The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-27
THE REAL CONSIDERATIONS.

1t seems unfortunate that any question
of the convenience of delegates and can
didates should have been raised in the
discussions over the proper place for hold
ing the next Republican National Conven-
ton. 1t is pleasant theory that great
political parties have charged their con-
sciences with the heaviest responsibilities
affecting the welfare of the country, and
that their leading representatives have
accepted this responsibility in its highest
and purest form. These representatives
are the delegates who nominate cand1-
dates for National offices and the candi-
dates themselves, and they are the con-
trolling forces whose conduct is set in mo-
ton by the National committees. Until
the convention is assembled the National
committees bear all the responsibility.
In view of these considerations it is
amazing to hear that the objections to San
FRANCHISES as the place for the meeting
of the Republican National Convention
completely ignore the possible National
benefits which might result from the Sc
lection and have reference solely to the
personal and private convenience of GER
tain party leaders. ii there is in the great
Republican party single leader who gives
preference to his personal concerns over
those which affect the party and the Ma
ton he is sadly out of place and is lower
ing the dignity OF the party, and should
make room for a man blessed with a
higher sense of patriotism.
We are told that the distance from the
Eastern States to San Francisco is too
great; that too much time will be required
to make the trip; that the cost to the in
dividual delegates will be too heavy; that
candidates will be put to inconvenience,
and that similar trivial and selfish consid-
erations are permitted to outweigh the
grander concerns of the Nation. 1t is
probable that there are delegates who are
not financially able to bear the expense,
but if so they should step out of the way.
1t is conceivable that many are unwilling
to sacrifice time and money in the interest
Of a great cause, but if so the Republican
party and the country have no use for
their services. Leading men in any party
should be ashamed to urge such objections
as these. AS for the plant of certain
newspapers that they might be put to a
trifling inconvenience on the score of tele-
graphic reports, no patriotic leader can
afford for moment to heed them. It is
the duty of every true Republican to laugh
all these mean and trifing objections to
scorn.
That great results involving the welfare
of the Nation might easily flow from hold
ing the convention in San Francisco is a
proposition that is manifestly true and
that needs no argument to support it.
The irrigation of the splendid areas of the
West, the interests of mining, the serious
matter OF the Governments relation to the
aided overland railroad lines, and a dozen
other matters equally important could be
studied and understood. The bearing of
the development of the resources of the
West on the welfare of the American
people is so grave a matter that the politi-
cal party which heedlessly ignores it and
is moved instead by selfish motives of the
most trivial kind is taking serious chances
with its reputation for comprehensive
PATRIOTISM