The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-27
does not give character to . party. bu
principles do.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS

HGE 044OAN NVM4N AIxOMS
The Burns program was carried Out
at Sacramento to the letter. In perfec-
ton of organization 1t far surpassed the
mastery efforts of Mark Hanna in the
last campaign. That part of the slate
with reference to the governorship was
ratified by Mr.. Burns county delega-
tons, and Mr.. Gage was presented as
a man whose nomination was demanded
and made by the rank and file of the
party.
If the program had stopped with Mr.
Cages nomination, the bosses might be
able to make the plausible argument
that he had distanced his rivals by
happy accident or coincident of time
tide and wind which had driven him
into the port of Republican nominal
ton. But subsequent events conclu-
sively prove that Mr.. Cages nominal
ton was part Of one Of the most gigan-
tic political manipulations that has ever
been achieved in this or any other COM
monwealth.
The same convention which meekly
and blindly confirmed the bosses nom-
nation Of Mr.. Gage also ratified their
nomination of Messrs. Mcfarland and
Van Fleet as associate justices of the
supreme court.
Up to the time Of the capture of Mr..
Gage by Boss Burns, some six weeks
ago. Mr.. Cages private reputation in this
county was good. He had had no affili-
atoms with the Southern Pacific octopus
and was free from the dangerous infiu-
ences of it's tools. He was known as the
plain, genial. honest Henry T. Gage. But
he has no public record. The people of
this county, or of the state, have no
sure means Of judging him in his re-
lation to bossism and monopoly except
by his political maneuvers for the last
six weeks.
Upon his first appearance in politics
he was found in company with the bosses
and the agents Of the monopolistic
classes. Later on, as a candidate, we
know that the paid emissaries of the
same classes rallied to his support. con-
verted an antagonistic press to sing his
praises, gerrymandered the Republican
primaries in his interest, elected dele
gates to further his claims and
subserve their purposes, compelled the
retirement Of every rival candidate for
gubernatorial honors, sacrificed the fair
prospects for United States senator
from Southern California, and finally
nominated him as their standard
Notwithstanding this cumulative evil
denee Of bossism, Mr.. Gage might have
persuaded his admirers and supporters
to believe that he is still the same gentle
and honest Henry of former days had
not his bosses also nominated two men
for associate justices Of the supreme
court whose political records have, by
common consent, branded them as the
tools Of railroads and monopolies.
Mr.. Mcfarland and Mr.. Van Fleet
have earned unenviable regulations
upon the bench of the highest court in
this state. They have been charged
with having been placed there through
the instrumentality and in the interest
of the railroad and other corporations.
1t is we'll known that their renomina-
tions and reflections have been desired
by the same influences, and that the
bosses have been charged with the duty
of carrying out these desires.
How we'll these bosses have done tn -'r
work is now not a matter OF conjecture.
With the same votes, at any rate under
the same leadership Of the same wire
pullers which nominated Mr.. Gage for
governor, Messrs. Mcfarland and Van
Fleet have been renominated for the Of
fetal positions for which they have been
programmed. The latter stand branded
as the tools Of corporations, and the
method of their nomination justifies the
charge.
Under the circumstances Mr.. Gage is
subject to like criticism, and, having
secured his nomination at the price of
the support of bosses and the triumph
of railroad politics, he must be placed
in the category of the men whose atti-
tude suits the stalwart octopus.