The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
WANTED-A STATESMAN.

N1E Republican party or CaiHorna IS now experiencing
of the embanassments which beset Dogenes when
he began his long and trying search for an honest man.
1t will be remembered that Dogenes ourshed at time when
gas and electricity unknown. He was compelled to
prosecute his investigations with lantern, which, IN all PROB
ability was weak and ramshace affair compared even with
the hand lamps of the present There no occasion Tor
WONDER therefore, that Dogenes discovered his honest
Amid the darkness and superstition of the period In
which he undertook his herculean taskor we do not uh-
dersand that he is still with his lanternhe only wonder
that he did abandon his search long before the news
paper reporters had interviewed him and acquainted the world
with the nature of his extraordinary effort.
The Republican party of California, however, while to
embarrassed not forced to prosecute its search
for Governor with blinking lantern 1t may avail itself
not only of sunshine which rarely fails but of the baz'
ing electric light of publicity which has exposed to it The
past the nnemost conscenoes of all its avorite The
chief difficulty likely to encounter in ITS quest will be the
selection of from its ranks who 1t will have
trouble finding good-lookng and respectable candidate
for the executive Office. The woods full of them Every
county has They grow the trees everywhere. They
are in fact of the products of our glorious climate
But TO discover man who can win-hat is the problem
In 1894 the Republicans assumed that they about to
face yellow dog year. In other words they laid the
atterng JUNCTION to their souls that any nominated by
their State convention could be elected They neglected to
note the important fact that the people longer accept the
ballot which independent aoon for the voters, has
into vogue and that consequently, the politicians
compelled to nominate for office whom the people
want, trouble Failing to note these things they
lost the governorshp They had good enough candidate
but he could get sufficient number of win the
office.
All this leads to the conclusion at which slowly
arriving In their search for candidate for Governor the Re
pubcans of California must discover not only honest
a popular man, handsome man, of brains and
sraghtout Republican man, but whom the people re-
spect, admire and desire to honor We willing TO admit
that such candidate hard to find. Levetheaded men
who capable of organizing and leading great poca
pares-men who write public papers worth reading, o
which are calculated to attract the attention of growhur
peopmen who make speeches that rise above the clap
trap and bahe of political buncombe, do grow every
BUSH They nfrequen animals and hard train for the
track when discovered They usually prefer the delights
private life the bust activity turmoil and SANDER
political contests.
But if We have any such Republican in the State o.
California the present time he should otted without
delay The people want to him. They want to examine
his legs deter mine whether he make mile in schedule
tme they want TO look into his face to ascertain if possb
whether he is honest whether elected he will grant pardon
for political avors sign bills to reward his friends and punish
his enemies appoint bad to Office they want inspe
his bumps, to hear him speak and to read something h
is statesman
The CALL is Republican newspaper and desires, othe
things Being equal its party in possession of all th
offices. This desire arises from feeling that when the Gov
ernment is administered by Republicans it is administered
better honestly and economically than when ad
mnisteed by rattle pated Popusts demagogue Democrats
But have hesitation in saying that the business of the
State to be conducted by ncompeens-yellow dogs
speak is better that should be turned to the Pop
uists and Democrats. Then the Republican party will
the chagrin and disgrace which always accompany weak
corrupt incompetent party government We would rather
in other words Democrats in control of the Government
than suffer the awful agony of apoogizng for and excung
the Mistakes or worse, of a Republican administration
We therefore, conclude that the object of Republican
search at the present time should be statesman organizer
and polican-a sagacous level-headed fullgrown
who lead to victory and after victory strengthen his party
by nauguratng and executing great public Th
ambition to become Governor of California is worthy one
Every has inaenable right cherish it But if th
Republicans of this State in the search they prose
cutting mindful of their best interests they will asd
the good fellows, the actionists and the wrepues wh
hope to ride into power the crest of Republican prosperity
and inaugurate searchlght campaign for such
have described When he discovered the rest will be easy
THE ART EXHIBITION.