The morning call., 1892-10-20
PARTISAN ORGANS.

Mr.. Reddy, the counsel for Bruner. goes
out OF his way in the course of bis defense
OF his client, TO arraign the Non-Partisans.
ATrayed against the defendant" saws he.
IS the entire Nom Partisan association"
What is there strange in this? Brnner is
accused Of having accepted bride TO influ-
enee his vote in the Legislature. The Nom
Partisan association was organized to put
stop to just such practices as this. Are not
the members of the association acting
strictly in the line of their duty when they
endeayor to secure the punishment OF Bru-
ner if be is guilty?
Mr. Reddy makes each of the leading
Non-P ARTISANS the butt for his satire in
turn, and in so doing illustrates once more
the curious changes which the whirligig OF
time brings round. There was day when
Mr. Reddy thought he was entitled to the
Democratic nomination for Governor. His
opinion was shared by many admirers of his
talents and his integrity. He did not get the
nomination, however. because Buckley ruled
him out for one who was likely TO be more
plant after election. Mr.. Reddy was very
angry. He exhausted his vocabulary of
vltuperatlon-and it is copious-to express
| his detestation of machine politics, which
| enable boss to supersede good candidate
| Tor serviceable tool. Mr.. Reddy's disap-
| poin.ment carried him to the point OF de-
| sDalrlng OF his country-we mean the United
| States. AT that time il was his opinion that
| the old parties had outlived their useful
ness, and that the salvation of liberty de-
| pended upon an organization against party.
and IN favor Of securing pure politics by
| independent methods His far-seeing mind,
| qulckened to activity by the smart of per-
sonal slight, discovered the coming OF the
| N0n-PartisaBs, and at that time there was
| little risk In predicting that he would figure
| as one Of the foremost among their leaders.
1t is sad to observe that so gifted an orator
should have backslidden, and that he should
be seduced by his mastery of invectiYe into
diatribe on himself.
When election day comes round Mr..
Reddy will probably act like other good
citizens and vote the NOn-Partisan ticket
entire. He is far too sensible to join Judge
Sullivan in his endeavor 10 dsinter the
bones of the Democracy from the grave
where Buckley laid them. He will remem-
Der that he is citizen first, though he Is a
| Democrat after8ard. And it will probably
| strike him that he cannot serve his party
better than by teaching it, by series OF
defeats, that it must not allow any future
| Buckley to infect il with corruption.
Reddy Is type of the class which, until
they reflect. set their party above principle.
| They value the ship more than the cargo.
| There never was a greater mistake either
| in politics or in morals. II is the law of
! politics that parties periodically become lax
! in principles and fall into the hands of
trieksters. When that happens it is the
duty Of honorable members of the party to
| chastise them by defeat. 1t is only by so
doing that they can teach faithfuiuess. The
! Chronicle and its little satellite, the Euening
| Post voeiferously demand that Republic
cans shall vote Kelly and CrimmiEs' ticket
because it masquerades under the name OF
Republican aud because railroad ticket i:
TO be supported at any cost OF honor oil
policy. If Republicans followed this ad.
vice and carried the election what would be
the consequence? In the next two year:
| Kelly. Crlmmins and De Young and Stan
ford, Huntington & Co. would pile such
load OF disgrace on the party that it would
become odiOus in the eyes Of every one
Decent Republicans would desert it, III,
people would spew it out of their mouths
The boss would become as hateful as Buck
ley is. And it is quite on the cards that /
might cease to exist in California-at leas
for term OF years-as political organ-
| sior,