The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-12-07
WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER Z. 1898.

the United States senate. They Shall the
man be from the south, and shall the
SENATORIAL Southern Pacific railroad be permitted to
PoT-PoURRI dictate. The railroad people do not care
particularly about the locality of the sena-
tor but they that he shall be they depend
If all the aspan have not solicited hoped for railroad
support put his candidacy the ground of
antagonism to the great corporation Indeed seems to be
accepted oregone that elected whom the railroad
opposes.
the north especially the candidates have seemed to take it
for granted would select the the prop
oson that entitled do hardly conroverted Each
hoped he would be the lucky individual and the quarrel
among the faithful of the fact that there is but
senatorial fill and that disappointment must come to all
but one. De Young satisfied that the railroad should
till he discovered he not the favored
the of Barnes Knight and Patter
and Scott will be- time will develop As each one finds he
has been aside he will probably denounce the railroad for being
in politics.
While do not undertake the successful man.
prediction that elected by Republican votes
wholly mainly he will be accountable to the railroad company
and that be elected by Republican votes
So Republicans is pretty late to decry and de-
nounce the fact railroad is in politics. They
beneaes of the immense the road has expended
and of the dgoonng of its employees and OF the brains they
have furnished in making and executing the plans OF the cam
paign The railroad furnished aliment and mulant to the
party Is be supposed that all this done unseshy
patriotic motives? The who so believes is to be
pted for his ignorance The Republican party accepted the
the railroad with full knowledge that had object
that it would make demands; that they would not be triing
demands but the best the party had to give when it
makes up its jewels
From the standpoint of Republican political ethics the rail
road right The logic Republicans in their political prac
tees that the aboer worthy OF his hire and that he who
does most should receive most The railroad is the Republican
party and were todop out OF politics. the Republican party
might well fold its tents and drop out of existence Since
the civil that party has victory the state Of
California except through the aid of the railroad.
there who have quams of conscience on the subject
giving the enatorshp the railroad they be treasured
by citing examples by their president Did not Mr. McKn
ley nvge the venerable Sherman out of the senatorial seat to
make place which Hanna coveted and not done
reward for political services? Was not Ager given the
department and has he been continued in it, to
him contributions campaign funds? These of the
official head of the party be cited by those of sensitive
sciences justify yielding the demands of the railroad
The coming together of De Young and Spreckels another
illustration the principle that misery has paccatory effect
few months they tearing each others hair but
Dan Burns has to the front the railroad candidate
they have locked shields charge upon the railroad
and greatly shocked by the idea that railroad should be in
politics.
The strife that is going would be very amusing could the
dmorazng feature of politics which discose be kept of
view. If evil the the Republican party will be
responsible rt That party has fostered bossm political
pushes and the corruptng of money elections The rail
road entered the late contest the Republican side with
implied promise that it should have reward and the Republic
party having been successful the bargain must be kept
The presidents proved to be twohrds better than
readers had been led expect Ii only about
long as threatened in foreshadowines
POINTS OF THE about it days ago, In of the
MESSAGE columns of dreary platitude. and the omis-
sion OF matters of vital concern the thought
is suggested that the president the last moment
to chop off and basket 40 900
the document said to contain.
That plan for handling the Philippines without barlewire
gloves that promised in the is probably still
We infer that the president is still working on it. and
like the late Mr. Kelly of fame he only little
time to complete it. So he puts the indef
ney He says he does discuss this time the government
the treaty peace shall be We Judge from the
temper of certain senator's that the president may to wait
long time for ratification if he keep plans secret
until after the vote.
The message is chiefly interesting history the war;
The style of the historical part is graphic particularly
lucid but it will be handy for people who failed keep
the newspapers while the disturbance in progress He
our foreign relations pleasant but have grave
about it, We shall not be satisfied that point until we see
them and learn about their habits particularly The
Filipinos.
The attitude of the president the Cuban question:
presented in his message is coendabe 1t strictly
with the position he assumed at the be-
SOUND ginning of the trouble with Spain. He
CUBAN POLICY says Spanish rule replaced
by just humane government, created
by the people of Cuba And again abiding our duty
the