The herald., 1898-08-23
A CONTRAST


Just convened at Sacramento. 1t has as
senbleds there as the representative of
the Rspublican party Of this state. Its
objsSAsii to nominate state officers to
be .lysted for at the ensuing election in
Novst6ber who. II elected. will have con-
troll OF the offlcial machinery Of the state
for four years.
The voters and the tax payers Of
the state are deeply Interested
IN the result Of this convention.
as they nnst bs in the result
OF state conventions Of other parties,
We'Have reason to believe that the peo-
plexs7e determined that reform shall be
inaa6urated In every branch Of the state
government; that the corporate infiu-
ences which have dominated the politics
and the policy Of this state shall be
curhed; that the special privileges which
have been enjoyed by classes at the ex-
pen6e Of the public shall be surrendered.
Save the repudiated reform speech Of
Ma5r Mclaughlin, what is there in this
conRention that gives hope that the vices
whiGh the Republican party has inaug-
ura1Sd and permitted to continue, will be
eradfcated, Of that the railroad collar
and, the corporate chains with which It
IL bonnd and strangled will be broken
The Republican state convention ia no
better than the men who have been in
strumental in selecting its delegates. In
every precinct sin, this state the influences
Of ti1e Southern Pacific company and
oths& corp6rations have been at work
electipg tools a. delegates to this con-
venti6n. 1T has, been openly charged
that the three-card monte primaries
programmed throughout the state were
the handiwork Of the railroad, and had
for their object the manufacturing Of ar
bitrary precincts for the purpose Of dis
franchising the small but threatening
reform element in the Republican party
and turning them over to the railroad
push. ssa a~
The same corrupting forces which
have, ,gerrymandered the primaries and
pacx6n the Republican state convention
hav4sAlso presented to their convention
= SLATED ticket which they will endeavorI
to make respectable by passing through
the min Of nomination.
This convention stands in striking
confF&st with the Democratic state con-
vention Just closed. We invite careful
comparison Of them by every independ-
ent voter and by every other person who
believes in government run by the peo-
pie rsther than by the railroad. In the
latter convention every representative
Of stAe railroad and Of monopoly wasf
turned down. There was no Burns, no |
Rainey, no Rea in that convention tol
dictate nomfnations or decide the policy |
Of the party. James g. Mcguire was its |
trusted leader and for his honorable |
services In sighting the battles Of the |
people against corporate monopoly. he !
WAS, simultaneously selected as its stand
ard fbaarer. Mayor Phelan Of San Fran |
ciacQ; whose ceaseless war upon the |
gree9y corporations Of that city has en-
dearxd him to the people Of the whole
STAN. and Senator White. whose sue
cesefu1 hght for San Pedro harbor
'against the octopus has demonstrated |
~ Nxalty to. his fellow citizens. were
the Natchful pickets who discovered /
everS railroad plot and exposed 1t.
The Republican state convention |
llan1s today under grave suspicion.
- Burns and Sam Rainey will prac-
1ieel1 nominate every candidate.
Z a x14{ Delsocretic state convention Is |
|GnoI4 byFthe work which 1t accom-
llal 40 clique or cabal dictated the
ll8etion Of Mcguire Or any other
1& = the pemocratic ticket. The
lt6kI eonvention was snti-
- nenopoly. II pro-