Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-29
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.

CA1fOkN4A POL1T1CS.
As matters political have not COM
menced to boil in our State, preparatory
to the Fall campaign--the waters being
only warm at the present time-we may
take advantage Of our comparatively cool
condition to glance dispassionately at the
raging of the sea of political strife in our
adjoining and elder State. We don't in
tend to NEEDLE in our sisters affairs inn
pertinently; we will not do that. We
will merely make mention of the cendi-
ton of things, and there let the subject
fall to each readers independent and, by
US, at least, unbiased reflections and con-
clusions. We hope that we omit no bona
fIe candidate for L. S. Senatorial honors:
Low. Sargent, FELTON,. Billings Pixiey'
Shafter, Cole, and Phelps. 1t is asserted
and we believe generally conceded, that at
presen, Low and Sargent have the most
positive strength. The San Francisco
delegation cannot be relied on as yet for
any one candidate Of the number above
mentioned. The Flag says that Low
don't stand a ghost of chance at the Bay
primaries, while Gorham and Carr insist
that he has the delegation dead Con-
ness has just arrived, but has not an
nounced his preference as between Low
FELTON, and Billings-one of whom will
secure his aid. Sargent has carried his
own and two or three adjacent counties,
and his claims would seem to be favored
BY the Sacramento Union. 1t is UNDER
stood that the Dutch Flat Wagon Road
Company is in favor Of Low. Billings
would have been Congressman in place of
McRuer, but for the mistransmission of
telegraphic dispatch sent by him from
Vermont, in which he was made to say
am not and will not &c candidate"
He was undoubtedly surprised by the
news of his popularity in the nominating
convention; and judges his chances for
Senatorship good, on the strength Of his
unsought prospects of Congress, while he
was absent from the field. FELTON, is
brother Of C. C. FELTON,, the late distin-
Suished Greek Professor. and afterwards
President, of Harvard College. He is the
Attorney for the heavy French firms of
San Francisco, and was deeply interested
in, and an active agent of the Great
Bulkhead Scheme which several years
ago agitated the mass of Front street
merchants who are not counted in the
project. 1t will be recollected Conness
voted for the Bulkhead Bill, thereby
securing the support of FELTON, and Levi
Parsons and all the leading French CAPT
,alists. FELTON, is reported very wealthy,
and he is certainly backed by immense
power of money. We do not conceive it
any violation of our preface to express
the opinion that Pixley played himself
out in the Salvador pirate case. He is
most cratic cuss; and his political afhlia-
tons cannot be depended on from one
day unto another. Frank appears to be
as dead as his mule. We have not heard
where Shafter expected his strength to
come from; but presume that the field
hands on his large Bodego potato patch.
will send one or two Representatives in
clined 10 vote for him, if he has any other
support. Skater was once President Of
the California Senate; acting in that
during the Hardy impeachment
rlal, when c. II. S. Williams gave him
a terrible scoring for his conduct and
testimony. Phelps has been candidate
before the wardrobe scene" calls his
name to memory. We thought, until
,omewhat recently, that he was citizen
Of Austin In this State. Phelps would |
leave the Peoples Party support
n San Francisco but it is claimed that
Low has secured all that, by contributing |
o the last successful squeeze-in of the
Peoples candidates at the municipal
lection. Cole has just returned from
and is just out of his Con-
term of Office. We cannot for
year saying that we regard him as most
xcellent man, and know him to have
,een a most faithful and efficient repre-
There is no clap-trap about
;ole; he is sound, substantial charac-
err. He was very highly esteemed by
he chief authorities at Washington. Cor
from the Bay to interior
,apers says that Cole has decided strength
n the city, and appears to be gathering |
o,ce all over che country,