The San Francisco call., 1896-10-05
Ask That Legislative Nominees
Be Pledged Against T.
V. Gator.
STRIKING AT THE COMBINE.
Senator Whites Political Partner
Declared a Foe of Sound
Government.
Los ANGELES OFFICE OF THE CALI
1913 South Broadway,
Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct. A.

J
The following letter was sent to the
chairman of the Democratic State Central
Committee to-day:
To the Chairman of the Democratic State Central
Co7nmittee-SIR: political party has no ex-
cuse for It's existence unless it unalterably
stands for the principles it would apply to the
government of society; and no true Democrat
will tamely surrender his political principles
by voting for the socialists and riff-raff poll
ticians who pander to the antagonistic doc
trines of foreign socialism. The sincere Demo
crat must be a Democrat from principle. He
believes that local self-governmen is the
foundation of all free government. He insists
that the State, the community and the citizen
have certain fundamental rights which can
not be given up without endangering the
liberties of the people He believes that the
highest aim of government should be to re-
strain every man from doing any injury to his
fellow-man and to guarantee every person in
the enjoyment of the fruits of his own labor.
These principles underlie the political creed OF
every true Democrat. They are the test by
which he must govern his fidelity TO the can
didacy of those who seek to exercise the func-
tions of the Government in which his life,
liberty and property are involved.
The citizen is no longer Democrat who
unites with or supports the votaries of an
tagonistic doctrines; and when he votes for
the devotees of foreign socialism, who demand
government ownership of all the means of
production and distribution, he delegates
power to men who insist on scheme of gov
eminent that would deny man the fruits of
his own labor by taking from the industrious
to support the drones of society.
No Democrat, true to his own principles Of
government can have anything of g. political
nature to do with any man or set of men who
secretly or publicly demand an antagonistic
scheme of government, or who urge principles
that would plunge our Government into an
archy and destroy the Republic. The men of
the Peoples party, so called, who support
Thomas V. Gator for United States Senator are
devotees of the most dangerous form of foreign
socialism. He has in the past been their
aggressive leader, and experience has proven
that they will support no man who does not
accord with their political views. They reside
usually in the larger cities OF the State and
Nation, are active and determined partisans,
but, being conscious of their weak political
strength, they unite with the Peoples party;
and, by denying their real convictions, CLAN
destinely teach their dangerous doctrines to
the rank and file of the sympathetic organiza-
ton. The elevation of their leader to the
Senate of the United States would discredit the
intelligence of our people. disgrace the State
dUQ uuIullldlc tuS OoihVSAuto WIZ dlQ III lis
election.
Were our CO untrymen endowed with human
perfectability we would require no Govern.
ment and then we would be scientific anar-
chists, without Government, and enjoying
the millennium indeed. But as the Creator has
not given us the key to omniscience nor en-
dowed us with human perfectabilty, we must
have Government among men, and We cannot
preserve our free Institutions nor maintain
republican form of government by pandering
to tha dangers of foreign socialism. There is
no middle ground between the American
Democrat who supports William J. Bryan on
the one hand and the disciples of foreign So
cialism on the other; therefore, the al
legged Populist leader in this campaign is a
dangerous impostor coyertly bargaining for
Office and posing as secret defender of an
archy on the one side and the duty he owes to
his country on IL 9 other.
We want no reign of terror, no anarchy, no
foreign socialism, no crowned head, nor
moneyed oligarchy. We want the rights of
every citizen, every community and every
State guaranteed under an American system
of government in ali respects free from foreign
control. But we cannot have such govern
ment if we elect legislators no pander to the
fallacies of foreign socialism, and who, to con-
summate their designs on society, trade min