The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-11-10
a LESSON TO PARTIES.

The lesson taught by the election should
not be thrown away on Republicans. They
carried The State by 1857 plurality 10 1888,
and By an increased plurality OF 1881 in 1890.
Now il is said that the State has gone
Democratic. and it is certain that if it has
remained Republican it is by few hundred
votes. and the fine piuralties Of 1883 and
1890 have gone where the woOdbine twineth.
Again, Cleveland carried San Francisco In
1888 10y 1891 majority, and Pond carried 1t
by oil majority in 1892 Now it is the gen.
eTal opinion That the Democratic majority
over the Republicans will not be less than
5000. Tie floating vote, which decides cleo
TONS deserted the Republicans for the Nom
Partisans and Democrats. Why?
The answer lies on the surface. The
leading members of the Republican party
allowed the party to fall into the hands Of
Crimmins, Kelly, De Young, Dlbble. Phil
lips Bruner and that class Of people, and
the rank and file bolted the party ticket
The story is as old as the hills. When par
ties acquire such prestige that their mana
gers believe the party machine is more
powerful than the people, the latter always
punish the party with defeat 1t never
falls. We have seen il in State after State.
California and San Francisco Hereby merely
followed a well-esta blished precedent.
The managers of the Republican party
had ample warning. They were told time
and again. long before the conventions were
held. that the Republican masses would pot
60 into battle under the lead of such un-
popular bosses as Crimmins and Kelly.
They were warned that the secret alliance
between these bosses and the railroad,
which was indicated at Sacramento when
the STATE convention met, would be fatal to
the party that Republicans were as one with
Democrats on the question of railroad regula-
ton and reduced charges for transportation.
and that IL the bosses Of the party decided
TO cast their lot with the railroad, for the
sake Of money, the members of the party
would show them that money and machines
are not as all-poWerful as they imagined
TO this friendly remonstranee the influential
men of the party turned deaf ear. They
said that the Temonstrance was a mere
ebulltion of newspaper jealousy. They
Kept lie bosses In power and abetted them
IN packing primaries and conventions
and now they have got their reward
They have knocked Humpiy Dumpty off the
wall and they will find. as others have done,
thal an the kings horses and all the kings
men may not be able to set him up again.
Inc grosSest mistake, OF course, was in con-
~ p "f ~ NO o0 4 Oubs insane am DltiOn to
be United States Senator. 1t is hard TO saw
how many votes this cost them. IL thew
had had the moral courage to show De
Young the door when he came to them
with his bee in bis bonnet they would have
Jared better on Tuesday. If they had bid
den Mike take his newspaper into the
Democratic camp, and direct his hose
against the Republicans. 1t would have been
thousands OF votes for their ticket They
Lad not the nerve. They were afraid OF
provoking the sheet which is published for
the purpose of putting De Young and they
have got the reward which cowardice often
wins. it may teach them better in the
future; their mistake to-day is irreparable,
and it defes foresight to discern its possible