The morning call., 1892-10-19
TIE VOTE FoREsHApo.wED.

One of tie effects Of the recent decision
of the Supreme Court will be to Spllt the
popular vote from top TO bottom.
For instance, voter can cast his ballot
for the President of bis choice without neces-
sarily voting for any other candidate 0t the
party TO which his Presidential candidate
belongs. Thus, as, on fair count OF poses,
q majority of the people Of California are
probably Republicans, the chances axe that
Mr.. Harrison will carry the State by some
thing like the usual majority. There are no
indications Of any change of principles any,
where. The Joint debate between Estee
and White has attracted no particular at
tention: few persons read the reports OF
the speecbes Of either, and the arguments
fell fat. 1t is therefore safe to expect
repetition OF the past Harrison carried
the State in 1883 by 1887 plurality: Mark
han. "a RED Is IN 1890 by 7945 plurality; the
es noes are that Harrison will receive
81 ut tie same plurality on the 9Th OF next
N lth.
Int when the Presidential electors are
passed the fate of other candidates is less
certain The candidates for Congress will
perhaps do we'll not to count too confidently
on polling their full party vote. They may
get # as usual, but to do so every voter will
lave 10 stamp their names individually, and
some who have little interest in their fate
may neglect the ceremony. The Republic
cans have margin enough Ia the Third and
Sixth to be able to lose some votes and yet
win; they should win in the new Seventh
and probably in the Fifth; but the vote is
so evenly divided in the First and Second
that il is difficult to say how the election
will turn out under the new law as Inter-
preted by -s4ss Supreme Court. No one can
predict the result in the Fourth; it depends
en- whether Mcguire has more friends than
Bob Ferral had. or vice versa.
1t is with profound satisfaction that the
San Franciscan looks forward to the pros
pect that for the first time in many years
the election in this city will be an event Of
which he need not be ashamed. Unless all
signs are at fault the Non-Partisans bid fair
to sweep the city with tidal wave. Even be-
fore their organization the apathy Of members
of the two old parties was matter Of general
comment. Neither of the State Central
Committees was able TO raise money. Peo-
pie would not subscribe. Everybody seemed
Indifferent to the result. Decent citizens OF
both parties were so Disguised with the bor-
rlble corruption at the City Hall and in the
courts-which was the same under the Re.
publican as under the Democratic regime
that they refused TO give money or TO attend
meetings, ard the committees were unable
to hire halls or speakers. or even TO indulge
in the usual toTchlight professions with brass
bands for want of means. 1t strained their
resources TO pay for bare advertisement Of
their party ticket
On the top Of this public apathy engen-
dered By disgust came a new party which
was ushered into being without the aid OF a
single politician. Its sponsors were men In
private life who had never held Office ana
did not want office. They had no axes to
grind. no private aims to serve. They had
one object and one only-to root out corrup-
tion and 10 restore purity in the administra-
ton of municipal affairs. These men sac
rlficed their own business to frame ticket
for the municipality and put on it those
whose record was a guarantee OF probity
and efficiency. They chose them indif-
ferently from the ranks of Republicans and
Democrats. They took no man who was
likely TO fall down From the first incep-
ton of the movement to the last nomination
every step of the Non Partisans has been
marked by such obvious disiDterested deVo-
ton to the public welfare that the most
rabid organ of the old parties has been un-
able to fasten on them single charge OF 10
fidelity to their purpose.
1t is no wonder that the great mass OF
voters propose to cast their ballots for the
Nor Partisan ticket. The preference OF the
ironworkers at the Union Iron Works shows
how the mechanics are going TO vote. a
canvass among the small property-owners
reveals the same feeling In that class.
Among the merchants there is but one way
Of thinking. Everyoors exults at having a
chance at last OF throwing of the yoke OF
he corrurt bosses who have robbed the pub