The San Francisco call., 1898-08-23
THE CHOICE OF CANDIDATES.

I HE canvassing of day and night ana the ois- l cusson among delegates have somewhat cleared
 the situation at Sacramento.
 There is great spirit of tolerance abroad, but 1t is not spirit blind to the practical situatlon 1t IS felt by the wisest party men that the Republican party must this year more than ever appeal 10 the people by an exposition of its enduring prncipes.
 Judge Maguire has attempted to put hls campaign upon issues of passing expedency, upon temporary foundations Clothed with ismS and ologles and onomes thicker than the cotton scale on neglected orange tree he has picked out the funding bill as the issue of his campaign He shles from every public policy he has heretofore advocated dodges all his ex pressons upon other subjects and harks back to the funding bill. Now it happens that the bill as passed had the approbation of Senator Morgan and Senator White who regard 1t as final legislative conclusion of the whole matter leaving nothing further to be done but for the Government go ahead and collect the whole debt upon terms entirely favorable to the United States. Morgan's statement while here takes that issue out of the domain of practical politics Judge Mcguire will be driven upon broader ground and the Republican party must meet him there with man who cannot be accused of having bolted its ventions opposed its candidates deTded its pur- poses. He must stand justified by his record as a party man and by his talents as public leader. In this view of the work required of candidate, the sessions made by MT. Gage during the day and night were formidable. They are not programmes, but independent men controlled only by their convictions of party policy They say that their candidate go before the people and of political righteous ness, and that such reasoning is required this year. There was observed growing antagonistn to sur- rendering to the claims" of a single county The whole party has claims that must be considered No county has right claim that the party must again try the experiment of running bolter for Governor. It has tried that three times and failed.
 The delegates look at the defeat of fusion in Ore gon and reflect that it was accomplished by putting forward seasoned and well experienced party men. who had no treacheries to explain and who were able torexpound party principles against the harlequin ades of the f1sionists As an advocate before the people of those principles Mr. Gage is looked to with confidence in his magnetism and ability.
 As rule the competitors who fight also for the his strength with view to leaving no wounds to heal and no wrongs to redress when the convention has spoken
 The party does not propose to get into power by saying one thing and then doing another. Those tactics will be left to Mcguire who seeks success on the funding bill issue which Senator Morgan says is dead to his power if elected confscate the land of private and inure the State by his stock of twilight and aurora borealis theories
 It is felt that Mir Gage, expounder of princi- p1e will convince the people that the party nay will be nay and its yea be yea Again every is impressed by the fact that bosses in his camp II they have strength he does not seek it He makes no treaties and his pledges are as public as his candidacy.