The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
Los ANGELES OFFICE OF THE CALL, J
1913 South Broadway.
Los ANGELES. Cal, Sent. 27. I

Los ANGELES OFFICE OF The CALI
328 South Broadway.
p. Los ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 27.l
The following communication, which
has been addressed to the chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee by
Alva Ude4l of this city, will undou ubtedly
create a sensation in political circles
throughout the State:
To the Chairman Of the Democratic State Central
-. Committee-SIR; The joint assembly of the
Thirtieth California Legislature elected
Stephen NJ White TO represent this State in
the United States Senate. The election of Mr..
White grew out of q scheme, evidently of his
own planning, by which the Democratic party
of California. for the first time in its history
in State convention, nominated candidate
for the United States Senate. This honor Mr.
White secured unto himself, and, until he
had received the nomination, his allegiance
to the Democratic party had never been ques-
toned. In the year 1879 his father life
long Democrat, bolted corrupt management
OF the Democracy and was nominated for
.; Governor of the State by the Working gmen.
who constituted the rank and file of the
Democratic party.
The sagacious son, however. refused to
counteaance his sire's ambition, and the
senior White was defeated, and passed into his
grave a disheartened and repudiated poli-
tician. "Our Steve turned his daddy" down,
and by remaining in the camp of the corrupt
bosses. in effect branded his father as q polit-
ical charlatan. In that memorable campaign
Hon. J. J. Ayers now of Los Angeles, was
nominated on the same ticket with the elder
White, but Stephen, the son. differed, and be-
came chairman OF the machine convention
that named Wallace Leach, then of San Diego,
as the proper Democratic Congressional
nominee TO oppose the ticket headed py W. F.
White and j. J. Ayers.
The son, thus pitted against his father, was
able to hold the Democratic party in his polit-
ical talons until he forced his Senatorial nomi-
nation in 1892. Then, to crafty his own ambi-
ton, one Of the most disgraceful campaigns
that the people of California have ever en-
dured was conceived in iniquity and carried
to its logical results. The most corrupt and
notorious combinations were made. Demo-
cratic nominations OF candidates for the State
Legislature we're held to be the property of
Stephen NJ. White and notoriously traded to
an antagonistic organization for votes in the
joint assembly to advance him to the United
States Senate. In this Congression district
the Democratic nomination for Congress was
deli berately bartered to the Populist candidate
for his influence as a leader to see that the
contracts were fulfilled and that the Populists
elected to the Legislature would stay bought
These infamous transactions eliminated in
the joint assembly on January 1S, 1893 when
certain Populists. to escape the contracts they
had corruptly made, openly charged bribery
and corruption, and the record thereof is
notoriously spread on the journal of the Joint
assembly.
In view of these things the fact becomes too
serious to deny that the late Democratic party
of this State belongs TO White 1t is clearly
his property, and as the owner and the chattel
cannot be merged in the same person it is ab-
surd to deny that the owner belongs to the
party which he uses as chattel 10 purchase
his own political elevation. Does White be-
long to the Democratic party or does the late
Democratic party belong to White? This
question the lifelong and deserving Democrat
will seriously consider when he reflects on
the situation and realizes that his own polit-
ical identity as a sovereign citizen is lost in
the possessions bartered and exchanged in
these pernieious transactions.
1t was charitable indeed for the Democracy
to silently suffer their principles and their
citizenship TO be exchanged like chattels, as
they covertly were in the campaign of 1888
But to submit to notorious repetition of the
ofense is taxing the enduring patience of
every free-born citizen who cherishes Demo-
cratic principle
The Senatorial and Congressional matters
are again involved in the present campaign.
The State Senators and Assemblymen to be
elected will choose a successor to George c.
Perkins, and the Senators will vote for sue
SCISSOR to Senator White The late Populist
state Convention committed the same error
that the Democracy did TOUR years ago by
nominating candidate for United States Sem
ator. The honor, If honor it may be called
was conferred upon one Thomas V. Gator and
now he and Mr.. White are attempting TO con-
summate a notorious deal 10 elect each other to
the United States Senate. Both practically
own what they claim to be the Populist and
Democratic parties respectively, and both are
driving trades at rate that would make the
WalI-street Jew turn pale with envy.
Fusion candidates for the Legislature have
been programmed in such manner as would
best suit the interests or Gator and White,
and the Democratic nomination for Congress
in this district has been given to a socialistic
protege of T. V. Gator. In these respects the
trades made in 1892 and 1896 are identical,
except tn at in the present case there are two
benefciaries interested in the Senatorial in
trlgues These things naturally bring us up
to the question: Is either of the political or
ganizatfons they own the Democratic party?
If not, are both com oined the Democratic
party? If neither severally nor jointly they
constitute the Democratic party, are sincere
Democrats bound TO suffer in tame submission
10 the unscrupulous designs OF the socialistic
vendorsP
very large and respectable number of life
lang Democrats believe that the dangerous