The herald., 1898-06-20
the former has gotten away with the plum
so report goes.

so report goes.
The Silver Republicans are very anxious
that Judge Van Dyke of the superior court
of this county shall receive the union state
for associate justice Of the su-
preme court. Since this office Is the only
one thus far which they have asked, 1t is
not at all unlikely that this place will be
conceded to them, although in so doing the
aspirations of one or two Democrats in the
southern part Of the state will have to be
sacrificed.
The running mate Of Judge Van Dyke
if Judge Van Dyke shall get the silver
nomination-will undoubtedly be Judge w.
T.. Wallace of the San Francisco superior
court and formerly justice of the supreme
court. Judge Wallace's name is a syno-
nym for honesty, impartiality and justice;
his record upon the bench is known to all
and he would be an ornament to the ticket
and credit to the party. Judges Wallace
and Van Dyke would sound we'll. take well,
elect well and preside we'll.
The United States senatorial situation re-
mains about the same, except that a little
more fuel has been added to the burning
flame of party dissension by the charges
and eountercharges of bad faith and job
berry The Bulla and Gage fight is still on,
undecided and uncertain. This controversy
would be monotonous were it not for the
fact that new scenes are rolled down every
day or two. The last picture is a tragedy,
painted by the San Francisco Wave, in
which the artist represents the Sacramento
capitol jammed closely to the door Of the
United States senate, Mr.. Gage on his tri-
umphal march to take possession of the
state capitol, pausing to read the inscrip-
ton upon tombstone along the way which
runs, Here lies the United States senato-
rial boom of Mr.. Bulla, who served his state
we'll in the state senate. but who got lost
in his shuttle for Washington"
The two Democrats thus far prominently
mentioned in connection with the United
States senatorship are Abbot Kinney Of
this city and w. w. Foote of San Francisco.
Mr.. Kinney is the sole aspirant to date for
this office from this part of the state, and
if, as is generally understood it will be, this
office is conceded to the south, 1t would
naturally fall to him. In any event, as
matters stand today, Mr.. Kinney would
have back of him solid delegation from
this part of the state.
The Pomona Progress, speaking OF the
Times political write-up of the Androus-
Barnes s-Dreher fracas at Pomona, says 1t
was evidently written either by the hor-
ticultural or horse editor, whose knowledge
of Pomona politics Is very limited. TO Po-
monans 1t is q rich morsal of political
monans it is a rich morsel of political
the Progress is correct, and while the horse
editor may have written the matter above
referred to, 1t is hardly conceivable that the
same individual the very next day should
miss the mark so close at home. He says
the non-partsan ticket of the freeholders
is job put up by Democrats, Populists and
Socialists to gerrymander the wards so
that a majority of them will be Democratic.
This is nonsense. The truth is the non-par-
tisan ticket is made up of the very best men
in the city, and of course with the newt
able result that none of the Republican,
push is on it. Here is the rub. The horse
editor, in order to expose an imaginary
scheme, has also laid bare the purposes Of
the push.
At the State Prohibition convention at
Fresno last week J. E:sMeComas OF Po-
mona was nominated for governor, L. B.
Scranton of Los Angeles for attorney-gen-
eral and M. T. Stewart of Los Angeles for
associate justice Of the supreme court. The
Prohibition platform declares in favor OF
the suppression of the liquor traffic, in IA
vor of woman suffrage, of supporting the
government in the present war, OF the ini-
t,atiye and referendum, Of silver SERVICE
of the construction of the Nicaragua canal,
and of the government ownership or con-
troll of natural resources and means OF
TRANSPORTATION and communication.
The Pasadena News man who advertises
himself to answer all inquiries concerning
politics, qualified only by ''space," has asked.
Politicus the meaning Of "reform" as ap-
piled to political parties. 1t is not at all
strange this question has been asked. We
are sorry, however, that the Pasadena News
man has travelled through his political life
and does not know what reform means
This sad fact illustrates the old ethical rule
of association and training, and before be.
ginning Politicus must admonish this inQuis-
tive individual that in order to understand
the full import and meaning of the word
which stands for advanced polit1caI
thought, cultured political ideals and inn
proved methods of government. the indi-
vidual himself must have been developed,
both in body and mind, within that envi-
ronment which alone cannot prepare him
to comprehend. Or to put the matter In
little different shape, we must begin by
saying that in every act of communicating
information it must proceed to person
whose intelligence enables him to grasp, to
digest in fine, to understand 1t. This intel
ligence comes from mind training and en-
vironment. With this short preliminary
explanation Of the process of imparting new
and valuable ideas of government Politi-
Gus must know before proceeding further.
what the Pasadena News mans training
and environment have been for the last
twenty years; for If it should be developed
that his mind has been exclusively occu-
pied in writing political Snap Shots and
that his associates have been limited to
the "push," all attempts at imparting in
formation concerning good government
would prove futile. PoL1TIcU&