The San Francisco call., 1898-08-05
ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS
URGED TO DO THEIR DUTY AT
 THE PRIMARIES.
Good Government Club Calls Upon Honest Men to Assist in Throw ing Off the Shackles of
 Gang Rule.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Aug 1.-The Good Gov ernment Club of Santa Clara County | has issued a letter to it's members and all independent Republicans urging them to turn out and work at the pri- marieS to be held on August 10 in or der to rid the party of the influences of "BoSs' Req and his gang. The letter is a strong arraignment Of the methods of the big boss. Several thousand copies. have been printed and will be distributed about the county. The club Is making a vigorous fight for purity in the Republican party. The letter Is as follows:
 A Republican primary election is to be held in each precinct in santa Clara County on August l0 for the selection oi delegates to the county, Congressional and State conventions of the Republican party. The polls will be open from O clock a. m. until o'clock p. m.
 For years the Republican party of this county has been owned and controlled by ring. Its hold has gradually frightened and controlled our officers after their election. We have been driven as sheep to the shambles. As slaves, the Republi- can voters of this county have been valued only because they could execute the will Of the master. Such system has at last borne it's legitimate fruits Our local public affairs have at last come to such a state that there Is a job, II nothing worse, in nearly everything in pubic way done in the county. taV- orites and creatures of the ring are re- warQed at the expense of the taxpayers Merit and faithfulness in the public ser wants is little regarded, and loyalty to the ring and willingness and ability to execute its commands have come to be the chief qualifications Of the ofhceholder in Santa Clara County.
 Criminals, if they belong to the ring, are not only often quietly overlooked, but 1t is commonly reported that they are sometimes protected and assisted to es- cape the just punishment that the law declares shall be meted out to them. h. sometimes even killed by incompetent and unprincipled officers. This ring has filled the schools of San Jose with its creatures and is now reaching out for. the schools of the county. But why continue the dis gusting recital? Our beautiful county has become a byword in the whole State; our politics are a shame and disgrace to every voter in the county.
 Shall this state of affairs continue? This question Is addressed to you per sonally as much as to any voter In the individual voter depends the responsibil- ity of answering. Our State Central Com mittee has taken a courageous, manly stand in this matter and has made 1t Santa Clara County to free themselves from this slavery. Let us take the full
  you not give a few days-at least one day-to thiS work? Patriotism is demand ed here and now much as in the trenches of Santiago. We beg of you to come out to the primary and get all your neighbors who are not owned by the ring to come out and see to it that independ- ent and fearless men are sent out to our conventions from your section.
 The ticket indorSed by the Good Gov ernment Club has not been named by any ring, but has been put forward by the independent. anti-ring Republicans of your neighborhood. See that. so far as you can contribute to that end, 1t is elected. Only so can you discharge your duty to yourself and the community. The enemy is active, interruptions, powerful and thoroughly intrenched, and, there fore, the friends of good government must be especially active and vigilant.
 The primaries on August 10 will be closely watched by members of the Good Government Club and no loop hole will be left t; ~ough which the gang can stuff the ballot boxes. The Democratic County Central Committee also will be on the aIert. Its watchers will aid the Good Government people and any Democrat who votes at the Republican primary will be barred from votin- at his own party's pri- mary.