The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11

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Both Houses Of the Legislature organ.
lied on Tuesday without struggle for
the petty Offices This result was brought
about by Democrats Of Republican pro.
clivities fusing with the EmancipatiOnists.
They are now where they properly belong
and we congratulate the Republicans on
their accession. AS long as they acted
with and professed to be Democrats they
injured the cause they espOused, because
they covertly attempted to make it con-
form to the Chicago Platform. II is to
be hoped that they will not prove treach.
erous to their new friends. For several
years they have been searching for their
afinities," and now, having found them,
We hope they will cling to and not desert
or bctray them.
At the meeting Of the Senate on Mon.
day, Mr.. Denver made two Intellectual at
teInpts to break up the sinister cOmbina-
ton, by offering 4 resolution to go into
an election OF permanent officers instanter.
Charley De Long, a rampant fuSionist,
promptly objected. The arrangement for
the distribution Of the spoils had not yet
been perfected by the hucksters in poll
tics, and Of course it was essential to de.
feat the resolution and get an adjourn
ment The Republicans, understanding
De Longs motive, voted the resolution
down. with the assistance Of the EnAaAei-
patton Democrats. A motion to adjourn
was soon after made and carried
AS soon as the Senate met on Tuesday
the " Amalgamationists," as Senator Tr,
win sarcastically but justly termed hem,
having agreed upon ticket, were ready
to go into an election for permanent Off
GERS. The Amalgamationists having a
majority elected the ticket agreed upon
in caucus, with but little opposition.
The officers Of the Senate are: James
Mem. Shafter, President, pro TEN; Thos.
Hill, Secretary ; A. A. De Long, Assist
ant Secretary; Archibald Turner, Ser
gcant.at-arms; Elias How e, Assistant Ser
geant alarms; Chas. Abbot, Minute Clerk;
William F. Huestis, Journal Clerk Hen
~ c. Kibbe, Enrolling Clerk George
Gillespie, Engrossing Clerk and George
G. Hartman and Charles d. Bonestel,
Copying Clerks.
In the House, the Amalgamationists
having a decided majority, faithfully car
ried out the caucus programme. They
elected George Barstow. Speaker; John
Sedgwick, Clerk W. N. SlOcum, Assist
ant Clerk W. G. Wood, Minute Clerk /;
Henry S. Fellows, Journal Clerk; Shell
don Allen, Enrolling Clerk; George A.
Hill, Engrossing Cleak II. j. Clayton,
Sergeant-at-arms; Jeremiah Watts, As
sistant Sergeant-at-arms; and George c.
Hough, and c. T. Jennings, Copying
Clerks.
The officers of both Houses are Repub.
licans, and Democratic Of strOng Repu6G-
can prOcliritics. We have letter before
us from a member from this county. call
ing our attention to the wicked fusion, {"
in which he intimates that some " Union
Democrat" traded themselves off for q
"mess Of pOttage." We think he is mis-.
taken. Republicans at heart, they have
at last openly embraced what they have
long secretly loved. 1t affords US pleasure
to state that the delegation from this
county, with one exception-Dr. Harvey
-scornfully spurned the proposition for
fusion with the Republicans. All hon
or to the men who, in these corrupt times,
adhere to principle. a4.