The record-union., 1892-07-22
NATIONAL POLITICS
Editor Green Talks Plainly Out of Ex-
ecutiYe Session.
IFrom the Coiasa Daily Sun.

Jtrom the Coiasa Daily SUM-
Az me Democratic State Central Committee
yesterday W III ). Green wanted The campaign
speakers this year to cOn1ine themsei YES 10 rhe
taTlL issue. This Southern Pacific suggestion
was was prom ply ruled out of order, and the rail
road issue viii be the feature of the tic
campaisn.-San Francisco Report.
The railroad issue will be the issue in
oauonal campaignt There is not q
single Republican in the State Of Cali
lorna who VIII vote for Cleveland be-
cause OF any position on the railroad
4uestion, ana 1t is worse than nonsense
10 1901 away time on ii. We have asked
over and over how many members of the
Ira!Hc Association would vote the Demo-
cratic ucket because of an Endorsement
OF whatever position il might choose to
take by the Fresno Convention, and have
not peen able to bring out one Can the
Report name one? If we leave National
issues during National campaign 10
cater to some local prejudice we ought to
be assured OF at least one vote.
We stand here and dare to saw that the
railroad plank in the Fresno platform is
wrong, radically wrong, if we had full
ana complete control OF the subject mat
ter. 1t indorseS the Traffic Association,
and l. we have been able to gather in ali
the ado OF that fussy and imbeciIe body,
1t wants to abolish the Railroad Commits
sion and throw the railroad question
are unalterably opposed. 1t would take
more than sixty days to cinch and un-
clnch the railroad. There would be moth
Ing else done, and all the result would be
that year after year boOdlerS would seek
the position to get money OUT Of the cor
pOratiOn.
Submit to the people of this State the
question OF submitting the control Of rail
roads TO theaLegislature and nine-tenths
OF the votes would be against it. In fact
IL would be only boOdleTS who would
nave an eye on the Legislature Doodle
newspapers and the like who would sup
port such a thing. 1t would be bully for
Doodle newspaper III San Francisco!
The Fresno platform inQOrSeS hydraulic
mining and the consequent destruction
OF the Sacramento River, the bay Of San
francesca, and lands that brings millions
OF dollars annually into the State. We
don't indorse that.
We do indorse the National platform
and the National ticket, and had hopes of
carrying California. \ wise policy would
carry the State for Cleveland. and that is
what we want; but if we have to whoop-
up lot Of superannuated mossbacks,
most OF them Republicans, who are able
10 help themselves. but haven't the grit
and Whonp-up q plan for future boodlinC
tor san francisco flash newspapers, the
NatlOual ticket Won't be in it,
i hc iICtIO4i IC1eEEOu TO was made IN
executive session OF committee sup
posed to be discussing in confidential
way the best interests of the party. but
knowing that there We're those present
who would sell the party or their God for
little cheap notOriety, Mr. Green did
not raise discussion on his motion, but
let wrong ruling stand without debate.
1t was nothing but what we have printed
and will print, but the Report had no
business with anything done in execu-
tive session. All such bodies must have
executive or secret sessions at which to
discuss matters not for the outside and
the member who gave the matter to the
Report OUGHT to he expelled from the
committee. The Report processes to be a
Democratic organ, but if it is going to
seek what is done in executive session to
print during the campaign it will be do
ing the same for the party that Judas did
for the Savior. There will be many in
judicious things said that it would not be
well to have printed next day. We take
occasion to repeat that MIR. Green has
said nothing, will not say anything in
the committee or elsewhere, that he would
not be willing individually to have
printed in all the newspapers in the
world, but he don't like to be quoted from
an executive session.