The Placer herald., 1863-06-20
Republican Abolition State Ticket.

The piebald organization. known as the
Union. n.Admins,ration.Republicau-Abolition
party, met by II. delegates. in State Conven'
ito at Sacramento ON Wednesday. Vim.
L. Dudley, of Calaveras, was chosen perma-
nent President. On the same day F. F. Low,
Collector of the Port of San Francisco, and
A. A. Sargent, Ex-Congressman, of Nevada,
were placed in nomination for Governor
On the first ballot Low received l76 votes,
and Sargent 90. Gov Stanford was not be,
fore the Convention for nomination, as his
defeat at the primaries in Sacramento and
San Francisco, drove him from the field; but
whatever strength he had was thrown to
Sargent. But John Conness was too power
ful for either of them. and lrumphantly
swept the course with his candidate Low.
This was the great fight, bu, the Conness
programme seems mainly to have been fol-
lowed throughout the whole ticket-and
John has take good care of his Democratic
adhersnts who followed him into the Aboli.
,ion ranks, and Of those Republicans who
went early to his support last winter for the
US. Senate.
AS for example. the nominee for Lieut.
Gov. is Speaker Mschin, Republican. who
went for Conness, and was pretended cam
di,late for Governor in the southern mining
counties, but in reality whipper in for Low.
The nominees for Congress are Tom Shan
non, of Plumas; w. II. Highly. of Caaveras:
Cornelius Cole, Of Santa formerly all
Democrats Of the Conness stripe. Another
B. b. Reading, of Sacramento, was nomina-
ted for Secretary Of State. Another Pa
checo, of Santa Barbara, for State Treasurer.
After these John permitted some Of the old
line Republicans to come in, and Oulton, Of
Siskiyou. for Controller, and Hartman, of
Pl acer, for Supreme Clerk, who were Sem
ators last winter, and originally for Phelps,
but went to Conness sooner than the Sargent
men, were nominated. Mccullough, the
young man OF wardrobe notoriety, WAS nom
mated FOR Attorney General And then
came Cayes, of Stockton, for State Printer;
and Houghton, Surveyor General. Some of
these nominations last named may not be
Conness mon, but John is too wary mana
ger to take every thing if by so doing he
thought he would drive away Republicans
from the support Of the ticket, and it is ikel
ly that he WAS willing to give them just IL
taste to keep them in passabe humor.
At this writing we have not learned the
nominees for the Supreme Bench, but it
may be set down rs certain that majority
Of them will be Conness men; and among
them will he Sanderson, of El Dorado and
Curry Of Solano.
Time brings about strange things; and
who would have believed two wears 400
when Conness was denouncing Republicans
rs "waier drinkers, who woull not fight"
would so soon be the leader Ct their part y.
debating the men ,hev should support for the
highest positions in the State
Although Conness has given this ticket to
the party, he has been unable to present
strong men. 1t is intellectually very weak
the weakest ever presented to the State
Low Is small man nominated tor large
place. Tom Shannon is consummatc ignor-
amus-whose success in attaining political
position has been matter of surprise to
thosa who know the caliber Of the man.
Highly is something of an improvement on
Shannon, but woful!y deficient in the neces
sary qualifications to represent the interests
ut The great State Of California in the ma ion.
al councils AS to the ability of Mr. Cole
we are not advised, and will not speak. But
| it cannot be claimed for him that he is a man
| of note in the State.
1t will be the pleasure and duty of the
Democratic State Convention, on the Sh
| of Juv, to nominate a ticket that will be a
credit to the State for intellectual strength,
and the hold it will have upon the Democrat
ic and conservative mssses,-a ticket that
cannot fail to be ected.