The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-14
THE REPUBLICAN, PHRTY.

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years. standing for constitutional system in its
original integrity and completely nbued with the vi
lity and with the energy of American civilization
Since the election OF Mr. Lincoln in 1860, with the
exception OF eight years. has substantially admins
tered the Government. 1t is not proposed that the
end of the century shall be disastrousy signalzed by
It's defeat
The Call is in perfect harmony with the resolutions
adopted by the late Republican convention in Ohio
which reafirmed the platforms OF the party from Lin
coin to Mckinley, and, justly commencing the pres
cnt administration, disclamed the imperialistc and
revolutionary policy that expatriated politicians had
frauduently sought to identity with President Nc
Kiney and his Cabinet That convention held in the
State that gave Mr. Mckinley to the country, struck
the keynote OF Amercansm and firmly adhered to the
eternal truths proclaimed in the Declaration OF indie
pendence practicalized by fundamental law
mented by our Civil War, with its er-deveopment
of fraternity throughout all sections OF the republic
and wrought firmly into permanent history by the
succession of great events, in which the Republican
party has necessarily borne the most conspicuous
part
But The Call does not concede and will never toll
crate the pretentious dominance of the Huntington
monopoly over the Republican organization, in its
rational in its State or in its municipal contests. We
favor no abstract theories that would emascuate 1eg
sounding generalities There kinds OF politi-
cal machineryone that produces effective organiza
ton upon an honest foundation the other invented
negative the popular will by impressing parties into
the service OF corrupt monopoies, by fraud, by de-
ceit by methods that degrade manhood and insult
citizenship.
AS it has repeatedly declared The Call has no hos
tity toward railroads toward any agency that pro-
the comfort and the interests of the public. 1t
comedies that citizen is deprived of title of his
legal rights of his just influence by the fact of his
business identification even with railroad monopoly
But in the municipal struggle that is to supply San
Francisco with local officers, under the charter
in every other political campaign that results from
free institutions it does not propose to submit
and to the full OF its powers it will prevent
the community from submitting the insoent dica-
ton OF Mr.. Huntington, either through subsidized
and powerless newspapers through any OF the
merous corrupt and corrupting agencies he is accus-
tened to employ For more than thirty years Mr..
Huntington has assumed the attitude OF car
toward the people OF this State In various degrees
and at different times he has polluted each depart
ment OF government He has nterfered with the pri-
mary and neradcable sovereignty of the people. His
spies and his emssaries have pervaded conventions
have selected candidates, pledged to dishonor in ad-
vance and have shamefuly obsructed the free and pa
tiotic exercise OF the elective franchise No depart
ment OF the official service OF business OF
cety has been exempt from their bold obtrusiveness
and from their disgusting methods
The Huntington monopoly has evinced no prefer
ence for any single political organization 1t has
operated equally through all. But its GROWING
treachery was its false pledge of 1903 to the Repub
lican party that it was out OF politics" deliberately
ard openly repudiated the moment the election was
over and followed by the obstinate attempt to force
Dan Burns a mere railroad tool without character or
qualifications upon the State OF its Federal
Senators, and by the more recent wholesale scheme
Of robbery, only defeated by six faithful members of
the local Board Of Supervisors,
The Call, which bore its full part in the death
struggle with Mr. Huntington, regarded the egisla-
tive deadlock and the ultimate check the insuffer
able pretensions of Dan Burns as vndication and
triumph for the Republican party of California From
the attitude OF the Examiner and from numerous
other indications it has doubt that Mr.. Hunting
tons Interior design to the proletarian
Democracy to defeat the Republican ticket in this
State in 1000 There has evidently been no relaxation
in that malign purpose There is natural alliance
between sandlotism and the railroad monopoly, of
which the evidences constantly multiply. Having
become convinced that the revolt of independent Re-
pubicans against his usurped despotism too deep
and too extensive to be controlled and that the de-
ceit of 1893 could be successfully repeated Mr.
Huntington has obviously directed his attention to
the elements of population that be arrayed under
the banner of fusion Democracy.
The municipal election of this year is of the highest
importance. The Call hopes for and anticipates Re-
publican success. But to this end railroad tyranny
and railroad corruption, and the rotten agencies OF
Dan Burns and all other machine bosses must be so
thoroughly repudiated that any repetition of the
+reacherv of wear will become imooeeihe LrO,,,
top to bottom a clean ticket composed Of intelligent
citizens not only free from reproach but beyond sus-
picion, must be nominated Men must be selected
who equally averse to the proetarianism of the
sandot and the proetarianism OF the railroad and
who substantially represent the best elements of the
community expressed in terms that include both capt.
tai and labor.
The Call will labor for such ticket 1t will de-
mand no other for candidacy but adherence to
the time honored principles OF the Republican party
which protect individual liberty and the rights at