The morning call., 1892-10-29
THE RAILROAD CANDIDATE.

Senator Stanford, with n. II. de Young
ID his eye, observes that be can work with
any one WHO may be given him as a co..
league in. the Senate" He has his prefer
eaces. He would rather, all things being
even, work with a clean man than with one
who is not clean. But he can work with
any one" And 10 the intent that be can
have q member of his own party to work
with. be urges Republicans to '1eavs bick-
eTings and jeaIousies aside ana elect Re-
publican Legislature"
This, as far as THE CALL knows, is the
first Endorsement which Mike de Young
has received from any citizen of note. 1t is
not gushing. De Young's name grated so
heavily upon the Senator'S lips that lie did
not promo it. His allusion to him is
apologize. He showed that he has in his
mind railroad interests He referred 10
him as ANY one" He implied that moth
ing but. the danger OF impeylllng railroad
interests IN the Senate cOerced him into &C.
cepting al a colleague ore who is as odlous
10 him as he Is TO theTeSt Of the people in
this State. But he was ready to sacrifice
Bs own feelings, and to lead down to the
cleTk's'desk one whom he would not receive
ia his house or speak to III the street He
bowed 10 the paramount commands Of his
railroad associates.
L may be question whether Mr.. Stan
ford is any wiser in giving De Young this
qualified support than his partner. Mr..
Huntington, is in vouchsafing more substan-
tiaI aid TO this adyeHturer. They will either
succeed or fail in making their man SEN
aioT. IL they fail-as they almost surely
wlll-they add to the long list Of grievances
10
GROWING wrong of having tried. for pur-
poses OF their own, 10 make one of the most
diSreputable men in the State Senator from
California. De Young is so constituted
that the words honor and fidelity convey no
meaning 70 his mind. The world is his
oyster, and be spends his life trying to get
bis knife into H. now here, now there II
he went to tho Senate he would so there
for what there is in II. He would work for
10 con stituent who had not subsidized the
Chronicle He would not think there was
anything wrong in this. He would not
probably be ashamed if he was caught sell
ing his vote, or his work at the depart
ments- To remonsIgants he would ask
With sheer If they thought he had gone to
Washington for his healthP
To this man a seat in the Senate at the
came Bp would be mine OF wealth. to be
exploited early and late and often. He
would probably affect to be deeply con-
cerned at tie injustice Of giving rich men
an extension of time to meet their obIiga-
tions Wien poor men are required to par on
The nail. 1t might take prodigious num-
beT Of metallic arguments to shake him in
this lofty attitude. The market value of
ceDseieBces varies with the demand; that
Ct The junior Senator from California would
come high. II would be idle to remind him
of bis obligations TO the railroad. he never
remembered an obligation IN his life. Once
IA tue Senate for ak years, the railroad
would be powerless to iDjure him. II it
wanted him ii would have TO take him on
his own terms, and he would not stay
taken. He would work by the Job and not
by the term.
Il looks as If the election Of De Young BIZ
The aid OF the railroad would prove salts
factory to that interest There is probably
sense enough among cur citizens TO avert
such disaster; but If there should net be,
Il the railroad can buy q senatorship for
DE Young, the transaction will probably
oyerwhelm both party and corporation in
one common wreck. No party which caps
two previous mistakes in the selection OF
Senator WJlb the choice OF Nike de Young
can hope That The people viii afterward
nsye any use for it; and when the United
States Senate {ealizes that the parties who
eve tie nation Sc. oco, 600 have brought 10
washington the champion corruptionist Of