The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
A SERVANT OF THE YELLOW.

from statements made by him in interview published
another will be that the mind OF Senator
Perkins, after long labor has given birth to decision on
the Hawaiian question The decision in the nature OF twins
The the is the Senator's conviction that annex
alton is morally and politically wrong the second porn Oh e
same birth is determination to vote for it.
The ethics involved decision vote for measure the
believes wrong peculiar to the Senator that
shall not undertake discuss them in contrast with the
established standards of morality and honor Every man IS
entitled to indulge originality, and if Senator Perkins
chooses original in political morals we shall not oS
pute his CHOICE further than that he intends to prao
that sort of thing as habit he should resign his office
There are some things permissible in private that nexcus
able in public.
Senator Perkins argument is that if the people favor
particular course every Senator must vote for that course, no
matter how nexpedent and injurious to public welfare it may
When the country Democratic and elected Ceve-
land all Republicans the Senate well all Democrats
according the Perkins idea should have voted for the VIII
son bill and free trade and when Mckinley elected all
Democrats should voted for protection Personal con-
vicons political principles the welfare of the republic count
for nothing Senator servant of the people; he must
vote with the majority.
Even more peculiar than his idea of Senatorial duty is
Senator Perkins idea of the from which learn what
the people demand He nearly all the papers in the
country in favor of annexation, that the newspapers
This means that Senator must obey the newspapers.
He must voe according to the notion of the who
are going to write him up Wise unWise right wrong,
good or evil, Senator is bound to follow the press,
accepting as the voice of the people, and count his personal
convictions as of value whatever.
The extraordinary feature of the Senator's peculiar
decson however is his idea of what portion of the press he
should follow He wrong in point of fact we'll in
point of grammar when he said Neay all the newspapers
of the country in favor of it with the exception of only
one and that is THE CALL" We publish this morning
large array extracts from newspapers of all parts of the
Union denounng the annexation scheme and had space
our disposal could easily have published
These ecualy dispose of the assertion of Senator Perkins
the right and he reads them carefully he may find
reconsider his determination to vote for annexation and let
that one of his twin decisions die stil-born
The contrast between the papers that oppose annexation
and those that support the scheme marked The opposition
made up of conservative journals representing the best ee
of all classes of the people, and their arguments
based upon reasons drawn from considerations of national
honor public welfare, justice weak people and due
regard the prosperity of American labor The supporters
the scheme the other hand sensational fake papers,
eatc jngos subsidized organs who wish to grow
rich ccoe labor at the expense of the white workers of the
country He that surender his convictions TO obey such
organs in opposition the better press of the country but
servant of yellow journalism.
Senator Perkins shows by his statements that he we'll
understands the evils result annexation He
says it will be violation of the established policy of the
naon that will expose California industry the unchecked
competition of cooe labor and that it will yield benefit
compensate these injuries Yet says he will for or
resign Surely may hope that his conscience will yet
teach him that in such alternative it will be better for him
and pleasing to California he chooses resignation