The San Francisco call., 1896-09-12
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF SAN
FRANCISCO.

1t is hardly necessary to say to Repub-
licans of San Francisco that the time has
come to put an end to all wrangIing fac
tions in the party and unite to make sure
of victory for Mckinley and protection.
You know what can be accomplished by
united effort, and you know also what
will be the inevitable result of breaking
away from party leaders to follow
factions. You know that with har-
mony there will be victory, and that with
out it there viii be defeat. You know the
vote of San Francisco may virtually de-
termine the vote of California. The
electoral vote OF the State is largely subject
to your action. Will you stand for party
organization and see that California casts
her ballots for Mckinley and prosperity,
leave the State to run the risk of Bryan
and disaster?
There is no reason why Republicans
should hesitate to speak plainly to one
another at this juncture. The situation
itself is too clear to be concealed even if
we thought it worth while TO try to con-
ceal it with ambiguous woros. Democracy,
which short time ago was utterly hope
less in California, has, by raising a new
issue and rallying TO itself Populists,
extreme free silverites, all discordant and
disconnected elements of the people.
suddenly found itself possessed of a new
strength in this City. Incapable of govern
ment, it is not incapable of bringing a
large vote to the polls, and if the Repub-
ican vote in the City should be divided,
there is danger that the Democratic sue
cess here might be sufficient to overthrow
the splendid Republican majorities we can
count on from almost all the interior
counties. Can we afford to take that risk2
Can you afford to increase that risk2
The issues dependent upon the way you
act are great They affect the welfare of
the Nation, the State. the City. They af-
feet every trade, every industry, every
home and every individual. Bankers who
desire q secure financial system, mer-
chants who wish a remunerative COM
merce, manufacturers who seek profits for
their mills and shops, workingmen who
need wages, can you, for the mere sake of
petty faction tight or differences of opinion
on minor matters, bring your minds to the
point of endangering the great cause OF
protection and sound money? To you all
and to each of you, the Republican party
turns and demands your loyalty. Which
of you will fail the party of your love?
There is no man among your numbers
who does not know the political situation
in this City, for the Republican party has
ever been the party of intelligent, observ-
ant, reading men. Y You know if the strength
OF the party is divided in the coming elec-
tions we may lose many City and County
officers and turn our municipal affairs
over once more to the tools of Buckley or
some other Democratic boss; we may lose
members of the Legislature, putting the
State into the hands of the Popocrat fu-
sion and endangering the election of Re-
publican Senator: we may lose the Con-
gresham from the Fourth District and
make doubtful the Fifth; we may even
lose the electoral vote of the State If our
divisions should be carried too far.
Consider well the issues before you. You
have everything to hope for from the sue
cess of the party. What have you to hope
for from the success OF any faction :?
On the one side is protection, industry,
sound money, good wages, efficient gov
eminent, and on the other side is nothing
but a continuance of Democratic copdi-
tions, bungling, laundering and disaster
Each Republican has the freedom to N make
the choice for himself. Are you for party
discipline and victory or are you for fac
ton and defeat?
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