The record-union., 1896-09-27
AN ABLE REPRESENTATIVE.
Why Congressman Johnson Should
be Reelected.

Why Congressman Johnson Should
be Reelected.
(From the Sacramento County Ledger)
There are several reasons why the
Ledger feels in duty bound to sup
port Grove L. Johnson for Congress.
First and foremost is because we be-
lieve him to be the proper man to rep
resent this district in that honora BILE
body. Mr.. Johnson is a man of broad
ideas, man of high attainments and
no one knows better that he the re-
quirements of this district He is a
born orator and one that can handle
almost any subject in an intelligent
and mastery manner. His course in
the last Congress was one that any
man could we'll be proud Of. He took
bold stand for every measure that
was of interest to his constituents. He
Is a man possessed of courage to stand
by his convictions, and when ne is
right he can make a fight for any
movement that will tell even in the
House of Representatives. He is with
out doubt the best representative Cali
fornia has ever had in Congress- Ham
pered as he was when he entered Con-
gress he forced his way until he was
recognized as one of the leaders before
the last session closed. Such man IS
safe man to return. The people Of
this district will do themselves an in
justice if they do not send him back
with good round majority. There
never was a time in the history of this
State when the Second Congressional
District was more in need of just such
a ix,n ntsa ,bl Il
as Grove L. Johnson. There are many
things he can accomplish that no new
man can, hence it is very evident that
he should be returned.
AS regards the silver question, we
can simply say that Grove L. Johnson
Is good enough silver advocate for US.
We have known him for the past eight
years, and we have ever found him up
on the right side of this important
question. Four years ago he made q
vigorous and brave fight for the adop-
ton Of a silver plank in the Republi-
can platform, and we believe we batray
no political secret when we say that had
it not been for Grove L. Johnson there
would have been no silver plank in that
platform, and the cause of silver would
have lost considerable had it been de-
feated at that time. Mr.. Johnson stoo
shoulder to shoulder with the writer Of
this article at that time and made a
noble fight for silver. His subsequent
bold stand for silver has more thor
oughly convinced us Of his honesty Of
purpose and loyalty to that cause.
therefore we reiterate that he is n good
enough silver man for us, and we can
conscientiously ask our silver friends
to give him their support, honestly be-
lieving that he will do the right thing
for silver at the proper time; at all
events we are perfectly willing to trust
the cause of silver in such hands as
Grove L. Johnson.
Another reason why the Ledger"
comes out in support of Mr.. Johnson ia
because he has been friend to the ed
ftor Of this journal. When we were In
need of friend he gave to us his pro-
fessional advice not only because of his
friendship, but because he knew we
were in the right. He has been our
friend, and in gratitude for his past
favors we could do nothing less than
render him what aid we can. It is a
pleasure to us to feel that the opportu-
nifty has at last been presented when
we can in measure return the favor
he conferred years ago. Therefore We
feel that in advocating his reelection
we can In measure repay him and at
the same time be doing what we con-
slder our duty to the cause we repre-
sent, and we also feel that we are do
ing the most possible good for the peo-
pie of this district, for we honesty be-
lleVe he ds the one man of all men in
the district that can and will make us
the best representative, hence we ask
all our readers to give him not only
their votes, but the benefit of their in
fiuence as well. There is no doubt Of
his election, but to simply elect him the
people of this district will not be doing
their whole duty, for it is their duty 10
elect him by the largest possible ma
jority send him back to Washington
with such a majority that his fellow
Congressman will know that he is a
man of Importance and one that his
people wanted there and wanted badly.
The more emphatic the voters Of this
district can make his election the moro
influence he will have among his asso-
ciates there and the more influence he
Yields there the more he can accom-
pliSh for his constituents here