The morning call., 1894-11-05
IL DEPENDS ON THIS ELECTION
Lower Taxes and Honest Admins
tration of the Laws Within
the Peoples Reach.

The Non Partisans of the County of
Alameda and City of Oakland invite a
careful and diSpaSsiouate consideration of
the men whom they have Endorsed and
nominated for high fficeS in the gift of
the people.
Animated by no sentiment but the peo-
pies good, men have been chosen whose
characters command only the highest re-
spect. and whose abilities to perform the
responsible duties Of their Office are beyond
question. The Non-Partisans ask the
most careful scrutiny of all the candidates
whom they present for the suffrages of
the ople. There is not one whose cleo
ton will not reflect honor upon the CON-
munity and assure to the people of this
county an administration free from scandal
or corruption, and an able and honest
carrying out of the law.
In the choice Of Judges of the Superior
Court judicial ability, high character and
courage of the highest order is demanded.
The prospect of most important litigation,
affecting the interests of the community
and decisive of the future mercantile i'm
portance of Oakland is more than assured.
Gigantic corporations, whose claims to
possession of the very heart of the COM
munity are disputed by the citizens, aim
to dominate the voice Of the people and
to stife the opinions which would
rise in opposition TO their supreme
control The future of Oakland is at stake.
The natural course of events must make
this city the terminus of all transcOnti-
mental lines from the East and the point
where all the products of the wheat
grower, the vineyardist and the manu-
facturer will find their ultimate market
for distribution. Great warehouses ought
to flourish on our water front and the tow
eTing mastS from thousand ships ought
to be seen from the wharves that will GER
tainlv be ours if the city of Oakland can
be made to realize the infinite possibilities
of its future and is true to Itself. The con-
fiict With corporations will grow with
greater determination as each year the
citizens Of Oakland show more decided
disposition to assert their iDalienabe and
God-given rights.
The growth of Oakland has been re-
tarded by the claims Of its great corpora
tions Experience has shown that a limit
has been reached, and therefore the Nom
Partisans have been most careful in their
choice of candidates for Superior Judges.
1t is believed that the interests of the peo-
pIe will be safe in the hands of Judges
Ogden and Mckee. aud it is asked that
they may receive unqualified and hearty
support
The department of education. the well
fare and economical admin iStration of our
public schools is a subject of The most
vital impOl lance to the future and WELL
being Of the community. The Office of Su-
perintendent of Schools should be removed
from all considerations Of political influ-
ence and left outside the domain OF party
politics.
The Non Partisans unquallfiedy in
dorse and solicit the approval of the peo-
pie in their choice of j. p. Garliek as Su-
perintendent of Schools. MIR. Garlick's
wide experience and answering honesty,
his ability as all educator of the first rank,
gained by long years of service in the best
schools of the country, point to him as the
man for the place. His record at the Cole
school discl0ses the fact that the largest
school of the city is administered al less
cost than any other. His record at the
Cole indicates that the same economy
which distinguishes that school will be
introduced into all The others, and the
same efficiency be maintained.
The enormous business centeriDg in the
Office Of Sheriff of Alameda County and
the influence for good which a capable and
honest administration of its affairs may
have upon the entire community demands
that the official head of that department
of the county government shall be wise,
courageous and thoroughly above sus-
pici0n. Great responsibilities reside in the
office. Crime may become rampant with
an incompetent man in the Office, while
the course Ol lUSLlC0 III all cases NAV be
retarded and checked. The Office of Sheriff
comes nearer the people than all the others,
and thus fraud or Incompetence works
greater hard ship. The Non-Partisaps
name Harry n. Morse as their candidate
with the utmost satisfaction and PRIDE
and the enthusiasm with which his name
is greeted is an assurance of glorious
victory.
For the Office of Treasurer The choics of
J. :. Burpee has been made. 1t Is an
Office where the highest business capacity,
com bined with character beyond sus-
picion, is always associated. The Nom
Partisans present his name with the conf
dence that their choice will receive hearty
ratification.
The office of County Recorder, with its
salary attached of $4,000, is one that Is of
the highest importance. 1t is the guardian
of public documents and private records
that are OF the most ineslimable value.
The Non-Partlsan candidate, Mr.. Z. S.
Elnch, is one whose record commands the
highest respect and assures a competent
and economical administration of the
Office.
The equitable assessment of all property
subject TO taxation is a legitimate demand
of the people and has been the subject of
great complaint and criticism in the past
Corporations have been successful in evad-
ing Just share of their taxes greatly to
the prejudice of the whole community
The Non-Partisap candidate, Henry I.
Dalton. promises to reform these abuses
and those who know his determined char
acter believe that he will do all that he
promises. In his own language he tersely
sums up the-situatl0n az follows:
Now, if the property of corporations in
this county were assessed as IL should be.
there would be reduction in the tax rate
of fully 25 per cent. Think of it! You.
the smaller taxpayers, are paying % per
cent more in taxes than your just share on
account of the large corporations having
control of the Assessors Office. Are you
going to continue to submit to paying tn g
taxes of the corporations? Are you going
to continue in office a man who has made
it possible for the railroad company. the
Contra Costa Water Company. the Water
front Company and other corporations t.
escape their just proportion of taxes, and
thus cause you, the small property holders,
TO pay that which they should have paid ?
l have been nominated by the Non-Parii-
san convention for the Office of County
Assessor, and believing that you desire a
man in that office who is not afraid to do
his duty to the whole people l ask your
support. Be faithful to yourselves. repu-
dfate the bosses and the corporations and
elect the Non-Partisan ticket for in so