The record-union., 1899-02-19
DEMANDING ACTION.
Further Expressions From Interior
Newspapers.

(From the Chico Enterprise.)
When will the Senatorial deadlock be
broken? is the question that is agitat-
ing the minds of the people of Califor-
mia to-day. Ballot after ballot has been
taken, and to all outside appearances
the election of United States Senator
is as far distant as ever. By this con-
| tinued deadlock the legislators are vir-
tually telling their constituents that if
they cannot elect the man they want
| they will deprive the State Of repre-
sentative to succeed Stephen M. White.
This is not only detrimental to the
State in general, but shows lack of
interest in the welfare of California by
the men who We're elected to enact
proper laws for the State.
A CAUCUS NECESSARY.
From the Weekly Calistogan.)
We believe that it is about time that
the Republican, press of this State were
uniting against the treacherouS acts of
| the metropolitan dailies and demand
! that the Republican members of the
| Legislature hold a caucus for the Sc
| lection of a United States Senator. 1t
| is very evident at this writing that if
| they do not assemble in caucus there
will be no Senator chosen, and it would
be an everlasting disgrace to the party
and this golden State of ours to let
the Legislature adjourn without elect
| ing a Senator, inasmuch as the party
| has large majority. All differences in
the party have always heretofore been
| settled by a caucus, and there is no
reason on earth why it should not be
| done in this case, Our metropolitan
contemporaries have always been
! strong advocates of the caucus plan.
and we fail to see why they should not
| favor it in this instance.
The voters of our State elected the
present Republican Legislature with
the expectation and understanding that
that body would choose a Republican
to succeed Stephen M. White, and if
| they fail to do so with the large ma
jority they have they will seriously in
| jure the prospects of the party and un-
doubtedly commit political suicide. We
cannot afford to lose the Senator at
this time, for if we fail to elect one it
will surely result in the Democrats cap
turing the Legislature two years hence
and returning Mr.. White to Washing
| ton. This alone should be a sufficient
reason why the Republican members
should get together in caucus and set
tie the Senatorial question.
We believe that the time has now
come for the press of the interior to- as
sert its power and demand of its repre-
sentatives that they adopt the old,
time honored custom of holding eau
Gus and settling this very difficult ques-
ton of choosing a Senator that is at
present bothering the Legislature. Cen
tlemen of the Republican party, get to-
| gether and choose a Senator; by far
too much valuable time has already
been wasted.
A WARNING.
From the Benicia New Era-)
If the Republican party Of this State
wishes to be successful ever after, its
managers should at once demand of
it's representatives in Sacramento to de-
eide upon some one for Senator. The
managers of the Call" and Chronicle"
| through their personal and selfish mo-
tives, have shown that they would
rather see the party disrupted and the
control of the State given over to the
Democratic party two years hence, un-
less some one is elected for Senator
| whom the managers of these journals
can control, and the manner which they
have chosen to gain this point, should
be held in utter contempt by every
fair minded man in this State. This
State must be represented in Washing
ton by two Senators, as the Hawaiian
and Philippine Islands questions will no
doubt be settled at the next session of
Congress, and these questions are of
| vital Importance to this State. Too
much valuable time has already been
lost in Sacramento, and it is the duty
of our representatives to get together
at once and elect a Senator.
SELFISH POLICY.
From the Alameda Encinal.)
The proposition or rather, attempt OF
the minority of the Republicans to mold
a. caucus and unite against either or
both of the two leading Senatorial can
didates, strikes us as a sort of dog-in
| the-manger move. These men will not
go into a conference in order to break
the deadlock but will go into one in or
DER to make it all the stronger. Hold
ing the balance of power as the Two
leading candidates do, it is difficult to
see how the minority expect to gain
| anything by uniting solidly against
them. Unless the tone Of the interior
Republican press does not represent the
party Out we believe it does so repre-
senD, then there is a practically unani-
| nous demand from all parts of the
| State that the Republicans do some
thing, call it a caucus, or conference
or just a plain meeting, in order to re-
move the deadlock which is becoming
lintolerable. If members would pay more
| attention to their unprecedented home
papers and less to the city papers which
have Senatorial axes to grind and Sem
| atorial sores to sa1ve, they would have
no difficulty in deciding what the peo-
| pie want and what they ought to do.
THE DOG IN THE MANGER.
| (From the Stockton Record)
/ There seems to be little doubt that
the bulk of the Republican party will
| welcome heartily any plan which may
| bring to a termination the existing
deadlock at Sacramento. The Repub-
lican members of the Legislature UP
| to present time, seem to have given
| free rein to individual preference and
! self-interest and to have lost sight en-
| tirely of the welfare of their party and
the interests of the State.
The allotted time for the session of
! the Legislature is drawing to a close
| and the election of a Senator appears
to be further off than it was the first
| day of the session. The friends of the
various candidates will not bulge an
| inch, their attitude being equivalent to
saying: IF you want to end this thing
| you must vote with me-" A sort OF
! dog L 4 he-ma NIGER nolicY seems to be