Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-07-01
Unscrupulous Seheming.

The road bill which was lobbied through
the late session of the Legislature by J. E
N. Lewis, furnishes unmistakable evidence
of Lewis unscrupulous determination to
make the public interests subservient to his
own. His operations show that he was de-
termincd to compel Butte and Plumas coun-
ties to pay $4,000 for the purpose of con-
structing road to his toll bridge The bill
provides that the road shall be located by
certain points, and that the Board ofSuper-
vsors shall issue the required amount of
bonds. Prominent citizens of Butte county
were in Sacramento at the time Lewis was
engaged in lobbying this attack upon the
county treasury through the legislature
and it was suggested that the bill be amen
ded so that our county Supervisors, or the
road commissioners appointed by the act,
should have power to locate the road where
they might deem it would best accommo-
date the pnblic interest, and also to provide
that the Supervisors might issue the said
road bonds, if they should deem that the
public interest required the expenditure. -
Both these propositions were rejected by
Lewis, who insisted that the bill should be
passed locating the immigrant road on the
route of his toll-bridge, and commanding
the county authorities to issue the bonds,
without regard to the wishes of the tax
paying public. With the bill'in this shape,
and by the aid of his miserable tool in the
Senate from this district, Lewis succeeded
in getting the bill through the Senate-lo-
eating the road where his private interests
required, and commanding the county au-
thorities to issue the bonds without submit
ting the question to the taxpayers of the
county. Do the records of special legisla-
tion in California, show more unscrupulous
attack upon a tax-paying public for private
gain.'
One of our Members (Nlr. Morrison) was
at this time on a visit to his home, and had
an opportunity of ascertaining the public
feeling with regard to this unscrupulous,
fierce and infamous swindle upon the tax
payers Of the county, and on his return the
bill was so amended in the Assembly, as to
permit the voters of the county to say
whether they would be taxed to the amount
of $4,000 for the purpose of building a
road to Lewis s. Cos tOll-bridge.
The author of this unscrupulous attack
upon the taxpayers Of Butte and Plumas
counties, is now soliciting them to elevate
him to the bench of this Judicial district.
He has given the weight of his official inhu-
ence to sustain an organization opposed to
the Democr attic party-his tools in the pres
ent canvass, are virgin democrats, fresh from
the Republican ranks, and from defunct
Know Nothingism. These tools are now
perambulating the county, calling primary
meetings and endeavoring to secure the
election Of Lewis delegates to the county
convention We would caution the Democ
racy of the county against being deceived
into his support, by the hired efforts of his
Inherent Know Nothing and Black Repub
lican tools. He has connected himself with
the Black Republican-Know Nothing organ
of the county and his nomination would be
the defeat of Democratic principles, Demo-
cratic policy, Democratic measures, and
Democratic men
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