The record-union., 1892-10-20
THE DEAL IN THE SIXTH DIS
TRICT.

Inc hECORD- mas Deon taken TO
task for asserting-a simple and unde-
niable fact-that in the Sixth Congress
sional District the Democratic managers
have been making deal with the Peo-
ple's party management.
By this trade the Peoples party in
Monterey, for instance, is to be given a
bit of legislative pap in the form of
Democratic support of the Peoples party
nominee for the Assembly, in considera-
ton of the leader of that party whipping
IN the membership to the support of the
Democratic nominee for the State Senate.
Both parties are, on this basis, to sup
port Cannon for Congress.
By this little game Jesse D. Carr,
Stephen NJ. White and other Democratic
wheel horses and leaders in the Sixth
District hope to secure a United States
Senator for the Democracy the coming
winter, and thus materially aid in turn
ing the United States Senate over to the
solid South.
ple's party in the Sixth District for Con-
gress. He is taken up and embraced by
The Democracy on a basis of trades that
have in view, therefore, the breaking
down of the Republican strength in the
United States Senate, and the establish
ment of Democratic supremacy. The
Peoples party folk in this section as
sumo to be greatly shocked at the sug-
gestion of any such coalition, which ex-
poses the new party to the charge that it
is insincere, and as willing as any other
to go into deals. But the facts are that
the Democratic party has placed no can
didate for Congress in the Sixth District
field, and that it is not even discreet in
its amour with the Peoples party, but pro-
claims it and attempts to excuse it by the
sophistry that the Democracy is in a
hopeless minority in the district, and
therefore excusable for any device it may
adopt to gain crumb.
1t is unnecessary to point out to the in
telligent that this is most damaging con-
fession. The party that is not lustiug for
spoils, but is battling for principle that
bespeaks some consideration from men,
will not sell its birthright; it does not for
the sake of an office-hunt coalesce with
an opposition and surrender its right to
do battle for what it believes to be sound
doctrine, even though it may foresee de-
feat.
Here now comes the San Francisco Err
anliner, the exponent of the California
Democracy, and without blush makes
the confession to which we refer, and puts
the stamp of Endorsement upon the charge
we have made. The Examiner of yester-
day, treating of the situation in the Sixth
District, says "it is peculia@'; that there
the Democrats had little hope of over
coming the Republican majority of up
ward of ,, 500, and that had it not been for
the Peoples party it could not possibly
hope to secure the defeat Of the Republi-
can party in that district.
It goes on to say, in effect, that the
Democrats in that district, observing that
the Peoples party had candidate and
was pushing him we'll to the front, came
forward and begged the privilege of in
dorsing the nominee so as to make the
nomination of Mr.. Cannon joint. And
this was done, a complete surrender was
effected, and the terms are trade" Just
such trade as is being attempted in Mon
terey in the matter of legislative offices
The Peoples party, says the Examiner,
with the aid of the Farmers Alliance,
seemed likely to draw large vote from
the old parties, and hence the Democracy,
always hungry for spoils even if it has to
take them second-handed, nominated
Mr.. Cannon. Now, exclaims this Demo-
cratic champion, in brief. ''there is not
much difference after all between the
People's and the Democratic party''-
about the difference in this case. we beg
leave to add, that there is between the
tender and the locomotive = and "the
Democratic party sacrificing no essential
part of its doctrines in making Cannon its
standard-bearer, the chance of getting a
vote against McKinleylsm from one OF