The record-union., 1896-11-11

will leave no stone unturned that will
tend to redeem their pledges
ANOTHER REASON.
Humboldt Standard: Another and
most important reason why the fusion
party was overwhelmed yesterday was
the sop thrown to the anarchists and
agitators, all of whom were shouting
for Bryan. The man who had been IN
dustI.ious and proWident, who had
worked and saved his earnings so that
he might own a home, and, perchance
do business for himself, was not TO be
driven from McKinley's support by the
cry of 'plutocracy" when he could see
lawlessness and rioting awaiting him
on the other side with the destruction
of Government property and a hold
up of the mails and the President of
the United States powerless to stop the
one or Quell the other, If Governor Alt
geld should decline to ask him to do so.
WHAT HE DID.
Los Angeles Times: Algeld did the
cause for which the party was contend
ing even greater harm than did the
South Carolina intruder, for he is bet
ter equipped mentally and with cum
ming and the machinery of intrigue. he
Is the personification of greed, avarice
and selfiShness, and his public career
has been full to overfiowing with acts
which found no one to commend them
outside of a personal following which
has it's roots and field of operation
where d-irne and social disorder most
abounds, and which finds open express
sion from time to time in scenes OF life
taking, such as was witnessed in the
Haymarket massacre, and whose most
active participants in the dastardly out
rage were subsequently freed from the
sentence of the court by Altgeld to
roam where they liked, the equal of the
best Then he is a grossly insincere
man. With all the force Of his great
mental strength he publicly advocated
the decentralization of silver and grew
eloquent in the cause of the common
people, but It was the sincerity and elo
quence Of the heartless hypocrite.
NO MORE?
Mountain Messenger: The verdict of
the people is an emphatic one against the
doctrines which Mr. Bryan represented,
and we venture to say that they Will
never be heard of again in American
politics To the sound money conserva-
tive Democrats of the land much credit
is due for the splendid victory achieved
last Tuesday, and when in the future
we are to again meet them in the arena
of political contests, we can feel that
the Republican party will be doing so
in the full assurance that it meets a
foe worthy of its steel.
WILL STICK TO 1T.
Siskiyou News: If the result of the
election has defeated your plans and
purposes your line Of action is clear:
Work for a majority next time"
Recognize the absurdity of force. Kill
ing a man does not make him agree
with you. To knock him down is very
poor argument, and a frightful com
mentary on your own narrowness. The
man who expects all others to agree
with him displays total ignorance and
misconception of what a popular gov
ernment is. In running so vast n ma
chine as ours opinions must differ as
to what is best to be done; they always
viii differ and change mores or less;
and it is well that they should, be-
cause the nation that lives grows, and
growth causes change. and change
causes new measures and a constant
realignment of political opinion.
TRUE AMERICANISM.
Fresno Republican: There have been
many things said on both sides Of this
campaign which would better have been
left unsaid, but the cry of fanatics, the
clamor of the selfish and Che shout of
the demagogue are now happily
drowned in the universal voice of the
people declaring in one accord that the
verdict of the people is their verdict,
and that the President chosen by the
majority is their President to be hon
ored and supported so long as he faith
fully upholds the welfare and honor Of
the country.
Party organization is necessity un-
der our form of government, but it
must not be forgotten that it is only
the means to an end. Good government
is the sole object to be achieved so far
as the great mass of the people is con-
cerned- Great national parties must be
maintained in order that the people
may express through them their opin-
ions as to the ways and means best
adapted to bring prosperity and safe
government. but party spirit should
never become stronger than the spirit
of loyalty to the will of the majority.
LIP SERVICE.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: If the men who
announced themselves as favoring the
extension of the right of franchise to
women had kept their word on election
day, amendment No. 8, striking the
word male" out of that portion Of the
Constitution which specifies who shall
and who shall not vote. would have