The morning call., 1892-10-29
CUTTING LOOSE FROM TnE THIEVES

The agony Of trepidation with which the
agents Of the railroad organization and the
bosses approach their doom is reflected in
the following hystericsl appeal of those
who still hope TO aid the plunderlng
In the name OF your country. your nag, your
home; In the interest OF your mechanics. your
labo4ers, your farmers, your artisans and your
merchants, we appeal 10 you TO remain true 10
the principles at stake In this contest DO not
be misled by false sophsliles or theories. Re
solve TO make one more gallant fight for our
party on the 6th OF November.
The trouble is that honest Republicans
cannot see that anything would be gained
tor country. flag or home by placing Kelly
| aud Crimmins' henehmen in places where
they could steal, or that 1t would do any
good 10 mechanics laborers. farmers. artl-
sans aud merchants TO entrust the repTesen-
tation of California in the United States
Senate TO a man who is so odious and so
contemplate that not one single citizen OF
standing has ventured TO say that he is his
choice. The rhetoric of the committee is
fine, no doubt, but ii Ignores the facts and
falls fiat.
The committee beseeches Republicans to
remain true to the principles al stake"
What principles? The principles set forth
In the Minneapolis platform are not at issue
in this municipal and State contest To al
Jure Republicans to stand by them is as per-
tlnent as IL would be to call on them 10
stand by free soil or sailors rights. There
is principle involved in the election In this
city and State. 1t may be expressed in the
sentence that the control Of elections by the
use Of money must stop. Is that the prin-
cple which the committee entreats Repub-
leans to lee true TO? II so, the best way Of
standing by it Is TO vote down the Kelly and
Crimmns ticket from Wendell Easton to
the School Commissioners. Such a vote
would mean that the Republicans are loyal,
not 10 the bosses who have usurped control
of the party organization, but TO the funda-
mental doctrines on which the Republican
party was founded, and 10 which ii has
owed its success. 1t would imply that the
Republicans of California are not disposed
to be bamboozled by political bosses, but
adhere firmly TO the doctrine Of their party
as expressed in the Chicago platform OF
1854. which declared that ''the Republican
party demands purity in legislation and In
tegrity in all departments OF the Govern
meDf" ana as reiterated In the Chicago
platform Of 1883, which declared that the
elections. which are the fountain Of oil pub
lie authority"
Mir. Meyers VIII hardly contend that the
las Legislature offered an example Of
purity ia legislation" or that the late
primaries in this city and the preparations
for The election on Tuesday week hold out
prospect Of purity of elections" He
knows that the yenaltty Of the Legislature
Of 1891, the primaries Of September, the
State and municipal conventions of what
pretends to be the party, exhibited any
thing but purity. II they indicated any
thing 1t was that Ia the councils Of The
party of which he assumes to be an officer
purity is q lost art, an obsolete practice. an
old-fashioued ahsurdlty. And vet he ex-
poets the rank and file of Republicans who
have fought the battle Of honest politics for
thirty years 20 rally TO the support Of an at
tempt to drive the party into the support Of
methods which have been their lifelong de-
testation.
1t will not do. The mass Of the Repub-
licans OF san Francisco are not 70 be
wheedled into departing from their set pur-
pose Of vot.as the Non-Partissn ticket.
They do so not because they have lost faith
IN Republican principles. To thess they
adhere as s,anchly as ever. But they pro-
pose TO defeat the Crimmins aud Kelly
ticket on this occasion, because Il is the
only way If teaching the pr0iiigstes that
they must not inaugurs;e corruption as tie
cornerstone Of successful politics.