The record-union., 1899-02-12

caucus and settle the matter and at
once The Legislature has frittered
away too much time already over the
|sSenatorship and now it is high time
a decision was reached.
L. s. Church, ttorney-at-Law-Loy-
|alty to the Republican party of this
State demands the selection Of United
States Senator by the present Legisla-
| ture, regardless of individual political
ambition. The people of California
have confided to the Republican party
great and important trust and they
have a right to demand that this trust
be faithfully executed. The failure to
elect a United States Senator at this
time may result disastrously to the in
| terests of our State in the determina-
tion of questions of national legisla-
tion affecting our welfare. 1t, there
| fore, behooves our representatives at
Sacramento to sacrifice personal pref
erence and private interest that the
welfare of our State and the best in
| terests of our party may not be Jeop-
| arized.
Charles F. OFT, Deputy Street Super
| intendent-Break this deadlock at
once. We are all tired of this fruitless
balloting Hold caucus and let the
| majority rule. That is the fair way
tv decide this question.
| Harry A. Melvin, Deputy District
Attorney-I am heartily in favor of the
adoption of some plan that will break
| the deadlock at Sacramento at once
| and give us a United States Senator
devoted to the interests of the Repuo-
lican parry and in sympathy with It's
| policy The President needs stanch
support in both houses of the National
Legislature now, more than at any time
since the civil war. Let us send an
other loyal Republican Senator from
| California and do it at once.
Hugh Aldrich, Attorney-If they al
| low deadlock to remain, we will be
without a. United States Senator, that's
ALL The Republican members of the
| Legislature most asSurdly should pool
| issues-unite upon somebody, even If it
| is an outsider They ought to get to-
gether and come to some conclusion
| The end of the session is approaching,
and now is the time to act.
| R. B. Aver, Chief Clerk in Street
Superintendent Office-Any honorable
means of electing a successor to Mr..
White would, I believe, be eminently
satisfactory to the people of this State
A caucus would, of course, have that
effect
j. E. Solomon, Merchant, 546 Eight
eenth street-California ought to take
pattern by New York State. 1t didn't
require any day after day of balloting
| to make Chauncey M. Depew United
States Senator Our Supreme Court
ought to find laws that will make the
people at Sacramento determine it is
seasonable now to choose Senator
without any Interior motives entering
| into the task.
D. c.. Brown, Merchant-I am not
speaking in favor of any one candidate,
| but 1 think it is time the Legislators we
elected got together and decided upon
something definite. They should use
some method of determining upon some
man. Why did we elect a Republican
| Legislature? Not that we should
| lose a. representative in Congress, by
any means. The members are there to
do the bidding of the people, and to
make our laws, not to squabble over
| who should be Senator and then leave
us in the cold. I am in favor of any
| plan whereby they can reach an agree
ment and elect some one. Now is the
| time to do it. We cannot afford to wait
| two years and then run the chances of
| having the Democrats in power. Yes,
most decidedly, they should hold
meeting and settle this question at
once.
John Slavich, Merchant, 910 Broad
way-I am a Republican and always
| have been This State should be rep
resented at Washington by two Re-
publican Senators. Mckinley needs
their help. The deadlock at Sacra-
mento ought to be broken and some
Republican given the position who will
| be a great worker for California.
| M. Book, Merchant, 485 Fourteenth
street-We want the Republican legis-
lators to go into caucus and there make
choice for United States Senator.
Harry Petty, Merchant, 617 Thir-
teenth street-This boys play by the
Republican lawmakers at Sacramento
| should cease. They should act patriot
| ically and like grown men and give US
a Senator as the result of desire to
end squabbling and do their full duty
| by their constituents
! Ira Bishop-I am in favor of Re-
publican Senator and believe the
Republicans in Sacramento should fol-
low up the victory the party has gained
by getting the fruits justly Won In
some way they should get together and
harmoniously settle this matter.
| W. W. WASTE am heartily in favor
of any legitimate plan that will insure
! the election of a Republican United
States Senator by the Legislature at the
present session and any plan which the
leaders of the party can agree upon
should be acceptable to the party in
| California. The Republican members
of the Legislature should at once unite
upon some plan that will bring about
| this end
| j. F. W. Sohst, Merchant think
| that it is time for the Senatorial con-
test at Sacramento to come to an end.
am in favor of the Republican legis-
lators holding a council and coming to
an agreement on this important sub
ject The Republican party should re-
ceive the results of it's victory. Let
the legislators come together. Let
them send Republican to support
| McKinley's administration.
| Rod w. Church-The Republican
| Legislators at Sacramento should throw
aside every motive except this: A Re-
publican United States Senator should
| be chosen without further contention,
| in the interests of the party, of Cali
| fornia and of the nation.
Judge Fred C. Cliff, Attorney at-Law
L think it is the duty of the. Repub
lican party in the Legislature of Cali
fornia to secure the results of the late
Republican victory by proceeding at
once by caucus or some other amicable
arrangement to the election of a United