Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-22
A FIT AND WINNING NOMINATION.

It is needless to say that the HERALD
is pleased with the nomination of E. B.
Pond. He has been our choice from the
start, and we have done everything that
could honorably be done to enhance his
chances of success before the convention
We have done this, not so much in the
interest of the man as in the interest of
the party and the state. We fully real
lied that the success OF the party at the
coming election depended upon his nom
ination.
The people had, with great unanimity,
come to the opinion that Mr.. Pond
would be the right man in the right
place in the executive Office of this state.
He had shown his fine administrative
ability as mayor of San Francisco, and
had, by his knowledge of public affairs
and his great aptitude for finance, given
to that city an economical government,
and reduced the rate OF taxes in a few
years from $1.02 to about 81 cents on the
hundred dollars of valuation.
A man who could accomplish this as
mayor of San Francisco could accom-
plish equally as much for the state in
the office of governor. We had seen
with alarm the tax rate run up in few
years from fifty to seventy-two cents on
the one hundred dollars of valuation, and
that too, in face of the fact that the
assessment roll of the state had nearly
doubled in the last decade. 1t is like
talking against the wind to say that the
remedy is in the election of an economi-
cal and honest legislature. We have sent
up legislature after legislature with the
most binding pledges in favor ofretrench-
ment, but all to no purpose. The most
extravagant bills were passed, and the
expenditures of the state kept on
increasing at an enormous rate.
There was but one remedy left, and
that was to place man in the execu-
tive chair who would exercise the veto
power in such manner as to compel a
halt. The people recognized in Mr..
Pond the man who could be trusted to
do this. His experience as mayor Of
San Francisco had given him a
prestige for the work which the
whole state recognized. He was at
the service of the Democratic party
as a candidate for nomination, and
from the start we never lost faith in
that better sentiment of the party that
would be equal to the expectations OF
the best people in the state when the
time came for a final decision. 1t
seemed to us that it was simply i'm
possible that the party could throw
away an opportunity so instinct with
victory when it assembled in it's represen-
tative character to select the head of the
ticket. Our hopes have not been dis
appointed, and we now have Mr.. Pond
as our standard bearer.
We feel just as certain of his election
as we did OF his nomination. He will
not only draw out the full measure OF
strength of his own party, but he will
receive large accession of votes from
Republicans. The independent vote that
goes for the man who is considered the
best and most fitted for the duties of the
Office, will 60 to Mr.. Pond. Whilst we
have nothing to say personally against
Col. Markham, yet we feel assured that
the expression Of the people at the polls
will be so overwhelmingly in favor OF
Mr.. Pond that the Republican nominee
will be like the horses that ran against
Eclipse.