The San Francisco call., 1898-06-07
CAN THE PARTY TRUST TIP

ago 1t laid scheme to get possession of the
 Democratic State Committee by expellng from that body all members who had not paid certain onerous assessment put upon them in 1896. In that year the Federal oice-holders joined the Nonpungle Club and deafened their to the cry of the com mittee for pocket money. In addition to this sorrow it was discovered that the non-offce holding bers of the party loved of the Lord cheerful gvers to campaign funds, had not moved off the old plat form, but stood still as National Democrats the Indianapolis declaration. In this financial emergency, while the clouds of defeat lowered and there was bit of the of all evil on hand to pry them up withal, the members of the State Committee assessed. Some paid and more than third did not.
 Now, in housing around for way to steal the committee, the Examiner found this unpaid ment and discovered that the deinquents were mostly members 1t desired to get rid of Immediately the theory appeared that committeeman who had not paid personal assessment became ineligible and the committee could fill his place
 AS members of the committee appointed by definite constituencies, and as payment of assess ments not put among the qualifications and con- ditions precedent their appointment, in all fairness delinquency in that respect could not affect mans right to remain the committee. The scheme triae too rank and died of its sterch.
 Since then the Examiner has been sneakng for way to get cinch the party and has succeeded in carrying the plan for appointment of the San Fran cisco City Committee by the State Committee, and for the election of delegates to the State convention and the nomination of city ticket by that city com mittee of one hundred.
 Now the Examiner declares that the Democratic party of this city cannot be trusted to hold open primary and that its affairs must be conducted by the State Committee through its trustees, the city mittee of one hundred.
 A party takes on largely the character of its public adviser and advocate The Examiner has been for years the sefelected guide, philosopher and friend of the Democracy That party has had no other, and the teacher makes public proclamation that his pupils fit to be trusted to in open pri- mary for delegates the State and city conventionsl
 Yet when Democratic State and city tickets are put in the field the Examiner will exhaust what it calls argument to persuade the people that a party which it declares is too dishonest to hold primary is fit to be trusted with the government of the State and cityls
 We think better of the party than it would deserve if the Examiner decent paper and its judgment deserving of respect The fact is that the Democratic party in this city is bucked and gagged by the Ex- amner gang because, if left free to manage its own affairs, of that gang could get recognition from it. It is high handed disfranchisement of party by newspaper, because the newspaper cannot con- trol the party.
 We will see what will come of this Republicans are too free-minded and free-handed to stand such wholesale disranchsement. Their confidence in the people canonizes against taking power away from them. If the people to vote a ticket they must have voice in its nomination.
 A fit rebuke of the Examiner tactics will be to leave the committee of hundred to the ticket it will nominate, while who desire to be free go fishing on election day
 II the Examiner cannot trust the Democratic party how the party trust the Examiner1