Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1858-01-25
The Conn trollership.

Gov Weller. after rendering the position
OF Comptroller to couple of Senators, who
preferred their seats in the Senate for two
years to the Comptroller ship for one, has
finally nominated Mr.. S H Brooks of San
Joaquin, to that position, and the Senate
will act upon the same on Tuesday By the
following from the San Joaquin Republican.
it will be seen that Gov Weller has been
deceived with regard to the antecedents Of
Mr.. Brooks, or has knowingly outraged the
Democracy of California, by whom he was
elected to his present position We trust
the Senate in their action will exhibit lit.
tie more Democracy than tho Governor lras
in this nomination. There are thousands Of
Democrats in the State who feel themselves
outraged by this appointment, and justly
too. If the Know Nothing party are emit
| tied to favors from the Democracy, why
make an appointment at all' Why not let
Comptroller Whitman fill the position until
another election? It will be seen that the
Democracy of San Joaquin ask: no such
| back handad favors to be bestowed upon
| them Will Gov Weller Withdraw tie nomi-
| nation
"Wecaunot account for this very exsraordnary
appointment upon any other hypothesis than that
Governor Weller has beeh msled with regard the
| political apteccdents of Mr. Brooks Otherwise. we
cannot understand how the Governor who has al
ways been as true to his party and party friends as
| to the great principles of democracy. could have
offered glaring indignty to the whole party
he has doneby disregarding the claims of true and
| long triedlDemocrats, and appointihga gentleman
who has so long held a Commanding position in the
| vanguard of the most vndictive enemies that the
| Democracy ever encountered.
As a gentlemen of integrity can say nothing
| agan INST Mr. Brooks; politician he has no claims
upon the Democratic party; unless he derive those
claims from the prominent and efficient part he took
in its defeat during the dark and proScr pive times
ofKnow-N othngism 3fr. Brooks was elected to
the Office OF Treasurer Cfthis county by the Demo-
cratic party in 1S5I,; reelected in 1853; while
| serving the second term he Joined the Know Moth
ing, and in 1850 elected by that proscr pve or
ganzation when the entire Democratic ticket state
! and county, succumbed to tanaticism In 1856, he
was a deegats TO the National Known thing Con
vention that nominated MIR Fillmore, III the tall OF
| the same year he voted the KnOw-Nothing PreSI-
| Dental ticket and in 1851 took active and eff
cient part in opposite to the Democl attic county
ticket and was as influential as perhaps any other
man in defeating the only democrat who de-
feated, and in decreasing the geseral Democratic
majority. Ii his political career gives him claim
upon the Democratic arty, then has Governor We'll
Ter judicousy bestowed the patronage placed i'll his
hands by the Democracy.
The Democracy OF SAN Joaq uin county, who have
ever stood firmly by their cOors through good and
evil report, through sunshine and storm, in success
and in defeat, have not merted the treatment tdey
have recsiyed IT the hands of the political cheftain
10y whose fortunes they have stood, They demand
ed nothing, asked nothing, wanted nOthing-but
they feel AZ little less than insult the appoint
ment an important Office OF gentleman who has
been. and they conceive is STILL their bitter and
constant opponent. And this feeling. we'll
aware will not be confined to this county. but will
/ extend to the Democracy of the entire Stale.