Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-17
FACTS AND FIGURES,

informs US that we we're in error in stat
ing that Mr.. Calvin voted for DIR. Gwin
in caucus Having seen Calvin classed
as voting for Gwin in the joint conven-
lion, We took it for granted be supported
him in caucus. The T. & l ), assures
us that he did not, and we make the
correction, Notwithstanding the opinion
oil Gwin S 'rgan that, ''hav NJ sworn the
horse was l6 feet high" We twill have
it so in spite Of consequrnces.' That
matter stands corrected then, and Mr.
Calvin is by that much better man
tina We had heretofore considered him
The TINES and Tlrascript need not
again fall into the error of chasing US
amongst those who are unwilling to
correct an error in facts or figures.
That paper, however, starts off with
an error, which We mas, take the liberty
to correct The Butte Record is NOT
"McCorkle's organ,'' as the T. & T
would have IT, nor the organ of any
other man, faction, or men. When
we cannot be democratic without urging
he adv ncem9nt, or cannot publish d
democratic paper without its becoming
the organ Of, politician, or the organ
of faction, we viii abandon the Butte
Record and publish I'imey and Trans
cript We have favored the election of
a northern man to the Senale of the U.
States, as we believed it was an 1ct OF
justice to the northern portion of the
State bat we defy the Times s. Trans
crypt, or any other paper to point out a
single instance where we have urged ;he
lection Of Mr.. McCorkle, or of any
other man to that pos ton, or expressed
any Other preference than that northern
Californi, should furnish the next Z S
Senator. Any administration democrat
from the northern portion of California
would have met with our hearty appro-
val When TIE Record advocates the
election of particular man to the U,
5. Sanate, and continues to advocate
his election when it is impossible for the
democracy 10 unite upon him, in the
hope that wings might be induced to
aid in his clectlon-when the "Record'
pufsues such course-it will qul, tly
submit to the disgrace and contempt
which the charge of being the org OF
a politician conveys. VIII the Times end
Transcript correct its error : or, cha v
ing said the horse WAS sixteen feet high
have itso in spite Of consequences -
We had not "Lambert's Annual Reg
isler'' before us, in making our figuring.
but took for our basis the classification
in the california State Almanac and
Annual Register" which was the can
nual Register" to which we referred,
and in which II members are still ciassed
as Democrats. For its correctness we
are not prepared to vouch, although we
assumed it to be correct at the time. We
wish To assure the Times 6, IranSc ipt
there is such register in existence, not
withstanding it calls Lambert $" Annu-
al Register "the only one which has
been PUBLISH d.
These items dispensed with we quote i:
one knows that he three who cast THEN votes
otherwise the first ballot merely did it comPli-
meniary to the persons voted for"
Now, if we rem mber rightly, for we
have not the vote before US, Mr.. Kinney,
of Plumas, "voted otherwise" in tn
caucus. His constituents instructed
him by resolutions. which he end rs
by accepting the nomination, to ''use all
HONORABLE, means to sscure the election OF
northern man to the Senate" IL,
was there under pledge to his constit-
uants TO prefer a nor h m man, and we
supposed he had done so. But the
Times oud Transcript says he prefe red
Gwin. THIS was gr at change in Mr.
Kinney, aud we a. C IL, a loss to account
for il Was it the nominal on for speake
" ich he rcceiv d from the Gwin action,
that induced aim to prefer Gwin We
had supposed that Mr.. Kinney intended
to tell his constituents that h. voted foi
northern nan IN caucus, and after
wards for the caaus nominee. But the
above paragraph deprives him OF tina,
privilege. while it does u OF account foi
the change. Mr.. Kinney received the
nomination for Member of Assembly
and was in favor of choosing a S n tor
from the northern portion of the State
Herectived the nomination for Speak r
of the Assembly, and was according to
he Timrs and Transcript in favor If
choosing Senator from S Francisco
We wonld not believe this of Mr.. Kinney
could We avoid it without disbeleving ne
Times aud Ii. nscrint. S. we VIII sim