The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-07-27
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.
Comparison Instituted by the ssSun-
day News"
(From the Sunday News.

(From the Sunday News.)
The Democrats have named their can
didate for Congress in the Second Dis
trict. The Republican nominee, it
seems to be generally conceded, will be
Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento. It is
appropriate, therefore, that the people
begin to consider the careers and ca
pacities of the two men with a view to
reaching the wiseSt conclusion before
November. Mr.. de Vries comes before
the people Of the district as a stranger.
He holds the minor position Of deputy
in the office of the District Attorney OF
Sam Joaquin County. and with a bound
hopes to leap into Congress. He is,
so far as we are able to learn, a good
lawyers clerk, and in time may de-
velop into a. good lawyer. But we do
not think that the people of the Second
District are prepared to make Con-
gresham Of him forthwith. We greatly
fear thatthe gentleman would not make
much of a showing in Washington
| should his constituents want some pub
lie service Of him. We fear that Mr..
de Vries would find it very difficult to
make an impression in the National
Capital, however Jealous he might be
to do so-and we do not question either
his zeal or his trustworthiness.
AS between the Democratic nominee
and Grove l.. Johnson there ought to
be NO difficulty in choosing. The indie
pendent voter who is not bound by
party shackles will not have TO look for
reasons for voting for Mr.. Johnson. His
| ripe experience, his marvellous deter
m1natiOn and his sagacity are not
matched in many Congressman. 1t is
! a commonly accepted proposition in the
East to keep a good man in Congress
when he once gets there. That is why
some communities always manage to
get what they ask of Congress, while
| the pleas Of others go unheeded. We
do not believe that it has ever before
been the good fortune of California to
have so able and industrious repre-
sentative in Washington as Mr.. john
son. He has never figured on the
| trouble of doing anything asked of him
by a constituent. His practice has
been to go and do it, And Johnson is an
| adequate man. When ne under
| takes to do a thing he goes about and
does it.
We have often been asked to explain
our OIl-eXpreSSed preference for MT.
johnson over amy other named candi-
| date. The Sunday News Is an inde-
pendent newspaper and reserves the
right to support or oppose amy candi-
| date for public place. But we have no
| hesitation in telling why we favor
Grove L. Johnson. He is the best man
proposed for the place. He can and
will do more for the Second District
than any other person whose name has
been mentioned in relation for Con-
gressional honorS. We favor him be-
cause he Is one of those few men whose
industry and zeal is of the indefatiga-
bic, uncompromising kind. We know
that If Grove L. Johnson cannot secure
what the district needs there is no use
In asking others to help US. We sup
port him because we believe the peo-
pie are entitled to the highest quality of
| brains in public position, because he is
sound thinker, a resolute American
citizen, full Of courage and pluck hard
working and untiring. We support him
because we know that he Is the very
best man for Sacramento, and when
we help Sacramento we are helping our
selves And lastly, we defend him for
the enemies he has made