Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-21
MR.. SANDERS, REPLY

Judge Works Mr.. Sanders letter
smacks more of smartness and flip
pancy than of frankness, and while it
may have pleased him immensely, of
which there is inherent evidence, it
will hardly suit a large number of
voters in his district who want Sc
riously to know, definitely, explicitly
and emphactically, how he stands with
regard TO the issues, which are more
than usually important this year.
Mr.. Sanders used up much space to
quote law, tell about his ancestors and
talk about rubber stamps, but he failed
to come to any one of the several
points His excuse is that the letter
he received did not seem to be proper
ly vised. Very well; The Herald has
a large number Of readers in Mr..
Sanders district and feels that it has
a right 10 ask in their name that he
meet the questions.
It will not do for him to find refuge
in the claim that The Herald processes
a different brand of politics than he
for The Herald is far more inter
/ested in promoting the welfare of Cal
ifornia than of any political party
and IS sincere in saying that it likes
a good Republican better than bad
Democrat. Its only object in wanting
to separate the sheep from the goats
is to let the public look them over in
two pastures. 1t will trust them to
make their own selection.
AS Mr.. Pinchot has said (much to
the disgust of partisans who base their
faith mainly on ancestral and histori-
cal matters and not on down to-date
problems), there is not a great deal
of difference in faith between progress
sive Democrats and progressive Re
publicans in this year of 1910. Ger
tainly this is true in California, where
the chief desire of all good citizens is
to wrest the state from the control
of a selfish and corrupt railroad ma
chine and to adopt such laws as will
keep its clutches off our legislature
and bench.
Therefore it happens that Judge
Works framed admirably for good Re-
publicans and good Democrats alike
a set of questions that legislative as
pirants who desire to be candid and
fair with hoped-for constituencies
should make answer to, and if Mr..
Sanders felt excused from answering
because of the absence of writing
fluid and gilt edge and what not, The
Herald asks him publicly to answer
that set of questions frankly and fully,
so as to leave n doubt of the course
he would pursue at Sacramento if
elected. Lest Mr.. Sanders may have
mislaid them or thrown them in the
waste basket, they are repeated here:
l. VIII you, if elected to the leg
islature, support and vote for the
candidate for United States sena-
tor that receives the highest num-
Der of votes in your district?
2. Will you vote for the candi-
date for United States senator
that receives the highest number of
votes in the whole state?
3. Will you vote for the candi-
date for United States senator that
receives the highest number of
votes both in your district and in
the state?
a. Are you in favor of the cleo
ton of United States senators by
direct vote of the people?
5. Win you support any measure
that may be introduced to estab-
lish the right of the people to
elect United States senators by di-
rect vote?
g. Are you in favor of the initia-
tive and referendum in state af-
fairs?
7. Will you, in good faith, and
with the purpose of securing its en-
actment or adoption, support and
vote for such measure or measures
as will secure to the people of the
state the initiative and referen-
dunn?
s. Are you in favor of a nom
partisan judiciary in this state?
9. Will you, in good faith, and
with the purpose Of securing its
enactment or adoption, support and
vote for a measure providing for
the non-partisan election of judges?
TO- Are you in favor of eliminat-
ing from our politics the Southern
Pacific Railroad company and
political bosses?
Il. Are you in favor of such
amendments to the present primary
nominating election law as Will
make 1t more simple, less eXpen-
sive and such as to insure full
opportunity and freedom to the
people to nominate their own can
didates?
l2. Are you in favor of the ex-
tension of the civil service to
county and state affairs?
10. VIII you, in good faith, and
with the purpose of securing it's
enactment or adoption, support and
vote for such measures as Will es-
tablish civil service in county and
state affairs?
without any unnecessary Verbtage
about ancestry or law, viii Mr.. Sanders
answer these questions, paying partic-
uIar attention to query No. 10 so that
the ordinary voter and the Southern
Pacific may both be positive as to
where he stands? In that paragraph
is the essence Of the whole campaign,
and on it there is no division Of politi-
cal parties. Let us hear from Mr..
Sanders, seriatlm and seriously, cate
gorically, but not cachinnatorily, as in
his letter of yesterday.
The Herald would like to print an
swers likewise from all other aspirants
for legislative honor and power. Later
it may have something to say, for the
benefit of those who fall back on their
party regularity, just how some of the
Of both parties stood on i'm
portant matters at Sacramento last
year.