The morning call., 1892-10-23
A DEMOCRAT TALKS.
He Is Opposed to the Bosses and Favors
Nom Partlsaps.

NON
Speaking of local politics. said we'll
known Democrat yesterday. II for one am
heartily sick Of them in the regular party
form and / intend to vote the N0n-Partisan
ticket this year. The public, the people,
the citizens of the town and our homes have
been a party to the political riot and de-
bauch that for years has been termed mu-
nicipal politics. 1t was indifferent as TO the
success of either set OF rascals, because II
became the victim Of whichever succeeded
and was robbed, abused and plundered.
What has this city of 100000 inhabitants in
common with the two politicians who con-
stitute the Republican party and the TWO
others who constitute the Democratic
party? Why should people lash them
selves into political frenzy in their efforts
to make one pair OF politicians beat the
other pair? What difference does 1t make
TO the taxpayer whether horde Of Repub-
licaD or gang of Democratic heeleTs steal
their money?
Il say give the citizens q chance and dis
pense with the politicians. Although | am
lifelong Democrat fail to see any con-
nectlon between Jeffer5onian principles and
tariff reform ana a set OF names placed on
a ticket by Bosses Sullivan and Dwyer
They are Democrats, Of course, but there
are better Democrats on the Non-Partisan
ticket, and they are free from odiOus asso-
Citations. | cannot find anything in Demo
cratic doctrine that recognizes the right of
two men to style themselves the party and
name a set OF men for Office, thereby bind
ing the Democracy TO support them. The
idea Is ludcrous
II am familiar with the proceedings of
these bosses, az | follow political move
ments closely. Sullivan and Dwyer got
into the control OF their party by loud and
constant protestations of virtue and con-
tinuOus and bitter denunciation OF Buck
ley's methods, laying particular emphasis
on stuffed elub-rolls and unfair finances.
No sooner had this hypocrisy been success
ful than they exhibited their true nature
and intent. They deprived the party Of its
club-rolls, declaring in effect that they be-
lOnged not to the party but 70 Sullivan and
Dwyer. They had the rolls reconstructed
to suit their requirements, and struck from
them hundreds of names of Democrats
whose convictions did not please them.
Men were stricken from these rolls whose
Democracy had never been questioned and
who lad voted the party ticket from their
youth-who had voted it years before Sulli-
van had entered on his chronic candidacy
for Office.
They are bitterly antagonistic to every
principle of Democracy aud are therefore
not Democratic. and any ticket nominated
by such means is not Democratic ticket.
! object TO the election of any ticket that
will reward the bosses for Merchandising
a majority Of my party and place pre-
MUM on The frauds and indecent practices
that have characterized their every step.
1.-The Non -Partisans have named good
men. There is II. II. Scott. the nominee
for Sheriff, a lifelong Democrat of pure
| character, whose recent services 10 the peo-
pie of this city In the effort TO cleanse the
Augean stables through the Wallace Grand
| Jury mark him as pre-eminently the man
for the position. ! mean to vote for him,
and believe that fully two-thirds of our
citizens will do the same. This city will
never hold its head up until the bosses Of
| all parties are buried"