The morning call., 1892-06-01
BON VOYAGE.

At half past this morning the California
delegation viii start fer Minneapolis in a
special train. Before 1t leaves US, it may
not be wholly out Of place to give the men,
bers q friendly word Of caution -Four years
ago a similar train. freighted with another
delegation. started from San Francisco
under the auspices Of Greed Raymond,
Charles f. Croker and NJ Il. de Young.
Il is keeping within bounds to say that this
expedition made California so ridiculous
that stern people have not to this day got
over laughing at US. 1t careeTed over the
country bawling and Dragging till the peo-
pie between two oceans mistook the caYal-
cade for party Of clowns. At every stop
ping place some member Of the delegation
laid down the law 10 a crowd Of gaping
Tustics, and the speech, duly wired to this
CITY, published in a morning daily, and re-
echoed 20 the East, set sober men asking:
"What kind Of people are you raising in
California;"
1t was even worse when Chicago was
reached. According 10 his own account,
De Young became the leader of the delega-
ton by sheer force of imDudence. he
announced at first that General Harrison
would not answer as candidate for the
Presidency on this coast, but the delegates
failed in influencing the convention, so
when Harrison was nominated De Young
sJraight8ay went 10 work TO see if he could
not force himself into Office in the event OF
HarrisOn's election.
The upshot Of all this has been that the
very mention Of a Californian provokes
smile among Eastern men. We are sup
posed to be underlined, impudent, shallow
]. u br rrrFa 1r-o
and a parcel Of iguoramuses. Ingenious
writers try to account for our provincial &c
centricities on some wild theory connected
with the gold discoveries. The Eastern MIND
loses itself in trying TO reconcile the visible
achievements Of the Californian people with
their present apparent willingness to be led
by any blatant ass who will bray loud
enough.
Tie precedent should not be lost on the
delegation which departs this morning for
the East. The gentlemen Of sense who
form part Of that body ought to realize that
the influence Of California at Minneapolis
will be in inverse ratio to its obtrusiyeness /;
that shouting and Dragging will accomplish
nothing except to inspire contempt for the
shouteFs and braggarts and to diminish the
respect entertained for those who chose
them 70 represent this State. There are
men in the world who feel bound to go
about proclaming their own merits, because
otherwise no one would suspect them Of
possessing any. But they are not the kind
of men who in a large assemblage Of dis
tnguished citizens cOnciiate good will or
arrest respectful attention. It is not by
believing plaiitudes or by ranting self
assertion that influence is acquired in ma
tional conventions.
The voice Of this coast should be heard
in the convention. Our interests differ in
many respects from those of the East; We
have wants which are not felt on the other
side OF the mountains, and the very en-
barrassments under which the slope has
labored have sharpened the wits of its in
habitants and fitted them TO offer good
counsel to the national assembly. But if
the counsel is to command hearing thrust
be rendered modestly. as BELTS one OF the
smaller members of the Union; it must be
cOuched in the language which gentlemen
are accustomed to hear aud supported BY
reasons which sway intelligent minds. The
delegation owes 1t to itself to sit down
heavily on any member who tries to run it
for his own purposes or who proposes TO
make preferment bestowed by tie Southern
Pacific stepping stone to political notice.