The record-union., 1899-02-12
TIME FOR PATRIOTISM.
REPUBLICANS DEMAND THE
REWARD OF VICTORY.
There Must be a United States
Senator Elected at This
Session.
(From the Oakland Tribune }


The time has come in the course of
the Senatorial contest at Sacramento
for demonstration of patriotism. The
Republican party of California looks TO
its representatives in the Legislature
to respond to this summons and per-
form it's manifest duty.
At the last State election the Repub-
lican voters Of California worked hard,
made a grand fight and won a. signal
victory. They are entitled to the fruits
of that victory. The main share Of
| those fruits is the designation of some
good and faithful Republican to the
seat in the United States Senate about
to be vacated by a Democrat, Hon.
Stephen M. White.
The position of United States Sena-
tor is the most important one within
the gift of the State and the party. Its
term is six years. Upon the harmonious
relations, upon the support and the re-
ciprocal recognition subsisting between
a Republican administration at Wash
ington and a Republican representative
in the Senate from such a Sta&e as Cali
fornia, the welfare of large variety
of the most important interests of the
State must of necessity depend. The
office of United States Senator, there
fore, is of even more moment to the
State than that of it's chief executive
whose functions and duties are con-
fined entirely within its limits.
In view of these facts, no subordinate
interests or considerations should be
allowed to induce the Republicans in
the Legislature to sacrifice or even to
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splendidly won prize.
Failure to elect Senator at this ses-
sion means the throwing away OF this
prize, Of the fairly won fruits of the
party's victory of last fall. That would
be a political crime for which no Re-
publican in this body cam afford, to ac-
cept the responsibility. The Legislature
| is nearing it's close. It's close without
| the selection of a Republican Senator
would create at least the possibility of
| the return of Democrat to- the Senate
| by a succeeding Legislature. Voters
of the State, impatient of such action
on the part of these Republicans, would
| be likely, on a repetition of the issue.
to incline toward the Democrats. That
| is the prospect which the Democrats are
| openly welcoming and discussing Shall
| it be accorded them? Will the Repub-
lican Legislature thus play into its
enemy's hands, and thus betray the Re
publican voters of the State?
| No pretext can justify such course.
It is absolutely plain that not one of
these Republican Legislators would
have been elected had he made it
known beforehand that he meant to
consider his election commission to
vote for some one favorite candidate
for the Office of United States Senator
| and for no one else. A Legislative can
didate who presented such an issue to
his Republican constituents would have
been laughed to scorn. Anyone who
persists in that course now will never
be forgiven.
The time for the display of a broad
type of Republican patriotism has come.
The interests of the Republican party
| of California immeasurably transcend
those of any one aspirant to this high
office and of all of them put together.
They are OF vastly more moment than
the personal interests Of either Barnes,
Burns, Bulla, Grant, Estee, FELTON,,
Scott or Bard.
These truths being recognized, the
duty OF these legislators at this juno
ture becomes plain. They should adopt
any reasonable means of getting
together They should hold a council,
and deliberate and take measures to
see that their party and the State re-
ceive no detriment. A council If the
Republicans of the State Legislature
charged with the important duty of
giving the State a Republican repre-
sentative in President McKinley's ad-
ministration, conducted on the perfect
w fair basis of a final determination by
a majority, would be something just to
ALL the interests concerned, and above