The record-union., 1896-10-19
TEN REASONS WHY.


Grove L. Johnson should be elected,
and these are addressed to citizens fr-
respective of party. First-He is the
first Congressman who has ever been
conceded to Sacramento, though IT is
the largest and most important county
in the State. Second-A Congressman
in his second term is greatly more ef-
ficient, Of greatly more influence than
the tyro in the House, and Sacramento
knows how efficient as a legislator Mr.
Johnson is. Third-Many interests Of
Sacramento are involved demanding
the attention of man chosen from our
midst. Fourth-There has not been
and cannot be advanced a single rea-
son why we should try the experiment
Of new and unskilled man in the House
when we have now Sacramentan who
is a trained parliamentarian, a prac-
ticed legislator, a man Of ability, en-
ergy and persistence, who, even In his
first term, won such foremost place as
gave this district and city greater
prominence in Congress than it has
ever before assumed.
There are five reasons why Mr.. John
son should be elected which address
themselves to all the people Of all the
district, namely: First-He has been a
faithful and impartial representative Of
his constituency, discriminating against
no section Of the district Second-He
has advanced into the light Of coming
success the claims of California against
the Federal Government for nearly S4,-
100000, which when covered into the
State Treasury will amount practically
to a gift Of relief to the taxpayers For
more than a quarter of century our
Congressman have wrestled with this
claim fruitlessly. 1t remained for Con-
gresham Johnson to devise and start
to success plan of getting the money;
a plan that has already received the
approval of that department OF the Gov
ernment that has heretofore proved the
success. Third-He has not been a
radical on anything. He has been con-
servative, cool, fearless and bold, but
not sensational. He has fearlessly ad-
vocated and voted for such policies as
he believed good business sense, sin
cere patriotism, and good conscience
dictated. On every measure he has oc-
cupied precisely such standpoints.
Fourth-He is the first to advance
practicable measure for checking the
incoming of undesirable immigration.
Fifth-He is the first Congressman
from California to "break the ice" that
almost always freezes over the FIRST
termer" and renders him unimportant
in the deliberations Of the House.
Here, then, are nine reasons why this
elect Grove l.. Johnson. There Is a
tenth that should clinch the matter
he is a stalwart and unyielding cham
pion Of protection of American indus
tries, a bimetallist, he nevertheless
places protection to labor and the pro-
ducts of American labor first and fore
most. believing that without that en-
grated upon the National policy, it
matters very little what change is
made in our present financial system.
The great demonstration Of Saturday
night in this city indicated clearly
where Sacramento will stand in the
coming election. 1t is going to give the
whole Republican ticket a majority.
and we believe that the county will do
the same. Nevertheless that belief
should cause no relaxation of effort to
swell the majority to the fartherest
possible limit. There must be earnest,
self sacrificing work to bring all Re-
publicans into line; to withdraw such
as have been wooed into support Of
side-shows and return them to the party
roster. They must be reasoned with
and Convinced Of the folly of throwing
away their votes, and of the political
criminality of giving aid to the common
enemy by casting votes for tickets
outside of the regular Republican or
ganization.