The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-10
Governor Pardee's Message Tells
Some Plain Truths About
CALIFORNIA; Affairs

highest consideration the experience of
years has held the reins of government
California the inside working of politics. its defects
and abuses The candid and illuminating testimony from
who have no other purpose or motive than to pro-
mote common
Governor Pardee at very striking exposition of
grown up the machinery
party politics declares for State system of direct primaries
political ills that he describes
The existing primary indicated, the chief of
being primary election law and
primaries any of the outside of twelve cities The
eer i that the marty rabine-tbe county conmittee-names
delegations and enabled pepetuae itself in
49, ; 81 ~ ;t; o p d +t be could veil he devised
We result the absolute domination of the incoming State
administration and the Legislature by w F. Herrn OF the Southern
Pacific and his utenants Walter Parker and Jee Burke These
fact the government We quote from the
To comprehend the full meaning the system it is necessary to bear
IN mind that II handful OF politicians oorateo can appot
cause the which
A PernefuaI fine flower of this vicious system
o. perpetuaton for the machine and its
dynasty natural development planted and
puced by ingenious moral agricutur Mr. Parker the
last Republican State convention Mr. Parker has evouonized the
whole system party control He has deposed from authority
the odahond State central committee and substituted usup
ing body appointed by single man. The central committees super
seeded this pan least bore representative relation to
party The usurping body bears such relation
1t Is appointed by the chairman OF the convention or the nominee
is known the State executive committee
O
Monstrous On this foundation of usurped authority
fortified themselves and
Osurpatlon provided against future in far
possible We quote Pardees description of this
remarkable and unprecedented trick:
The has another surprising than
debate without thought the
retiring shall appoint
convention Whatever
which this
vha will control Of the old
with
be-
When endorsed by the
II deprive the the
kind of and
to prevent party having effective State
conventions.
This sinister scheme was slipped through
of confusion with opportunity given for
explanation meaning bearing. Nnetenths OF the dele
gates new what had happened in this regard.
chiefly useful for the evidence that
the cherished by the bosses themselves in
power has valid binding force future conventions
These judges their constitution In effective
could be nothing better than for bosrdden
convention exhibit servy. only because the whole
enon system has fallen disrepute and decay that such
rnonstrous usurpaton could tolerated
PoIifiral The practical exposition of the
that have developed in the convention
bar gains system observed and forth by an
expert complete without Governor Parde description
trade nominations that goes in these bodies The practice
representation gross
placed delegates their private
property sale exchange patronage
Above Pardee remarks practice facilitates
domination Of bosses and corporate interests"
y .;Iroad Leaving politics. Governor Pardee