San Andreas independent., 1858-09-18
Official Vote of Calaveras Comfy

Umcial Vote OF Calaveras County.
The readers attention is directed to
She tabular exhibit of the official returns
oil the late election. 1t will be found on
the fourth page of this paper. By COM
parlson with the vote of 1856, it will be
seen that the vote this year is one-fourth
short. The whole number of votes POLL
ed at the Presidential election held in
that year was 1892, showing loss, since
90, OF 1929 votes. Last year the great
est number of votes polled was 1925,
which gives difference in favor of that
vote over this years vote, of 262.
The loss appears to be chiefly from the
northern and western portions of the
county. Campo Seco has lost lis votes
since 1857 and 143 since '56. Mokel-
umne Hill, in 1856, polled 6O3 votes !;
last year, 400; this year 43O; showing a
loss, since 1856, of 173 votes. On the
other hand several towns in the eastern
and central parts of the county appear to
have gained little. Thus, San Andreas
which polled in 1S47, but 253 votes, this
year polls 323, showing gain of SO votes;
and West Point, which polled last year
80 votes, this year has an aggregate of
lO7, showing gain of %. In 1857 the
vote of Angels was 30S; this year the
vote of Angels and Altayille is $50, a
gain OF 5l votes. Murphy's has lost some
forty or fifty votes and most of the
smaller precincts in the county, are this
year short of their ola election figures
Frazer river has doubtless been the chief
cause of these reductions; but there is
another: the residents of the county are
for the most part now we'll known, and
their rights tothe elective franchise, where
it is in doubt is always challenged, even
In the remote and obscure Precincts. This
lops off all the floating, illegal stuff which
has heretofore so often crammed the ballot
box and ID the country
1t will be seen that Col Mount leads
Dir. Bradley II votes, and the next high
est on the Legislative ticket 112. Mr. |
Marlette leads all his colleagues on the
Popular Sovereignty Ticket" and Mr.
O'Brien comes next. Mr.. Baldwin, for /
Supreme Judge, receives the highest
number of votes polled for any candidate
ON the administration ticket; and Major
j. Thompson, Independent candidate for
the Legislature, received 4l9 votes. For
Supcrvisors.-I District No. l, Littler
beats Lumbard SO votes In District No
2, Benjamin beats Mills 266; and in
District No. 3, Lewis is elected by 229
majority over Mr.. Read.
Upon the whole, Calavcras has held
her own in point of population, full as
well as most of her sister mining counties;
and however disastrous the next lecisla-
tive apportionmcnt may be to the mining
region, we shall not lose our relative rank
among mountain counties.
AS to the partizan feeling which this
election may have engendercd, with us,
it is over. In politics we carry anger,
as the flint bears fire." The people have
spoken, and their verdict is irrcvocable
for another year. It's marks and brands
will be entered of record, either to the
honor or disgrace of the country-wc
earnestly invoke the brighter prospect
Il would be weak and fallacious to indulge
in gloomy prophecies as to the. effects of
what has just transpired. The struggle
of the 1st September, between Mud
sill - and Lccomptonite is now historical;
and the past is secure. Henceforth, he who
would emulate the wise man must bend
his mind to the future For, of truth,
if the people have pronounced against
their best convictions of justice and duty,
they have acted in the capacity of lcgiti-
mate sovereigns, and with the conscious
ness that it is themselves must suffer-
PRAISEWORTHY.- learn, saws the