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shape and passed upon at the extra ses-
sion, but we do not urge the Governor
to action on any false issues. We
make no attempt to conceal our true
motives We need a Republican Unit
ed States Senator in Congress; we have
an honorable way of electing one. This
we should do, regardless of what some
party cranks and traitors may say.
We submit the facts, force the issue
and the Governor should lead his party
the party for which he has already
done SO much, the party which took
him from his quiet home in the south
land and made him Governor OF the
State of his adoption and which he
loves SO well. The party of progress,
liberty and law now needs the unfiinch-
Ing courage and devotion Of its most
exalted son; the facts force the issue
and Henry T. Gage, Governor OF Cal
ifornia, should call an extra session of
the Legislature; he should do so In his
capacity as Governor and as the trust
ed Republican leader in whose intelH-
gence and patriotism the Republicans
have not unwisely placed their confis
dence and hope The honor, the well
fare, of the Republican party is at
stake and we therefore repeat-the
facts force the issue and the Governor
is master of the situation and an extra
session of the Legislature should be
the result.
SHALL WE HAVE A SENATOR?
Humboldt Standard: The fortunes
of political party, like those Of an
individual, have strange vicissitudes A
year ago Nebraska had Republican
Legislature which elected a Republic
can Senator by the name of Hayward,
who recently died. Senator Hayward's
term would have expired in 1905, but,
we believe he died before taking his
seat in the Senate. Nebraska, though
electing a Republican Legislature last
year, chose a Fusionist, by the name
of Poynter, as its Chief Executive. On
the death of Senator Hayward, by pro-
vision of law, the Governor had the
power to appoint a Senator to fill the
vacancy until the Legislature shall con-
vene. Governor Poynter has reversed
the will Of the voters of Nebraska by
appointing a Populist, in the person
Of ex-senator Allen The people by
their votes decided that Republican,
resent the State in the United States
Senate, but Governor Poynter having
the power, has disregarded the verdict
of the voters and sent a Populist to the
Senate. The next Legislature Of Ne
braska will have two United States
Senators to choose; and, if the Fusion
lists carry the Legislature, they will
win two Senators and thus reduce the
Republican majority in the Senate by
four. It thus becomes a matter of
much Importance to the Republican
party to secure the election of every
Senator possible, and California should
have another Republican on the floor
of the Senate. Should we fail to fill
the vacancy by Republican, the next
Legislature may fill the place with
Democrat and, within four years, send
another to still further reduce the Re-
publican majority in the Senate.
Pennsylvania and California should
each, at this moment, have two Repub-
lican Senators in Congress, and they
would have had them there but for the
factionaI contests in their respective
Legislatures Both should set to work
at once, by extra sessions of their Leg
fill them by men who will be a credit
to their respective States.
This can be done in this State if the
candidates who caused the deadlock
will manfully step aside and say to the
legislators: Elect a good man who has
not been mixed up in the deadlock, but
who will ably and honestly represent
the interests Of California" Such a
settlement would reflect credit upon
those men, who would thus surrender
their personal ambitions for the gen
eral welfare. Such a solution would
put the Republican party in trim for
the next contest and make victory for
the whole ticket 'doubly sure. Shall
we have such an exhibition Of patriotic
n1anliness on the part of the candi
dates voted for at the regular session?
1t would honor them and be a credit to
the State.
WHO THE OPPONENTS ARE.
Alameda Argus: There are evidences
that the newspaper trust of San Fran
cisco has decided to oppose the hold
ing of an extra session of the Legisla-
ture. The papers composing the trust
are not Of one political faith, though
very large political consideration Leg
Ultimately if one Of the pApers was
against, the other two should be for.
But they are all piping the same tune.
if not held together "by the cohesive
power Of public plumber" then banded
by common ambition, a common de-
sire for revenge or a common hate.
The argument Of the esteemed "Ex-
aminer'' against an extra session is
that Governor Gage as Governor will
have the calling Of it, and that the
scandal it will lead to will disgrace the
State. That is as much as to say that
Governor Gage is a rascal and the
Republican Legislature incapable Of
honest effort or of serving the people
who elected it. We do not see why
Republicans should give acquiescence
to that charge by non-action. We do
not see why the great and dominant
party Of California should do now as 1t
has on occasions in the past-permit
the EXAMINER to shape its political
action
Articles Of Incorporation.