The San Francisco call., 1897-10-20
NO COMBINES" WANTED.

~N'AOAN
LOS ANGELES paper notes the interesting fact that
~ number of San Francisco Republican politicians have
arrived in that city and will shortly hold conference
with the southern leaders of their party BY what appears to be
authority the paper declares that these politicians have
formed combine for the purpose of debating the choice
for Governor and other State officers the Republican State
Convention next and that the object of their journey to
Los Angeles make connections with the southern Repub
can machine the head of which said to be Ex-Governor
Henry H. Markham The choice of this deIecable COM
bne for Governor alleged to be Hon. W. F. Fitzgerald, the
present State Attorney General.
There is no immediate occasion for interfering with the
plans of these ambitious political machnlsts and do not
intend to do IT, like the three tailors of Iooey street
(who imagined themselves the people of Engand they think
they constitute the Republican party of California perhaps
harm will be done by permitting them to continue their pleas
ing deusions But, this juncure, is well to call atten
ton to the pertinent fact that there upward of 10000 Re-
publican voters in this State, all of whom do less
thinking for themselves 1t is scarcely conceivable that these
voters going to keep still while small party of San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles politicians select for them candidate
for Governor and dispose of their United States senatohp
seems that there jobon footo pack the next Repub
can gubernatora convention in the interest of Atoneye
era Fitzgerald, any other man, is quite certain that the
woudbe packers will to grief before many days have dis
appeared behind the eternal hills
The truth is political combines designed to control the
judgment of State conventions longer popular Cali
orna he result the last gubernatora election established
that fact beyond all question of doubt there any such
combines now in existence in process of formation they
may as we'll from troubling The Republican
Will have none OF tn If they appear before the convention
with candidate the chances he will be rejected
II they succeed in putting job by which the choice of the
convention be controlled their candidate will be defeated
at the polls.
The year 1893 promises to be ''yeow dog year. We
mean by this that the conditions indicate Republican
Uho fhe for he
Democratic party discedted and disgraced and rent with
nernecne feuds Prosperity has overtaken the land and
demagogy buncombe and political capnap are at discount
But 1894 was yellow dog also, and yet of the
Republican yellow dogs nominated that year State and city
were rejected by the people.
he difficulty with political Combines like the one now
alleged to be Matching Los Angeles that they arrogae
themselves all the purity judgment and good that exist
in party They concede nothing party voters. Not
only do they attempt to dictate nominations but after election
they claim to the successful candidates. they can
not control their patronage and official action they threaten
them with political ruin. If there is Republican in California
at the present time who thinks that with Australian ballot
in their hands the members of his party going to have
something about the management of the next State
venton he must possess very immature judgment lack
largely of commonsense Independent action rstcass can
ddateswho the spirit of pary-and an entire
this State year. If the combine now ncubang at Los
Angeles does think that this true its members should
Immediately get among the people what they are
saying conference" with their party will yield
better results than conference" among themselves.