The record-union., 1896-10-12
RESENT THE INTRUSION"
Advice to Voters in the Second Con-
greSSiOnaI District.

AErom the Sacramento County Ledger.)
If there is one thing more than an
other that should spur the Republicans
up to give their undivided support to
Grove L. Johnson it is the fact that the
Examiner" is so bitterly opposed to
him and is using such unfair methods
70 defeat him. Whenever we see that
organ go out Of their own immediate
neighborhood and take such an inter-
est in any fight, for or against any one,
we at once become suspicious and begin
70 wonder what is the cause. That jour-
tial seems to be more interested in the
uefeat OF Mr.. johnson than in the cleo
Non OF any or all Of the Democratic
congressman in the whole State. Why
should IL be so greatly interested in his
0eIeat! We can only answer as we
believe 1t to be. We believe it is a per-
sonal hight with the Examiner" and
they are making this strong fight
against Mr.. Johnson simply in revenge
ana through personal malice. II this
De SO, then it is the duty of every citl-
Zen In this district, irrespective OF po-
Htlcal affiliations, to resent this un-
called for invasion of the Examiner.
what right has this journal to make
personal fight against Mr.. Johnson
any more than the other six Repub-
ncan candidates? None, we say, and
Its interference should as We said be-
lore, be strongly resented by the people
or the Second Congressional District.
Mr.. de Vries, the Democratic nominee,
belonged to that element in the Demo-
cratic party that has been opposed by
the Examiner" therefore 1t cannot De
said that they are interested in him
more than any other Democratic nom
tnee for Congress on account Of past
friendship, or it cannot be charged that
MIR. de Vries or his friends have pur-
chased the support of the Examiner,
for that support comes high, we be-
leve about 81 900 per month, and con-
tracts are made for thirty months uSu-
ally. Therefore it cannot be said that
money is the consideration of it's sup
port Of Mr. de Vries, or rather the at
tack upon Mr.. Johnson. The only con-
clusion we can come to is that the 'Ex-
aminer'' has taken advantage of this
opportunity to attack Mr. Johnson, not
for political reasons, but personal
causes wholly, and not in the best in
tereSts of the State, for the proprietorS
of that organ know, as we'll as we do,
that it is to the best interests Of the
whole State that Mr.. Johnson be re-
turned.
If the Examiner" is honest in it's
statement that it is opposing Mr.. john
Son on account Of his attitude on the
funding bill, then why, let us ask, is it
not making as hard a fight in favor of
Barham of the First, Hilborn of the
Third, Mcguire of the Fourth, Nc
Lachlan of the Sixth and Bowers Of the
Seventh, for surely these men took the
opposite position in this fight? And as
they are right, according to the 'Ex-
aminers" doctrine, they should, If that
journal be honest, have it's most hearty
support But the truth is that great
Monarch of the Dailies" is not honest
in its opposition to Mr.. Johnson, for it
cares not a whit whether a man of the
whole six is elected or not that is in ac-
cord with their views on the funding
question. No; what they want is to de-
feat Mr.. Johnson, purely and wholly
for personal reasons. Now, we want
TO appeal to the fair-minded honest and
just citizens of the Second Congression-
al District, and say to them. gentlemen,
stand by your fellow-citiZen, give him
such a rousing majority that the "Ex-
aminer" will respect you in the future,
and whenever it has personal spite to
work out upon any one 1t will go into
some other district than the Second to
f. hunt its victim. This is not time
when a great party organ like the "Ex
aminer" should go forth and hunt up
victims to make a personal fight upon.
1t should be broad enough to make a
fight for the cause 1t represents
throughout the whole State, and not
belittle itself by going out and singing
out one man in single district and
making a vigorous fight against him,
wholly upon personal reasons. There
fore We again say to the voters of the
Second Congressional District resent
this intrusion, and the most effective
means in which you can resent it is to
walk up to the polls and cast your
ballot for Grove L. Johnson for Con-
greSS.