Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-19
CHAMP GAKS letter
Running For the Senate
In California.
AN E~xHILARATING PASTIME
General Grants Son Has sena-
torial Aspirations.
REPUBLICAN PARTY A BAD WAY


San Frnneiseo Cali Dsseieses Its Rot
tsnaess In the Golden stafe-PeoPls
Have No Voice In Choiee Of sena-
tor-Party Drifting on h Rocks.
General Niles Opportunity.
Especial washington letter.
ssThe great God and morality party"
must be in a bad way In California, and
running for the United States senate
out there must be one Of the most ex-
hiiarating performances known among
Republican, Reading the San Francis
co CAll, Q sianch and ably edited Re
publican paper. one Is forced 10 remem-
Der the words Of the psalmist: Behold
how good and pleasant 1t is for brethren
10 dwell together in unityl II Is like
the precious ointment upon the head
that ran down upon the beard. even
AaYon's beard; that went down 10 the
skirts Of his garments Here is part OF
what the Republican Call has to say Of
one az General Grant 8 sons, who aspires
tosit among the conscript fathers;
scWhile we do not admit that there
4 any cause FOX the fear that Is inspired
BY the method Of Mr.. Grants senatorial
candidacy we concede that it justiies
all the disgust which 1t causes That
candidacy coufessedly originated in the
east 1t was decided upon IL a council
Of politicians who have the reputation
Of growing no poorer in the publc serv-
ice, and whose health does not require
the use Of Office as a sa~nitarium Its
first appearance in California was Mr..
Grants request for the support of the
Southern Pacific railroad Upon being
refused, because that corporation had
other senatorial suckers to fry, he pub
hcly admitted that he had applied and
consoled himself fer the denial Of his
application by pointing with pride to
the support of the Santa Fe railroad
These guileless admissions demonstrate
that Mr.. Grant was Of the opinion that
California has 40 little voice in her own
affairs that her seats in the senate are
disposed Of by one or both Of two for
eign railroad corporations upon request
Of some eastern politicians who can rem
der an equivalent to the corporations in
the shape Of favorable railroad legisla-
ton in congress
Not In the Senatorial Class.
ssThis is q naked analysis Of Mr..
Grants method II consisted in an
eastern bargain and the presentation
Of a grant, bargain and sale deed to the
oelce. for which aRequivalent had been
promised
There was no local nor personal nor
party reason why Nh. Grant should be
senator. II the selection had been left
10 the voluntary action Of the people,
who is bold enough TO say that Mr..
Grant would ever have been thought of
BE was NOT in the senatorial class.
No act Of party loyalty or state service
had put his name ON the eligible list.
The first trace Of his attempt to infu-
ence politics is found in q feeble inf
deity to Republican principles and dis
loyalty to the national ticket In 1895.
'Heredity and family and the sup
port Of an eastern junta and the oppo-
sition Of one and support Of another
foreign railroad corporation make NJ
the plsadings of Mr.. Grant. upon which
he asks Judgment In his favor. Hered'
fly is repugnant to republican institu'
tons No American has any right Il
great things because his father did
great things. Ancestry gives no claim
upon those rewards which each genera
ton bestows upon its own exalted char
actera. In England there has been pro
sented repeatedly the spectacle Of &
blackguard bearing the hereditary hon
crs Of the house Of Marlborough because
It's founder, John Churchill, glorihet
the arms Of his country at Blenhein
and Malplaquet. The same is true d
the noble houses founded by great mel
in the high and mighty times from tbs
crusades to the accession Of the Bruins
| wickera. Oftener than otherwise theil
descendants have discredited the nameI
they bear.
I'VE do not say of Mr.. Grant thai
he furnishes the name Of his family,
but that he does not and win not add
10 its luster.
Another Candidate.
1.-THE senate Is not a kindergarten II
which to train statesmen in the rudii
ments of their craft. II is not q mu
scum In which to put on exhibition thu
descendants Of past greatness. 1t is no
q directory In which TO print historical
names. It is not q body to which 4
small junta in one section Of the coun
try and q foreiegn corporation in an
other delegate their representatives Il
Is the greatest parliamentary body OF
the planet, and seats in it are not in,
herited. nor are they to be bought.
"The people Of California have toC
much state pride and personal self re.
spect to submit the commonwealth K
the base uses Of strangers"
Now, that Is what in vulgar parlanct
Is shot stuff, but here is part Of an
other article from the same page Of Tn,
Call. devoted 10 one Colonel Daniel NJ.
Burma who is also ambitious to be one
Of California's Republican senator's al
Washington. II the Grant article il
'fhot stuff" the Burns article is still
hotter. The Call opens up a three col.
umn critique on Colonel Burns in thil
soothing style:
Colonel Daniel N. Burns is an ex.
oficeholder Of the state of California.
present candidate for United States