Year: 1879

utterly vile language, and applies
the most Infamous stigma upon the
name and character of mother
that can be expressed in speech.
No man worthy of the name of son
will allow such q Characterization
Of his mother from any lips or In
any place without properly and
promptly resenting or avengiDg It.
This was the condition of affairs
between the brothers De Young
and DR.. Kalloch, and the calam-
itous sequel is known. 1t was en-
tirely personal between the parties,
and no political organization Is at
all responsible for it, unless it be
the one which placed DR.. Kalloch
in candidacy. But 1t Is base and
mean and wicked to make the
occurrence the basis of attack upon
the Democratic party, and against
DR.. Glenn and other candidates on
the Democratic ticket, as some of
the most vehement and unscrupul.
Gus of the Radical and railroad or
gans are most vigorously applying
all their power to do.


To this evil purpose these organs
are desperately endeavoring to in
flame the passions of the populace
to dangerous pitch and are outra-
geously misrepresenting the popu-
lar sentiment in relation to the re-
cent event at the Metropolitan
Temple--to such effect as to cast
odium on the Democratic ticket
while exasperating the masses
against the especial objects OF their
intense hatred. All this is wrong.
To use homely phrase, let every
| tub stand on its own bottom. To
now defeat the Democratic ticket
as a means of ayenging the shoot
ing of DR.. Kalloch would be add
ing great injustice to causeless ac-
cusation and detraction. 1t is the
duty Of Democrats, in this extra.
ordinary juncture, so terribly pre-
cipitated, to rally to the support OF
the candidates of their party with
increased activity and greater en-
thusiasm than before. 1t will be
ciscreditable to allow the railroad
and Radical organs to use the start
ling scene of Saturday as an elec-
tIoneering mad cry against the
Democratic cause, as though the
party were in some way amenable
on account of it. The battle must
be foughs from this time until the
close of the polls on Wednesday
of next week on this line, on the
same general plan that has been
agreed to by the Convention. DR..
Glenn will be elected. The De
Young. Kalloch trouble cannot in
reason do Injury to his canvass. 1t
ought not to lose him one vote. 1t
will not cost him the support of
any reasonable and fair-minded
citizen. The campaign, in other
respects, ought to be similarly and
equally maintained and prosecuted.
Success will be achieved for much
of the ticket, if not for all of it.


The Chronicle itself handles this
aspect of the De Young-Kalloch
tragedy and of the campaign with
great propriety, as follows:


For the information of the New
Constitution party in the interior,
where the affair between 1. S. Kali
loch and one of the proprietors Of
the Chronicle may be altogether
misunderstood, we may say that
the occurrence was entirely per-
sonal matter, which in no sense
whatever affects or concerns the
political principles of this paper or
of the party which it supports. In
this city a small number of rail-
| TO nd al, ~ II &.
publicans, taking advantage of a
short period of intense excitement,
have given out that they will now
abandon their own party organiza-
tions and vote for Kalloch and the
sand-lot ticket. There is nothing
startling in this. Most of them in
tended to take that course before
the personal collision between Kali
loch and Charles De Young. 1t is
the most available way, in their
opinion, to get in a blow upon the
New Constitution municipal and
state ticket, and that is what the
railroad employs them for.


The prominent fact OF the politi'
cal situation to-day Is, here and
Throughout the interior, so far as
our .advices go, that the violent
demonstrations of the mob in thi:
city and the equally violent and
communistic speeches made by
Kalloch and others of the Sane
Lot leaders since last Friday have
already turned the thoughts ol
hundred offs Democrats and Repub
licans of the better sort upon the
New Constitution party as the only
reliable force with which to com.
bat and overthrow the Sand Lot
programme to get possession of the
city government this year as an
entering wedge to possession of the
Legislature hereafter. For every
vote which the Sand Lot has
gained from machine Republicans
and railway Democrats, tue New
Constitution party has even in thi:
city gained the respect and conf
dence and sympathy and support O.
three honest Republicans and Dem
ocrats. In the interior the gains
are still greater, and there but ont
sentiment prevails-that the mol
must be put down, and that tn,
party of the New Constitution
alone can do it.


The Chronicle showed few days
ago from carefully collected data
that it Is probable that Glenn will
secure in the State at large NOR
votes than both Perkins and White
This is still our opinion, confirmed
by more recent information
Events of personal character tina
have transpired here should no
and will not change vote agains
them and the New Constitution
party anywhere. The present pros
pect is that in Sonoma, Lake, Las
sen, Modoc, San Joaquin, Sat
Benito,. Ventura, Colusa, Butte
Tehama, Siskiyou, Shasta, MendO