The record-union., 1893-03-15

pestilential hole, and our sons and
daughters, our fathers and brothers as
more miserable and filth-groveling than
the most wretched and abandoned human
beings rolling in the dirtiest slulns and
cutters of the vilest quarters known to
civilization.
The Mercury declares that a group of
the San Jose lobby "adjou,7led to room
an the Golden Eagle Hotel, tohere they
planned the fght aad drafted the foUoviag
statement, aohich they circulated ft,liy and
aohich succeeded in accomplishing much
good" Then follows the full text of the
typewriter circular, concocted and type
written by stipendiary of the State, one
Stipp. living upon State bounty, and ap-
pointed to place by a gentleman who
loaths and abhors the method the fellow
employed, and is humiliated that his de-
partment should have been made the
point of such villainous assault.
The truth is, however, that the fellow
Stipp prepared his rascally concoction
before the San Jose contingent arrived,
for he offered it to visiting newspaper
men. 1t was placed upon the desk of
every legislator on the opening of the
session Monday morning, and referred 10
by US in fitting terms yesterday. We
have it from Secretary Waite that at
late hour Monday he discovered that
Stipp was being used by the San Jose
contingent to prepare and distribute sew
eral hundred more of the infamous dia-
tribe-a proceeding the Secretary at once
forbade from his Office.
However, according to the Mercury,
the San Jose delegation on arrival here at
once adopted the wretched thing, and
succeeded in accomplishing much good"
with it.
1t simply dazes US to think that the
conductor, assumed to be a gentleman, of
a journal Of the standing and repute of
the Mercury, could so forget the obliga-
tions of decency imposed upon him as to
permit his paper to be thus used in any
campaign whatever.
So indignant were the citizens of Sacra-
mento when the facts became known and
the Mercury of yesterday was scattered
through the city, that it is not surprising
that the passionate in human nature was
for moment dominant over reason, and
that some proposed to notify the traducer
of their homes, their wives and their
daughters to betake himself to other
climes.
But cooler heads commanded, and rea-
son, after a momentary white heat of lust
anger, prevailed, and though his en-
ployer was advised of the feeling, it was
subdued, and the counsel adopted that
leaves the fellow to be the scorn and
Ioathing of every man and woman in this
city who has any regard whatever for the
decencies of life.
The Mercury can rest assured that the
people of Sacramento will make no as
saults upon the Garden City. They do
do not indulge in that kind of campaign
ing. No San Jose man can say that while
IN this city he was insulted, the laws of
hospitality violated, or his ears assailed
by any word of detraction for the beauti-
fuI California city of which he is a citizen.
The Mercury will scan the columns of
this journal for all the past and all the
future in vain in search for any evidence
OF such resort on our part. Entertaining
the most righteous contempt for men and
people who would pull down others that
they may rise, who would blacken one
that another may profit, we
leave it to.sensational journalism, such
as has brought about the present excite
ment, to indulge in such tactics.
The Mercury will be either ashamed of
its act of publication, and confess it. or bv
silence admit that it was hypocritical and
false when it spoke editorially as we have
quoted it. We feel more of regret than
indignation that that paper should have
descended to a low level in this matter.
not because of the paper itself, but be-
cause it reflects upon journalism along
the whole line.
As for the article with which it black
ened its pages to defame city of Califor-
MIA which is as loyal to all State interests
as any can be, and takes as much pride
in the whole people of the common
wealth as any, it will remain to the end
Of time as the most monstrous example
Of moral degradation and studied un-
truth.