The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
DOWN TRAITOR AND TRADER

For many years the local Democracy
has been cursed with set OF disreput-
able political pretenders. These persons
have constantly held positions of confi-
dence and trust in the Democratic party
They have been commissioned officers in
charge of campaign work. They have
sought and procured these party offices.
During all these years and at every
election some of these trusted officers
have deliberately betrayed the noblest
and most prominent standard bearers
of the party. They have used their Off
cial positions, the funds of the party
and the confidence of the candidates to
the more successfully play Benedict
Arnolds and perform treasons upon
their trusting friends.
Among the prominent candidates thus
knitted in the back in the house of their
supposed supporters have been Senator
S. NJ. White, Hon. R. F. Del Vale, Hon.
W. W. Foote, Hon. George S. Patton, R.
j. Adcock and Hon. f. B. Pond.
The reasons for these betrayals of
trust have not been personal. neither
have they had any connection whatever
with political principles. The reasons
have been of a strictly financial char
acter. These betrayers have been and
are now hired and paid beforehand to
betray. The same gang that has COM
mitted treason after treason and struck
in the back champion after champion
of Democratic principles is again send
ing forward it's men and dependents to
once more obtain positions wherein they
can play traitor and political assassin.
Orders are going out from the centers of
authority, located at the Arcade depot
and in the foul precincts of the Eighth
ward. Men employed by certain con-
tractors in this city, combined with the
unspeakable beings that live on female
shame and recruits from any and every
slum Of crime, are to be used in an effort
to override the will of the decent De-
mocracy at the coming primary election.
Threats of discharge from present en-
ployment in the cases of the men en-
ployed by the contractors in politics,
and protection from police interference
in the instances of the mac and other
criminal elements, will be the means
utilized to rally the forces of corrup-
ton and treachery.
are proposing to again saddle Buckley
ism on the Democracy of the state, and
the members of the party know what that
means. Twice at least have the people
lost true and faithful senators and gov
errors by the betrayals of trust of the
San Francisco boss. Many times have
we lost members of the legislature, con-
gressmen, and even presidential electors
by our own Los Angeles gang.
The people lose always. They are sold
and betrayed again and again, ana by
the self-same clique.
Why should we go on electing men
into the party organization who repre-
sent no Democratic principle, but use
our war cries to deceive us into a support
of what undisguised we would all
and always oppose?
There are men of character in plenty
who represent the popular interests
and Democratic principles to send to
conventions, and to do the party work.
Why not employ such instead of the
other kind? We can never expect to
make a strong and effective fight with
traitors and traders in the party coun-
ellis. Let us have an end of plumber
campaigns. Let us terminate the lead
ership of professional politicians in
spired to partisan activity only by a
desire to satisfy their selfish personal
interests. For one campaign let us put
forward as representatives, men who can
give the reason for the faith that is in
them, who are Democrats because they
desire the triumph Of that faith. and
who will not seek to use political party
as an instrumentality for the further
anCe Of priNale ends