The record-union., 1899-02-24

Joaquin members of the Legislature to
take such steps as may be necessary to
break the existing deadlock. Personal
preferences and individual dislikes
must be set aside, and the majority
should name the Senator and have
done with it.
/ TIME EXPIRED.
(From the MERGED Starr
sThe limit of time for selecting a
4 United States Senator from California
is rapidly approaching and the Star
feels that it is about time for our legis-
lators to stop their fooling and select a
, Senator. The time-honored caucus sys-
| tenn should be resorted to and by this
means representative can be selected
with but very little difficulty The peo-
pie of California demand that Sena-
/ tor be elected before the time limit ex-
pires and our representatives in the
Legislature cannot afford to disobey
this demand
! ELECT A SENATOR NOW.
F'rom the MarysvilIe Democracy
There is no longer an excuse for
members of the dominant party in the
Legislature to refuse to elect Senator
There certainly can be good results
|
caucus, not only to the State but to the
Republican party. A caucus is a fair
means of settling all such matters,
particularly so when there is discord
and disa greement The aspirants for
the office of Senator are not the proper
persons to determine when caucus
| shall be held. They are interested in
the result and therefore quite certain
f1 criv o6x a11o c,,;< he
dtions of their candidacy. The mem
bers who We're elected to represent the
people in the Legislature are charged
| specifically with this duty. If they fail
to perform this duty in a manner sat
isfactory to their constituents, they GER
tainly will be held responsible, and that
means turning down for any future
preferment by them. The members
who are deluding themselves with the
belief that their constituents are par
ticularly anxious as to which of the
men shall be chosen Senator, certainly
are mistaken. True, we all may have
preference of the men mentioned, but
that is only secondary to the great de-
sire for the election of a Republican
prior to adjournment. Should the mem
bers fail to perform this plain duty and
by such refusal the State have only one
Senator in Congress during the coming
two years the loss to the people will
be great. California is seeking aid
from Congress for river betterment, in
which the people are deeply interested.
There never has been a time in the his
tory of the State when a full represen-
taticn in the Senate was desired more
than now, while these appropriations
are pending.
A SENATOR DEMANDED.
(From the Stockton Independent
Only a few days remain for the work
of the California Legislature and yet
the principal object for which major
ity of its members were elected is far
Their from accomplishment than when
the Legislature convened The Repub-
lican majority has become deadlocked
and the deadlock has engendered bit
terness that has banished reason. The
| legislators have lost sight of the great
interests of the Republican party,
have lost sight of the men who did the
work and the voting to place them
there and refuse to take the necessary
steps to get together and settle upon
some one for United States Senator.
The County Committee of this county
and a large proportion of the delegates
who constituted the Republican Con-
vention have sent an appeal to the As
semblymen from this county to join
in a movement to unite the party in
order that a Republican Senator may
be elected. This is right and proper.
The representative Republicans of the
county have a right to be heard on
this question. Personal preference must
yield to general sentiment. 1t is one
of the fundamental principles of the
Republican party that the majority
| must rule 1t has always been the usage
in Republican conventions to abide by
the will of the majority. 1t never
would be tolerated in a. Republican con-
yention as it is in Democratic National
conventions to permit a minority of
one-third TO prevent the nomination of
any man or the adoption of any policy.
The Republican party must stand or
fall by the actions of a majority of its
members delegated for any purpose. 1t
must be so in the ward meeting, in the
caucus, in the convention, and should
! be so in the Legislature and in Con-
gress Whatever action there is must
be for the whole party.
It is time the Republican legislators
threw away their idle scruples and en-
tered into a party conference with can
dor and courage. The State demands
a Republican Senator. It can only be
had through uniformity of action by
the Republican members. The individ-
ual preference of a member has full
play in conference or caucus. He is
entitled to the use of all honorable
means 10 secure the choice by the party
of the candidate he considers best. But
no member, no community, no county,
nor no section has the right to tie up
a Republican Legislature and prevent
the selection of a Republican Senator,
who may be needed to sustain a Re
publican President, and to carry out
Republican principles. Let the Repub-
lican legislators get together The Re-
publicans of San Joaquin demand
Republican Senator, and firmly insist
that their representatives join in
caucus to accomplish that result
IT MUST COME.
(F,rom the Santa Monica Outlook.)
A large number of the Republican
members are beginning to realize more
and more the absolute necessity of
electing Senator, even if it is found
necessary to remain in session month
or six weeks over the allotted sixty
days. And it certainly is necessary
that a Senator should be chosen. Many,
in fact the majority of all good Repub-,
leans, who are here, and those who
come and go, are becoming more and
more convinced that conference of
some kind must be held to solve this
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