The herald., 1896-09-30

tio of sixteen to one as one OF the car
dinal principles of the party, for us to
admit for a moment that even a So
called county committee has authority
or power to change the issues and de-
clare none Republicans except such as
may pass an examination of a commit
tee usurping powers for that purpose.
By exercise of arbitrary power in
national convention, policies subversive
to the interests of the people may be
proclaimed, but there is no authority
whatever to change principles. When
the Whig party proved derellct upon the
question of human slavery, the Repub-
licans absorbed that party. as surely and
as absolutely as is the party which we
have the honor to partly represent now
absorbing all cf the better ard more in
/, telligent elements of the present Repub-
lican party. IL the st, Louis convention
had declared for absolute free trade a
sweeping refunding bill and the unlim-
tied Importation of Chinese labor, under
the principles enunciated by your letter,
such resolutions would have bound hand
and foot every Republican of California,
and they would have been compelled to
besome subServient and Inundated aG-
vocates of such perncious doctrines.
The free coinage of silver has been the
cardinal and one of the unsWerVinS
principles of the Republican party of the
has been proclaimed by Legislature; by
state and congressional conventions;
advocated by all of the leading Repub-
lican journals of the state; by all or the
prominent leaders of the party, such as
Barnes, knight Estee, Scott and Per
kins, and including the distinguished
candidate for congress from this dls-
trict, the Hon. James McLachlah,
al of whom are row lauded
as persons in whom the rank and file OF
t''o party should have confidence ard
faith.
nelieving that principle should have
precedence of policy Wnen it comes 70
one single political issue, vital 10 the
interest of the great masses of the pep
pie. and being fully assured that the
principle. of free coinage is the para
mount issue in this campaign, we can
only hope that the committee which you
represent will be as poweriess Iol MAJ IN
upon the main issue as It's conouct Is
detrimental to the local candidate upon
the hepUu4Ichu tlckel.
The Republican party to which we az
here is tue party u Llncoln ana Logan.
Chase and Chandler, of Grant and Gar
field, the party of Blaine and mlei.
and all the really great leaders OF th@
rast-tne party of principle instead OF
policy-and not the party of syndlcates
and trusts, nor the party of money and
monopoly and we must respectfully ce-
cline to be read out by an insignificant
minority, who have changed their opin-
ion in night, in the twnkling of an eye,
upontne oroer of self-appointed leaders.
While we have the highest regard an /
respect for the personal character of
yourself and associates, we must deny
ourselves--what seems to us-the ines
tiniablei blessing of official association.
ii is srough, but we shall endeavor to bear
it with Christian fortitude. hoping that
it will tend to, in some degree, anchor
ate the misery you are inflicting upon
the estimable gentlemen who are so un-
fortunate as to be your innocent, un-
offending, local candidates. Yours very
truly,
(Signed) S. A. W. CARVER,