The morning call., 1890-04-03
Ge'vERNoR WATERWAYS ROPES.

Governor Waterman does not seem to
be as fortunate at Los Angeles as he was at
Sacramento. AT the latter place he was
athletic knife Mr.. Gregory, SOFAS to dispose.
-Iotthe present. of any guhernatGTiai aSpir-
atoms which the Mayor may entertain. But
AT the election of the Union League Repub-
.iicaa Club at Los Angeles, the;GeIernor
was badly whipped. Out dfsnine Directors
he.ony succeeded in electing tive who are
friendly to his hopes. This may be re-
garded as conclusive as to his standing in
Southern California. As Los Angeles goes,
so Will San BernardinO, San Diego, Santa
barbara, Orange and Fresno go. Ii Water
main only has two-RintGs Of the Republican
>Ye5es in those counties, while SEINE other
Republican can command seyen-ninths, his
prospects of carrying the convention cannot
he con Sidered very promising.
e IN sober truth, WATERWAYS candidacy has
all alQpg been a wild delusiOn, begotten of
hiS:oSvn vanity, and fostered by the toadies
@ll6wanted faVors Of him, There never
has been time when the really representa-
tivesifen of the Republican party wanted
HIM for Governor or had the least idea of
making him their standard bearer. Not
ouly has he failed to dc any one act which
haSbelped his party Since he became Chief
Magistrate through the death of Governor
Bartlett hut he has dcne a number of acts
whSell. have injured his party, aud made it
mole saiiiiealt than il was for the Republi-
cans to: scafry the State. There is not a
rural county from San, Diego 10 Siskiyou
which is.not boiling over with rage at in
creased taXation. And while this taxation
has been primarily due to the jobs which
Buckley foated, itcould not have been en-
Bodied in laws but fur the aequiescence Of
G0yefnOr Waterman. Hesis one of the men
Whosis responsible for the additional bur-
GeRS which farmers have to bear.
1t seems to be his tate never to be able to
open his mouth without putting his foot in
it. There was no earthly reason why he
should goOut of his way to advocate the
aunexation of Lower CALIFORNIA; measure
quite beyond his province. But he must
needs do so. and, in the doing make Cali
fornia ridiculous, and put Mr. Blaine and
Senior Romero TO the trouble of explaining
that the Governor of this State was per
son of no account and his utterances were
not entitled to the. slightest attention.
There was no reason why he should not
have bestowed respectful consideration on
the criticisms Of Mr. johnson of the
Century on the management of the Yo-
hthfitc dltel. MI. OOBuSOl occupies q pO-
sitiOn in letters which should have COM
nHnded attention for his statements. But,
instead of correcting him if he were in
error, Governor Waterman simply called
him names and accused him of trying to
get JOB for ''his uncle, Fred Olmsted, /"
the two men being no relations whatever.
Where he bought his mining machinery is
amatter in which the public feel little con-
Germ; but it certainly does not add to the
availability of a gubernatorial candidate
that he should be charged with having sent
to the East for it while there were so many
unemployed men here.
To suppose that the Republicans would
pick out so unfortunate and so indiscreet a
personals this to carry their banner in No.
MEMBER is9to assume that they are bereft OF
ordinary common sense. To do SO would
be toe invite the Democrats to nominate
their strongest man, and to carry the State
. almost beyond peradventure. The silent
vote, which holds the balance of power in
closesStates, is not apt to incline toward the
party which offers to knife one part of its
ticket for the benefit of the rest.