The morning call., 1892-04-29
THE REBELLION AGAINST PARTY.

An excellent reason for the uprising
: against boss rule is furnished By the te5ti-
!. mOHy that is now being taken In the case of
: the Frear Stone Company VS.. Perine, now
on trial before Judge Mcguire as referee.
= The Frear Stone Company made contract
=. with the State to furnish certain stone and
:.other materials for the Napa Asylum. After
1.-The company had fulfilled its contract the
:: Legislature refused to pass the necessary
= appropriation to pay it and the company
=, stood TO lese large sum Of money. 1t was
I5unwiiliHg to lay out mere cash In proseeut-
E.ihE its claim before the Legislature, and
finally, one Of its leading stockholders and
s't1irectors, named Perne, acting on his own
:. account, sought 70 secure an appropriation
:: OF $4,000 for goods actually delivered. He
;. found it impossible 20 get his bill through,
=. and in despair he went 10 the late w. d.
i: :4Iiggins and begged him to take charge of
1.-The case. Higgins agreed to 90 so, on con-
..dition that be should have two-thirds of the
: :gloRey appropriated and Perine one-third.
In explanation Of this exorbitant demand
: Higgins explained that he had to divide
.eq4aLly with Buckley PeriRe aequiesced.
Higgins and Buckley drew a bill appropri-
$ating the money, it passed. the coin was
paid by the State Treasurer and was divided
:; according to the terms OF the bargain.
Those who are familiar with politics will
lfo be surprised at this disclosure. The part
'nership of the rival bosses has been no secret
:: iii weli-informed circles. But the public at
large has been in the habit of regarding the
:. stories of addition, division and silence"
&c as bits of scandal They will now learn
. that they were cold facts. For many years
prior to the death of Higgins and the de-
parture of Buckley the two bosses were
:: Pr obably in actual partnership and acted as
. a. unit ON legislative measures in which
. there was motley. There Is nothing in the
aaIteeedents of Crinlmins, Kelly and De
= ~ Dung which forbds the assumption that
:: they 10 like manner would form partner
ship with any new boss whom the Democ-
eFacy may raise upon their bucklers, and so
long as the names Of Buekley's ex-heelers
: figure among tile reorganizers of the De-
:. lsoeraey every one will be prepared to be-
:: ifeye that the new boss viii follow the
!: example Of the old one and sign articles of
= eopartaership with his Republican oppo-
% nentS.
:. s. That is the reason Why the people at
e large cry with Mereetio, "a plague on
:: .eboth. your houses l'5 That sis why honest
= citizens are casting about In Los Angeles
8. as here for some plan by which the bust
:+:Iiess Of these cities and of the State can be
:. cendlcted by men who are not professional
~ politicians, and who have higher aim In
:: etphaIking In public afairs than the loot Of
s. ia Xpayers and the division or swag Ob-
:. .,seryati0n has convinced every one that
7.:::these party leaders have no party princ-
PIES nor indeed any principles at alt. The
: :gDeniecrats are not Democrats; the Republi-
:. :. cars have no acquaintance with. Republican
.::ioetriAe; they are nothing bit condottieri
): who's hang round the battlefield TO flch
: PURSES and strip corDses. Their pretended
fidelity to the principles Of their respective
80 parties Is sham; each gang stands ready
:. TO exchange platforms with the other If il
SECS bcodle in the dicker. The Republican
80 .@ire2pallers call upon their rank and file to
stand by the party which saved the Union,
:; when in fact some of their most con picu-
:. Gus leaders only desisted from their at
..tempts to disrupt the Union when they
; found the job could not be done; the Demo-
cratsc wire-pullers summon their henchmen
.stO:be loyal to Jeffersonian doctrine, a thing
J, OF which they have not the remotest con-
ception. For both sides party stands for
g Doodle, Doodle and nothing more. Which
,. ever wins the people are sure to be robbed.
:. That is why sober, rejecting men are ask
ing each other whether the time has not
=. come for clean sweep, and concerted
= efIort to put the public business in the
) hands OF men who have been honest In
their private lives and whose career offers
some guarantee that they might be honest
. in public capacity.