The San Francisco call., 1896-10-02
AUDITORIUM TICKET REG
ULAR.
San FRANCISCO Post.

The Republican State Central Committee,
having had under consideration the question
as to which of the two alleged regular Repub-
lican organizations of this City was genuine,
has decided in favor of the Auditorium con-
Vention. popularity known as the "Spreckels
convention 1t has declared that the Audi
torium convention represents the county or
ganization OF the Repu blican party for the
City and County of San Francisco. The ticket
headed by c. L. Taylor for Mayor becomes,
therefore, the regular Repu blican ticket OF
this City, and the central committee formed
or to be e, formed by the Auditorium conven-
tion will be the legally authorized executive
body OF the Republican party of the City and
County of San Francisco.
Individual voters may do as they please, but
Republicans should act with the party and
are bound by the decisions of the supreme
head, just as citizens are bound by the de-
cisions of the Supreme Court. There is, there
fore, the same party reason for supporting the
ticket headed by Colonel Taylor that there is
for supporting the electoral ticket, which will
cast the electoral vote of the State OF Callfor-
MIA for Mckinley. From party standpoint
these things have the same status. Mckinley
is the regular nominee of the Repu blican
party for President and Taylor is the regular
nominee of the Republican party for Mayor.
Opposition to the ticket on the part OF any
one will be treason to the party. The politl-
clans who have engineered the ticket headed
by Mr.. Sonntag may declare that the Taylor
ticket is a boss ticket; but the same was true
of the Sonntag ticket. The defeated party may
declare that they will not submit 10 the de-
cision of The State Central Committee. There
is nothing obliging them to do So. AS lIidl-
yiduaIs they are at liberty to vote Tor whom
they please and to control their own action In
their own way; that is one OF the PRIVILEGES
guaranteed by the constitution and is the
essence OF q republican form OF government.
But they cannot do so and at the same time
claim to be Republicans and represent Repub-
Hcanism or the Republican organization, Ma
tional State or County. They may, however,
do so as dissenters, protestants, bolters or In
remain Republicans in faith. but they Will not
be Republican partisans in any sense.
AS already stated, from q purely partisan
standpoint, therefore, the Auditorium ticket
headed by c. L. Taylor for Mayor is the regular
Republican ticket of the City and County OF
San Francisco. That question being settled,
dtssensions concerning the matter should at
once cease
In a Presidential campaign the leading ques-
tion is the election of the Repabli can candi-
date for President Next and equally impor.
tant is the election of Republican members OF
Congress- and of approximately equal impor-
tanee is the election of Legislature which
will make choice of United States Senator.
From the standpoint of independent citi-
Zensh1p, each member of the party,
however, may vote as he pleases upon
municipal questions. Let him exercise this
right. Let any Republican who is dissatisfied
with what it is known as the Spreckels ticket
betake himself to any local camp he may see
fit but in doing so he will have no right to
claim that he is Republican, or that he rep
resents any Republican organization. This is
the sum of the whole matter. Unless dissen-
sions cease the decision of the committee will
possess no partisan value. Every true parti-
san will abide by and enforce by his voice, his
influence and his vote the decision of the State
Central Committee.