The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-10-12

uOtnlng Dut the klnQl16at feeling ana
the most profound personal respect.
acknowledge his many excellent quail
ties and am indebted to MIN for many
coartesies while he was presiding officer
OF the eenate. OF genial disposition, Of
conceded business ability and OF large
means, he naturally attracts friends,
and his candidacy for any position he
may covet becomes most formidable and
dangerous.
Born in the state OF Vermont, pro-
hibition Vermont. let me observe. the
state whose Republcsniem is most ex-
trems and illiberal in it's character. he
afterwards removed to New Hampshire,
and it is q peculiar and significant fact,
not without special interest in this
campaign, that all the while Mr.. Morton
lived in New Hampshire. and until as
lste es the year 1865. the constitution
OF that state was most proscriptive in
its terms and actually prohibited any
person not OF the Protestant religion
from being governor or any member OF
either house OF the legislature, and its
bill OF rights then provided and still pro-
vides that only Protestant teachers Of
piety, religion and morality may be
maintained at public experas OF the re-
spective towns OF the state.
1T Is not impossible that the early
narrow associations of Vermont and the
proscriptive sentiments of New Hamp-
shire which surrounded Mr.. Morton
during his residence in those states,
may have influenced his convictions
upon certain public questions and led
90 his selection in this peculiar crisis.
PLAsT THE REAL CANDIDATE.
Everybody knows the real Repub'
lean candidate for governor is not Mr..
Morton, but Mr.. Plat himself. 1t ia
the voice of Levi. but the hand OF
Thomas. The people OF the state,
especially thoughtful Republicans, have
not forgotten the fact that for every
Office for which Mr.. Morton has aspired
to he has been pushed forward by Mr..
Plat. When the Republicans of the
state decided to eend William Eyarts to
the United States senate his candidacy
was opposed by Mr.. Plat. who forced Mr.
Morton into the contest against him
when Warner Millsr's term as senator
expired and he, by the usages of bis
party was entitled to reelection, Mr..
Platt again made Mr.. Morton candi-
date and succeeded in defeating Mr..
Miller by finally throwing the Morton
votes to Mr.. Hiscock. Mr.. Morton's
nomination to the vice-presidency was
secured for him by Mr.. Plat, who con-
trolled the New York delegation. And
30 this same very respectable and veneer
able gentleman, at the age OF II years,
was selected by Mr.. Platt months before
the Republican convention met, as
his candidate for governor, when
the nomination by right and &C.
cording to precedent, belonged to
others whom the party would have de-
lighted to honor, and the people of the
state are asked to ratify his personal
selection. 1t is to be said in favor of
Mr.. Morton that he has always been
grateful to his bsnefactor and has never
antagonized his schemes or plans of
party policy. He always thinks az Mr..
Plat thinks. When Mr.. Plast aspired
to the high and responsible position OF
secretary OF this treasury in President
Harrison's administration, he had the
warm support of his protege and friend,
Mr.. Morton. Do not misunderstood me.
do not fail to appreciate the business
qualifications. the excellent character
snd unquestioned political ability OF Mr..
Platt. differ from him politically, but
as citizen and gentleman l have moth
Ing to say against him and decline to be
one OF his traducers. He hes O perfect
right to be ambitious and to aspire 10
the governorship OF this state, but do
insist he should be a candidate in per-
son, and not by proxy. There ia no
demand for Warwick in this state or
this free country. His party should
have nominated him. instead of allow
ing him to drag his perennial candidate
from his coveted retirement to attempt
to assume, if elected, the arduous and
exhaustive duties of chief executive of
this state, the onorous duties of which
would largely have to be performed by
Mr.. Plat himself.
REAL STATE ISSUES.
"We should not ,rlnit our opponents
to obscure the real issue involved in
this election. We decline to belittle
the important questions that divide the
two great parties by entering upon the
discussion of abuses pertaining to the
police department OF single city, as
though the correction of such abuses
could be made party question.
1.-THE Democratic party of this state
will not sanction Republican or Dsmo-
cratic blackmsil. whether discovered in
Democratic or Republican municipali-
ties. and it is an insult to the people to
assume otherwise. We refuse to be
placed on the defensive or on false is
sues. The plain truth is, the police do
partment OF New York city is non
partisan or rather bipartisan demart-
ment. governed by civil service rules,
end that the irregularities or abuses re-
Gently exposed have already implicated
more Republican than Democratic police
officials, and that ouch exposures have
been followed by prompt dismissals
from the force and prompt prosecution
at the instance of Jealous Democratic
city and county officers.
s'It 10 idle to think a state election
can be made to turn upon such purely
local matters. 1t has not escaped pub
lie attention that the partisan Lexow
committee has not sought to discover
police abuses in any Republican cities
OF the state. and the people will not
tolerate any attempt to make capital
out of only partial investigation.
Neither do we propose to permit any
other issues, entirely disposed of, to
engross our attention in this campaign.
The question whether the Democrats
properly or improperly. regularly or
irregularly secured control OF the state
senate in 1891 is powder already burned.
again. but l desire eimply to suggest
that the Democrats had fairly carried
the state ticket in 1891 by AZ 900 major
ity. and NO legal bubble. no technicali-
ties and no harsh constructions of jus
dicial enemies should have been permit
ted TO deprive them OF the control OF the