Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-31
WHO is RESPONSIBLE 2

The Erdnliner notes the excess of appro-
priations of 1889 for the two succeeding
fiscal years over those of former years, and
while admitting that this excess was the
result of "unjustifable extravaganza"
asks, Who is responsible for it? Is the
Examiner SO grossly ignorant of recent
political history? If its managers and
conductors were asleep at the last session
of the Legislature, and they ask this ques-
tion in good faith, we will answer that the
party responsible for this unjustifable ex-
travagance was the Democratic party
which had majority in the Legislature,
acting under the inspiration of its most
trusted leader, the sane party who con-
trolls the course of the Eraminer, who
elected Mr.. Hearst, the real proprietor of
| the Examiner, to the United States Senate,
who nominated E. B. Pond for the office of
Governor, and who will be the controlling
force in Mr.. Ponds administration, should
Mr.. Pond be elected. If the Examiner is
such an imbecile as not to know these
things to be true, it must not expect an
equal illustration of stupidity on the part
of the electors of California.
1t proceeds, however, to say that in
every instance the extravagant appropria-
| tions were recommended and urged by
Governor Waterman, the Republican Ex-
ecutive, and that he approved every bill as
it was passed. We freely admit the truth
of this statement, but the difference be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties in the premises is very marked and
apparent. Governor Waterman was not
accorded Endorsement at the hands Of
the Republican party, while Mr.
Buckley was the recognized leader OF
the Democratic Convention, and sue
ceeded in forcing his candidates in every
instance upon that body. The case stands
thus: A Demo cratic majority, under the
direction and control of Democratic
leader, committed an "unjustifable ex-
travagance," for which the people of Cali
fornia hold it responsible; and the Demo
cratic State Convention, the highest au-
thoritative body of the party, met and in
dorsed this action by indorsing the candi
dates of the very self-same leader who was
responsible for the unjustifable extrava.
gance. In the second instance, Republi.
can Executive signed the bills as they
were passed, but the State Convention o.
the Republican party declined to approve
or indorse his course. Here we have
Democratic ratification of the unjustifiable
extravaganza on the one hand and Repub.
lican condemnation of it on the other
The Examiner then plausibly asks the ques
ton: Does any one in California believe
that with E. B. Pond at the head of the
State Government the Treasury could be
so plundered We will anticipate the
answer to this question, which will BIZ
given at the polls in November. A vast
majority of the electors of California dc
believe that with Z. B. Pond at the head
of the State Government Mr.. Buckley
would be able to repeat his raid upon the
peoples treasury; and they believe this
for the very obvious reason that Mr.. Pond
is the creature of Mr.. Buckley, and the
candidate of the party that ratified and
Endorsed the villainous acts of the Demo.
cratic majority in the last Legislature.