The record-union., 1894-11-05
VOICE OF THE PRESS
Extracts From Editorials in Leading
Papers.
TBakersfeld Californian. !

Extracts From Editorials in Leading
Papers.
bakersfield Californian.l
| Budd called Mr.. Millard a Kansas
| grasshopper. Mr.. Millard has never been
in Kansas in his life. He is graduate of
Ann Arbor College, in Michigan. He
held the plow and labored from morn to
! night 10 get his education. He is as clean
cut young man as there is in California.
No man on the stump is his superior. He
| is good lawyer and citizen, and his can
Vass is an honorable one.-George a.
Knight in San Francisco speech.
Budd only voiced a sentiment that is
altogether too widespread in California
| that unless man be an 'old-timer'' he
has no right TO take part in public affairs,
run TOR olflce, make public speeches, or
| DO anything else except contribute to the
support OF the aforesaid Old-timer. Now
( with all due respect TO those who have
nved IN California more than two or
! three years the writer has been here
nearly twenty, the Californian believes
that any man who is a citizen of this
| country has the same rights in every part
thereof as any other citizen. He has the
same right of free speech, the same right
/ to life. liberty and the pursuit OF happi-
ness, nc matter in what legitimate course
| the latter may run.
Budd only took a more than usually
brutal manner of voicing a common senti-
! ment, but 1t is to be hoped that next week
the people of California will put their
stamp OF disapproval upon such filings at
| prominent men simply because they do
not happen to have lived here quite so
long as their hoodlumistic deEractors,
AS To BOsSIsM.
| lTulare Registerl
| The holy horror with which the DEM
ocracy holds up its hands at the bossism
OF Boss Burns is extremely diverting
and one would suppose that bossism were
a thing to be done away with by the mere
volition of few excellent and deter
mined people whenever they are ready to
assert themselves. Such is not the case.
| Bosslsm is like malaria. 1t springs out
| OF noxlous conditions, and the only way
| to do away with bosssm is to either do
| away with the conditions out of which it
| arises, or devise an antidote which will
| make 1t impossible Cf operation Stag
nant water and hot sun produce malaria.
Partisan politics and whisky produce
! bosslsm. There Is not town in Califor-
! MIA which has not one or more petty po-
! litical bosses. The saloon with It's bum
| vote forms the nucleus about which the
/ boss gathers his forces. This nucleus af-
| fords the boss solid vote over which he
has as complete control as over his own
| vote. With this advantage he captures
| the primary election OF his party, and
| goes into the convention with solid de-
! legation TO trade on as he would trade
his own vote. There are other bosses
| OF other delegations in the convention
| also on the trade. These bosses dicker
with one another and do the best they
can. The best dickerer makes the best
trades and becomes the biggest boss
This is the process, and there is not
town or county in California where it is
not employed to some extent, and every
party strong enough to have a hope OF
success is full of big and little bosses
from top to bottom. 1t is only the party
which has no hope of getting an Office
that Is free from bosssm, aud even that
party has leaders who dominate all it's
proceedings. But it would be mistake
TO suppose that whisky is the primary
cause of bossism. 1t is only the instru-
ment which the boss first lays his hands
on, and very convenient instrument il
is in his hands. The thing which makes
bossism possible is that there are so many
persons who have the right to vote who
are mere cattle and ought not to have
such right. Vote for Assembly Constitu-
tional Amendment No. s. That VIII help.
GROVE L. JOHNSON AND THE PEOPLE OF
PLACERvILLE.
lPlacervilIe Republican,
Last Thursday evening concentrated
the voters in Placerville and the sur
rounding country at the Opera house.
| where Grove l.. Johnson delivered the
most brilliant and effective speech of the
| campaign. Mr.. johnson arrived on the
evening train and was driven to the Cary
! House amid the explosion of powder that
| reverberated for miles around the town.
| while the music of brass band and the
| glare Of rockets accentuated the enthusi-
asm of the people who had assem- bled to
meet him.
The meeting was opened by C. A. Swiss
!er, VINO made a few remarks pertinent
/ fxt q no., Il l..
Chairman, Z. w. Albright, and named
! large number of representative Repub-
| llcans. who acted as Vice Presidents.
| The Placerville Quintet Club, compris-
| ing James Mierson, Dan Carr, Ed At
wood, Rico NarroZza and Steve Alder
son, then sang campaign medley in
which the merits of Grove l.. johnson
and the county candidates were expressed
in melodious measures. The quintet
received round of hearty applause in
praise of their efforts.
When Mr. johnson commenced his
speech the Opera-hous was crowded on
floor and gallery and the assemblage re-
inained to the end, listening with earnest
attention and appreciation to his incisive
remarks. The address
was an able effort and ought to convince
the people OF this county that if they want
an able and active representative in Con-
gress, who will be allied with a party
strong enough TO control its legislation,
they should vote for Grove l.. Johnson,
lie desires election, not for the salary of
the position, for it is we'll known that his
legal practice is far more remunera-
tive, but because he hopes to leave a
good record as a legislator behind him,
In supporting him for Congress the peo-
pie viii aid in restoring safe CONNER
cial policy TO the Nation and also reap the
! reward of having an able and energetic
advocate OF their own interests in the
halls of Congress.
THE COMING MAN