The record-union., 1899-02-11
SOME OBVIOUS CONSIDERATIONS.

A Senator in Congress for a. term of
six years was the capital prize in the
late State campaign.
The Republican party was successful
/" In that struggle and the principles for
which the Republican party stands
achieved triumph.
1t was not Mr. Burns, nor Mr.. Grant,
nor Mr. Bul1a, nor any other candi-
date for United States Senator who
achieved a victory. It was the Re
publican party and the practical ques-
tion of the hour is, Shall the party be
defrauded out of its victory? The
questions involved are superior to per-
sonal considerations. The partisans
Of the Senatorial aspirants were elect
ed by Republican votes and were op-
posed by Democratic votes. They
nations at the hands Of the party and
in accepting the nomination and elec-
tion at the hands of their fellow parti-
sans, they accepted a trust which they
are now called upon to discharge. If
any supporter Of Mr.. Burns, Mr.. Grant,
or any other Senatorial candidate, un-
derstands himself to have been NOM
mated, and elected by the candidate for
whom he is voting, he places himself
in the category of political scoundrels
by his own confession. Within GER
tain limitations he has right to his
choice among Republican candidates,
but when his partisanship for a single
candidate defrauds the party itself out
of the fruits of the victory, he becomes
a political traitor.
Already the enemies of the party are
congratulating themselves that the
deadlock win defeat the Republican
Senate of the United States for six
years and confer that honor upon a
Democrat for four years. The Exam
iner" says: THE outlook is more and
with choice of Democratic United
States Senator to be elected two years
from now; and the San Francisco
Chronicle" in pursuance Of a rule or
ruin policy. which deserves and will
receive the unqualified rebuke of the
party, says: There might be worse
things than Democratic Senator
Great principles make great parties,
and the party whose adherents perceive
this truth alone deserves to live. Prin-
ciple is above personality, but all dead
locks are maintained in defiance of this
truth The personal adherent of can
didate for United States Senator who
declares that he prefers deadlock to
the end rather than see his fayorite de-
feated is neither wise nor honest. He
represents Republican constituency.
He was elected because of his adher-
ence to Republican principles and in
the belief that his election would pro-
mote the triumph Of these principles. He
did not declare upon the stump to the
constituency at whose hands he sought
election that If elected he would vote
for one man only for Senator, and that
unless that man could be chosen he
would, cheatSthe party out Of the fruits
of its victory. If he had so declared,
he would have been denied an election.
BY every accepted standard of polit-
ical ethics, a deadlock is simply treason
TO the party. 1t. deprives the party of
the fruits of its victory and it does this
by fraud and treachery
In the late campaign, the Republican
press OF the State labored assiduously
for the success Of the Republican ticket.
Hundreds and thousands of men whose
conduct Is ruled by conscientious polit-
ical motives did likewise. The rank
and file of the party, upon whose 10y
atty, patriotism and devotion the sue
cess Of the party depends, voted the
Republican ticket that Republican
principles might dominate the nation.
The question arises: Have the ad-
herents of Mr.. Burns, Mr. Grant and
Mr. Bulla, and other Senatorial aspir-
ants. the right to deny to these. Re-
publican papers, these partisan patri-
OTIS. and to the intelligent rank and file
of the party, the fruits of the victory
achieved by them at the polls? Shall
the party be victorious in the election
and vanquished by the personal sell
fshness of men who are asking the
highest honors at his hands?
There is method by which Repub-
lican United States Senator can be
chosen. and that is by calling council
of the representatives of the party.
There are eightysix Republican mem
bers OF the Senate and Assembly They
possess the intelligence necessary to an
agreement as to a Senator in Congress
Tor the next six years. They owe this
duty to the party at whose hands they
have received an election and they will
fail to discharge it at the peril of their
political fortunes They owe to the
party the holding of a party council to
which should be referred the over
shadowing question of the hour.
If 1t be objected on the part of any
that the holding Of a party council to
soberly and thoughtfully. consider the
highest interests of the party itself will
rebound to the interest of any candi-
date. this will be in the nature of a
confession that there is candidate
who is now the choice of majority of
the Republican Legislators
The allegation that party council