The Shasta courier., 1854-01-28
The Removal Question.


A vote On the final passage of bill providing
for the permanent location of the State Capital
at Sacramento. one day after the passage of the
act, taken in the Senate on the 18th inst.
and resulted adversely to its passage. The vote
stood as tolows:
Ayes-Catlin, Sacramento: Colby, Sacramen-
toi Gardner, Sierra Grewell. Santa Clara;
Hall, Ell Dorado; Hook, Ell Dorado; Keene. Ell
Dorado; Livermore, Ell Dorado; Peck, Butte;
Sprague. Shasta; Tuttle, Placer; Wade, Mari
P9sa; Walkup. Placer; Whitney. Monterey
Total, IA.
Nays.-Bryap, Yuba; Cofroth, Tqolumne
Crabb, San Joaquin Crenshaw, Nevada DE la
Guerra, Santa Barbara; Hager, San Francisco;
Hudspeth, Napa; Kendall, Tuolpnne; Kurtz.
Ban Diego; Leake, Calayeras; Lent, San Frau
cisco Lyons Nevada; Mahoney. San Francis
co: Moore, San Francisco; Mcfarland, Los
Angeles; McGarry, Sonoma; Sawyer, Calave-
ras Smith, Sutter; stebbips, Y,lba.-Tota l9.
Immediately upon the announcement of the
vote Senator Hall, of Ell Dorado, gave notice
that he would introduce. as as the rules
would permit, joint resolution for a temporary
removal of the Capital So the question is not
closed yet, although Judging from the vote given
above, we entertain but small hopes of the sue
cess Of the resolution. Indeed, unless it be per-
manently established, at Sacramento, we care
not to see it removed at all. 1t is matter of
the utmost astonishment, that the measure should
have been defeated by votes from north of Sa-
cramento 1t will be seen that Messrs. Lyons
and Crensllaw, from Nevada, and Bryan and
Stebbins. from Yuba, mainly contributed to the
defeat of the bill-the two former, we believe,
having voted in direct contravention of the ex-
pressed wishes of their constituency. MAORI
ty of more than fifty thousand voters of tie State
live north Of Sacramento. We trust when they
send their delegates to the next Democratic
State Convention, those gentle,pep-scme, or
perhaps all Of whom, are known to aspire to po-
sitions on the State ticket=--wil be severely re-
membered. We are glad to that Senator
voted in the affirmative, although he preferred
deierring the time of removal until after the
adjournment of the present session. Mr. Sprague
is always true to the wishes and interests of his
constituents and the people at large.
The BRIRERY CAsE.-After much hesitation
and delay Mr.. Peck, Senator from Butte, made
q statement in the body of which he is mem-
ber relative 10 the effort of j. C. Palmer to bribe
him. He makes the positive assertion that Mr.
Palmer did offer to count him down" S., 900 if
he would vote in favor of bringing on the cleo
ton of U. s. Senator this winter, and in favor of
MIR. Frederick. The proposition made to
him steamboat while travelling from Be-
nicia to San Francisco. From his own statement
itdoes not appear that he received the PROPOSE
sion as most honorable men would have DONE
He neither struck the tempter to the ground,
spit in his face, nor in any other manner exhib-
tied the indignation that would have filled the
breast of almost any high minded individual in
similar circumstances On the contrary, the |
Eveuing Journal asserts that after his arrival in
San Francisco, he was seen holding friendly con-
verse with Mr.. Palmer in or near his banking
house. Hence, until we see full investigation
of the whole affair, we shall not be prepared to
declare MI. Palmer guilty of the offence charged
Mr.. Peck says that he was intimidated from
making the statement before, by the declara-
ton of brother member that the parties
charged were powerful men, and unless he was
very careful, might crush him. We want
no better evidence than this confession, to DEM
onstrate his unfitness for the position he now oc-
cupes. The whole matter to have been in
vestigated in open Senate on Tuesday last. The
result we shall give next week.