Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-08
THE COUNTY TICKET.

Sacramento now bears the banner as one
of the leading Republican counties of the
State. The friends of the Republican
party should see to it that it loses no
credit in that direction. There is no
reason whatever why the membership OF
the party should not prove true to the
ticket that has been placed in the field,
and faithful to the record of this Republi-
can county. Every reason that should
move the membership of the party to
bring out the full strength of the organiza-
ton for the State ticket applies to the
support of the county ticket. While the
manly independence characteristic of Re-
publicans is commendable, it should be
asserted in opposition to the party ma
chinery only when there is failure on the
part of the organization to maintain the
principles of the party. There is in this
campaign no such failure. The party
proves true now, as it has in the past, to
its- history and its articles of faith: 1t
is equaf-to any emergency and does not
fear to face any issue that may engage it.
In representative Convention the Re-
publican party has nominated county
ticket that should command the support OF
every Republican, and that reflects the de-
iberate and emphatic judgment of the
Convention the party sent up to frame it.
The Democracy, grasping for candidates
and begging for sacrifcial victims, few
men with axes to grind and some others
with reyenges to accomplish, are to be
found with complaints and plausible argu-
ments with which to beguile Republicans
and draw them away from fealty to the
party. But it is notable that these in1u-
ences are active only when others than
Republicans seek to dominate in the
county or the State Government; they are
inspired by those who have selfish ends to
accomplish, and by political minority
with everything to gain and nothing to
lose
There always will be found men ready
to mount to power upon the shoulders of
those they would pull down; No ear
should be turned in the approaching cleo
Ition to such influences, since there is no
issue in the campaign, State or local, that
presents the shadow of an excuse for sacri-
ficing any part of either the local or the
State ticket. 1t is essential to the welfare
of the State, and to the integrity of the
Republican party, that the Republican
ticket should be elected in every quarter.
Sacramento Republicans cannot afford
in this year, if ever there was excuse for
cutting their ticket, to hand over to their
political enemies :..:y branch of the county
government. We have had quite enough
of Democratic ineficiency in the city gov
eminent to satisfy the most disgruntled
Republican. Such experiments as have
been made in that direction have not COM
mended themselves for repetition. The
Republican party is T re-@y and able to
assame entire responsibility for the gov
eminent of Sacramento county, and to
answer for the full and faithful discharge
of the trust. Let Republicans be guilty of
no indifference in the campaign, but exert
themselves with diligence to secure for
the entire local ticket such party ma
iority as shall restore to Sacramento
county the banner it once bore as the fore
most Republican county of the State.