Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-07-14
..Bigler leads he eoIunn.y

They have dared to endorse the action
Of tried men, when they believed that
action to be in accordance with true
Democratic principle, and for the good
Of the State. They have plac d at the
head Of the ticket, for the highest Offices
in the gift Of the people of this State,
I. the names oe John Bigler aEl Samuel
Pu.dy.
Il is truc, they are not new men, but
they are something far better, they are
tried men. Thy are the men, whom
The enemies Of Democracy fear, but
ghom the Democracy love to honor ,
men, whose political faith is founded
upon the principles of Jefferson, men,
who are holcs., cal able and fea.less.-
Such are the men who Lead our ticket,
and other names thereon, are vel worthy
such leaders.
The denomination Of John Bigle.
was d manded by the people throughout
the lsngth and breadth oftAc State. THE
objection that he had already served two
terms, was nothing to them. u hem
he gave an account Of lis stewardship.
and they were sati.fed with the report
To them, he ACKNOWLEDGED his response
bility, and not to a fw demagogues who
raised the hue AID cry after bin, L.
cause he had tluar,ed some Of ,haii
anAoly purposes. Even were there no
pre ctdcuts Of a third nomination for this
important Office, the people cared not, he
had prov, i himself NO. thy Of the trust
conided to hin,, aud the people were
wiling to again elothe him with power
Those who assert, that there are no pre-
cedents Of a third nomination for the
Office of Governor of State, show one
Of two things, either their total ignor-
ance of the history of the States, OF
their utter disregard Of truth.
One M. Tlilo-BrutWs, in a circular
addressed 'fo the Members Of the De-
mocratic State Convention" makes the
following assertion, which for Ignorance
and falsity is unparalleled:
"The individual who now occupies the Exec
utiye chair Of this State for the second term Is
again in the field for third telml This is no
torious and openly proclaimed. Here we have
the first instance IN the history Of our coun-
try, either in National or State alininistra-
tions, under an organization such as ours;
where man who has been twice elected to the
chief executive office, and flied tue same for
two terms, has had the hartlihood to again
proclaim himself candidate for a third cleo
ton
= Our present Executive, John Bigler,. has
therefore the unenyiablc distinction Of being
the first out of all the Executives of the thirty
one States of the Union, and all the National
Executives, who has shown himself capable Of
trampling under foot that hallowed, time hon
ored usage, which originated with the Father
Of his Country, and has been sacredly observed
down to the present time.
Turn to the political history Of few
Of the States, and see how far the asser-
tons Of ''Philo-Brutus" are sustained.
John Hubbard was elected Governor
Of the State Of Maine, four successive
terms Peter G. Vroom was elected
Governor of New Jersey, four successive
terms, aud William Pennington was
elected Governor of the same State, for
five succ essive terms. William L. Marcy
was elected Governor of the State Of
New York, for three successive terms oil
two years each. Levi Lincoln was
Governor of Massachusetts, about eight
years. But Vermont of all other States,
gives to Mr.. Phiio-E rufus the lie Thos
Crittenden was elected Governor of that
State in 1870, and was thereafter annu-
ally elected for six succeeding terms
In 1877 I. Ticheaor was elected. and for
the nine succeeding terms---and in lS0S
was again elected In 1909 Jonas Ga
lusha was elected, and annually thereaf-
ter until lSl3,and in 1915 was reelected,
and annually thereafter until 1920. c
p. Yam Ness was elected for three terms,
and Richard skinner was elected fox
three terms. Since 1880, William A,
Palmer has been elected Governor OF
Vermont, for four successive terms
Surely if precendsnt for thl,1 nom'na-
ton was all that was necessary, hers Is
enough to satisfy the most skeptical.,--
But !; needed no array Of precedents.
The fat had gone forth from the mouth
Of the people, and their viii msst be
OBJ yed
OF our candidates for justices Of the
Sup:cme Court, but little need be said.
Thy arc both public men. and their
actions and opinions have been for long
tire before the public, aud are well
Grown. In private life Mr. Bryan nuu-
bers warm and personal friends by thoa-
sands, for to know him is TO love him.
as lawyer and an advocate he stands
second 70 nsue--and upon the Supreme