Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-30
THE CITIZENS
The Sham Cry in Favor Of a
Straight Ticket
Is 4 COVERT METHOD OF SUPPORT.
ING BOSSISN.
The United States SsnatOrShip Not In
terfered With By The Citizans
Movement.

| 7 0CAL PAPERS AND POLITICIANS ARE
~ making lshored attempts to show that il is
the daty of Republicans to vote their straight
party ticket this fall, in order to preserve the
integrity of the grand old party and
save the United States Senate from political
| bankruptcy.
A greater piece of unadulterated humbug.
gery, detesiable sham and low down political
sophistry than this was never attempted upon a
| long-suffering, boss-ridden community. 1t is
simply a specious plea put forth to the supposed
unsuSpecting voter to gain the necessary sup
| port to keep in power miserable political ma
chine, which has not a single excuse for its ex-
| istence and which lives and subsists upon the
unholy barter and sale of Offices, and the divis.
| ion of officers salaries and which is kept in
power only by fraud, te-purchasing and in
| timidation at the polls.
As TO preserving the 'integrity of the grand
old party the s. o p, has no longer any integ-
| rity in this locality to preserve. There was
| time-a long time agO-when great underlying
| principles individualized and guided both the
Republican and Democratic parties, but they
are ''out of print so far as Sacramento is con-
cerned. Both parties here are now under the
absolute control and domination of the bosses
| of the two organizations, and who have joined
| In political harlotry for maintenance OF their
power ana DIVISION OF the SpOllS.
Under the mauipulationS of this alliance the
largest sack" always gets the nomination re-
gardlesS OF the quality or standing of the NOM
lnee, but If IL becomes necessary, in order to
pull weak nominees through. TO put some men
on the ticket who will not put up for their
nominations, they are tolerated oaly for that
purpose and are then generally slaughtered by
a combination of the bosses in favor of the op-
posing candidate put there to beat him. man
who wishes au office in Sacramento city or
county must, as rule, first buy his nomination
from the boss; then be assessed about one-third
OF his prospective salary TO pay the expenses Of
the Central Committee. which is owned and
| run by the boss and before he gets through an
other third has to so in to aid and oil the secret
machinery OF the boss workshop. which I'M
ports thugs, buys ballots aud votes hobos and
dead men on election day.
1t is therefore, simply an insult TO intelligent
Republicans, as well as Democrats, to have con-
SANITY thrown forward this cry of ''maintaining
party integrity" and demand the citizens shall
keep within old party lines in voting for local
officers.
As to the United States Senatorship, it has no
more TO do with independent voting for local
officers than the bosses have with principle
and certainly no one will suspect or charge the
bosses with having any principle to maintain
or protect. II requires telescope Imagination
OF q thousand horse power to raise even the
faintest conjecture as 10 what possible relation
can be found between the fact of voting for a
Citizens candidate for Sheriff, District Attor-
election next winter by the Legislature of a
United States Senator. There would be Just as
much sense in men of English birth, but now
residents of Sacramento, refusing to vote the
Republican ticket because 1t might tend 10 dis
rupt the English Cabinet and knock out of gear
the proper succession OF Prince Albert to the
throne. There would be even more sense in
this latter position, for II Sacramento bosses
could once get foothold in English politics
they would soon make the machinery and per-
sonal outfit of that Government so corrupt and
OhuOyiOUS a IN
acknowledge where he was born.
This hue and cry of the bosses and their sup
poiters in Sacramento against the Citizens
movement, on the assumption and charge that
1t is 10 defeat Senator Stanfords reelection, or
that it will tend to that effect, is not only a
gratuitous insult TO every business man belong
ing to the Committee of One Hundred, or who
have joined the Citizens organization for the
purpose of breaking down corruption and re-
ducipg taxation, but is a bold though covert
mode pure and simple, of supporting and adj
vocating bossism. These Influences do not
dare come out openly and say, I'VE demand
that the bosses ticket should be elected, and
that the bosses shall be kept solidly in power,
whatever the effect upon the city and commu-
nifty, but they do precisely the same thing in
another way by demanding that local ticket,
nominated by boss convention. that was
chosen through fraud, bribery and bulldozing,
shall be elected from top to bottom. In this
manner, and with this backing, the bosses pro-
pose TO secure certain officers who will continue
to let criminals go unmolested aud shut up
every avenue provided by law for their arrest
and punishment. With this accomplished.
through the aid of respectable citizens, misled
by the false claim that to vote for honest nomi-
nees to fill these important local offices will in
terfere with or endanger the choice for United
States Senator, the bosses will have entirely
their own sweet way, and can sit in their bar
ricaded faro establishment on Second street
and defisntly ard successfully direct the nom
arrest or the discharge of every criminal, of
whatever class, in Sacramento.
If this is done, The good people will have
| IT,.
simple reason that they allowed their eyes to be
blinded to the real object of this demand, that
they should vote their straight party ticket.
Let ii be repeated then, and understood. once
for all, that the Citizens organisation has moth
ing whatever to do, one way or the other. with
the election of Asssmblymen nor the United
States Senator. Let every voter cast his ballot
for whom his judgment and conscience shall
dictate for Assemblymen. But for local officers.
be manly and independent o. party ruts and
party leshes, aud vote for the abolition of boss
ism ard corruption, and q consequent radical
reduction in the present outrageous and I'M
necessary rates of taxation.