to labor for the success
of the Republican party in the future, and
| as one who had an idea of what was right
| and wrong as between man and man-what
was right and wrong with regard to a po-
| litical party; it seemed to me that nv
duty, and the duty of every Republican
| that loved his party and his country is to
defeat the ticket that was nominated by
| that fraudulent Convention. Applause
| We shall do it as Republicans we shall do
1t as men desiring to promote the welfare
and augment the prosperity and add TO the
principles and the votes of the Republican
party. [Applause.l We shall do it us cit
| liens of Sacramento interested in the effort
| to wrest the politics of Sacramento from
| the control of
CORRUPT RING,
And place it where it ought to be pl aced in
the hands of the taxpayers of Sacramento
| city. We shall do it, not because we have
| personal feeling with reference to any of
the candidates nominated upon that ticket,
and most OF them are personal friends of
| mine, whom | esteem and respect, but they
are like the old story of dog Tray-they are
in mighty bad company at present. They
represent not the Republican party. Idery
| emphatically that the candidates put forth
by that Convention last Monday night
represent the Republican party of Sacra-
mento. They represent the corner of Sec
| ond and streets in this city, and nothing
| else. Applause. They represent the
bosses of the city. They represent the
! political ringSters and tricksters of Sacra-
mento city that have made the
Republican party hiss, by
word, and scoff throughout
the State of California. [Applausel They
represent to-day all that is low and wicked
and vile in the Republican party. They
represent to-day the expressions of the men
who said they were in favor of the admis-
| sion OF that delegation that inasmuch as
there was fraud on both sides we might as
well let the boys in, because they had
| cheated more than the other side. They
represent that feeling in a mans mind,
which, if carried into business, would de-
stroy it which, if carried into politics. GER
tainly destroys namely that fraud if sue
cesstul, becomes something to boast of, and
something to benefit the party.
| This is not new matter in Sacra-
| mento. In 1884 an effort was made 10 carry
and to have ticket run in the First Ward !
in this city, for the purpose of having the
representative Republicans of that ward
| heard and felt in the Convention, and at
| that they were smothered down. They
were refused representation in the Board
of Election. They were refused an inspec-
ton of the ballot-box they were refused
any of their rights as Republicans and citi
zens aud voters, and the man who did the
| work at that time has reaped the reward
| due him, by being spewed out of the mouth
of the bosses himself and I apprehend.
gentlemen, that
THE LESSON OF THE PAST
| Will be repeated in the future, and that the
men who in this last City Convention did
| the work of the bosses and the ringsters
of this city, will, whenever they become,
as they have now become, odious to the
people, be spewed out of the mouths of
the Bosses and none will be left to do
them reverence.
1T is necessary for us, however to
act. You have passed resolutions here
with which | had nothing to do.
| Resolutions that / knew nothing of except
that | expected resolutions would be pre-
| sented. You have passed them, as friend
of mine sitting beside me in the hall said.
unanimously. Now, having passed those
resolutions, it becomes the duty of
every. man who is in favor
| of those resolutions to see that
they become a success. Now the best
method to accomplish that is not for me to
say. There are two or three ways which
occur to me in which we could act as a
| power and force. | will not state any of
them or name any of them. So far as |
am individually concerned, am willing to
do that which the majority of the people
who sympathize with me in this matter
decide; but ! apprehend that organized
| effort is much better than individual action.
l apprehend that this body here of 400 or
800 Republicans can act better through the
| medium of some body smaller than itself.
selected by itself, than it can if you all act
together. Some of you may have one
| view; some another. 1t occurs to me that il
would be the part of prudence, it would be
the part of wisdom, for this meeting to, in
some manner, appoint an Executive Com
mittee who should take charge of the
campaign, who should see to it that the
work was done, who should see to it that
next Tuesday, at least, there will be a fair
election and an honest count of the votes.
| wild applause,] That can only be done
| through the medium of a committee. it
seems to me, and while make no motion
upon the matter, while am simply here
in response to your generous call to say
something, which feel you all believe vet
l make the suggestion to you that there
ought to be some means adopted bv which
this movement, which now seems of to-day.
can be made permanent and effectual for
good in the future. l am one of those who
believe that had there been an Executive
| Committee of the
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS
OF Sacramento city in existence last Satur-
day, there would have been an honest pri-
mary, a fair ballot and an honest count in
the Fourth Ward. Because they would