Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-06-26
PUT TRIED REPUBLICANS ON GUARD.

PUT TRIED REPUBLICANS ON GUARD
We heartily in sympathy with the policy of the organ
zation republicans in barring Francis j. Heney from the
list of speakers at the ratification meeting in San Francisco
Saturday He properly excluded the ground that
he republican, convert to be in
vited to take such prominent part in party affairs The
Lincoln Roosevelt faction wanted him to speak, certainly not
because of the alwart brand of his parysm but because of
his active support of the efforts of the dsgrunted wing g
control of the partys affairs. His backing from the
graft prosecution gang and while this to his dscredt
it affords why Of heretofore democratic aa-
ton should be thrust the foreground in the republican
campaign, especially when his efforts have far been d
recd toward creating dssenson party rather than other
wise But Heney given opportunity to air his epub
licanism at the ratification meeting in Stockton the other
night He took occasion to explain his change of front
politically in the following language reported in the local
papers:
For years after the civil war the bloody flag
waved by all republican campaign orators 1t
seemed that the strife would never end if the poll
tcians could get into office by continuing it. felt
that there reason why the south and the
north should not be united. had confidence enough
in the people to feel that the union would be pre-
served. was convinced that the best way to unite
the country for evermore to elect democratic
president thereby convincing the skeptcal ones that
the over and that all sections loyal to
the flag urged Cleveland's election and his adj
ministration proved that the had ceased. Since
the reasons had for following the democracy have
ceased | am no longer democrat. am Roose-
welt republican.
Such so-called unworthy the intellect of a
schooboy. There woful absence of in the
ment and if he had left it unsad thinking republicans would
have conceived much better explanation of his change of
political base than the invented for the occasion by him
self Indeed the statement carries its refutaton The
war has been over tor more than and the Haunting
of the CORY flag has ceased for than years. according
his admission 1t does appear that Heney
posed defender of the republican faith until within the
past few months Are infer that took him all these
years make his mind break loose from his former
political moorings 1t is noticeable that he not geaed
up the changeabout point until after his appointment
lucrative position public prosecutor under the present
publican administration. Furthermore, the fact that
he became Roosevelt repubcan-whaever that may
his efforts have been directed toward ctional strife in the
party of his delayed adoption does not tend to inspire
the confidence of the of republicans in the sincerity of
his devotion to his newyound party He stayed with the
democrats he says because the republicans failed forget
the issues involved in, and growing out Of the mighty
struggle for the preservation of the union quickly his
peaceoving spirit believed they should have done AS
democrat he of the olive branch AS republi
he has been persistent advocate of war; taking advan
tage every opportunity fan the flames of dssenson and
faconal warfare within the republican camp He
be Rooseveeaguer for the purpose of trying to unseat
the republican regulars from the control of the party organ
zaton in this state and that when the party
have thus far in this evnced disposition avoid
any for discomfort by liberal and concatory
We admire tried and party who from unse6sh
motives work for reform within the party lines But when
democrat fop into the camp under the plea of reformation
that quite another thing Listen to Heneys elucdaton
of political issues
The tariff is as Bancroft said but a local issue.
Such a coming from democratic lips ridi-
cued death years ago. Let hope Heney will