The weekly union record., 1865-09-30
Sage Brush and Boilers.

The Sage Brush" weekly paper pub
lished at Susanville by A. c. Longmore, late
a resident of Chico township, comes out in q
lengthy article in reference TO the election re-
ceutly held in this county, with an attempt to
justify the action Of the boilers, &c, as we
termed them, more popularity termed Peoples
Party" by the Sage Brush" which says /:
The UNION RECORD for the past few weeks has
been denouncing b0lters soreheads, and usionists.
To stranger il would appear from perusa OF that
paper as if state of affairs similar to that exist
ing in Plumas and Tehama, where disappointed
Offices eekers bolted from the regular nominations
But from our knowledge of the nominees of the
Peoples party, with most of whom We are person
ally acquainted, are satisfied that desire for
Office not the eanse Of their seeking nomina-
tions on that ticket We received letter from q
friend short time since who informed that here
would be trial of strength between Chico and
Oroville in the approaching election. This appears
to have been the from the great majorities We
hear of being obtained in each place for their re-
spective candidates. The issue between the two
parties in Butte appears to have been the old one,
of the division OF the county.
Oh, not was no disappointed Office
seekers" it was no desire for Office " that
caused their seeking nominations on that
ticket" Oh, no. Was not Smith of Forbes
town before the regular Union Convention for
representative, and defeated and afterward &C.
cepted the nomination of the Boilers for the
same position? Was not Davis of Hamilton
before the same Convention and for the same
position, and defeated and accepted position
on the Boilers ticket for Assessor? Even
Chappelle of Forbestown did likewise for Su-
pervisor 10 I'd District. With probably two
exceptions all the candidates upon the Bolter
ticket were aspiring for positions before the
regular Union County Convention. If this
exhibited "no desire for Office" what would
you call it, Mr.. Sage Brush?
The division question never entered the con-
test so far as the southern portion of the coun-
ty is concerned. We are not so certain but
that portion of the county 10 and around
Chico did have an eye single to that event !;
but we can show that Oroville voted in good
faith for the Union ticket alone, and that there
was no :" trial of strength as against Chico.
Oroyille gave DR.. Tilden, the regular Union
nominee for Representative, whose residence is
in Chico, 24l votes, while his competitor for
the same position, DR.. Green, whose residence
is 10 Oroville, only received l52 votes. Was
this trial Of strength " against Chico :?
Certainly not. Senator in Oroville, Ever, re-
ceived 2S9 votes, while Nourse of Chico, for
the same position, only received l04, but this
does not look like trial of strength" when
we take an average of the regular Union nom
inees, as against the Boilers. Day, for Sheriff
residing in Orovile. only received l2S votes,
while Jones, the regular nominee received 277
votes. As we said before there may be some
in and around Chico who are anxious to effect
a division of Butte county. One thing we do
know, if the question of a division had fully
entered the campaign, every candidate on the
Bolter ticket would have been defeated by
hundreds. Cherokee Flat gave 81 to the
Boiler ticket and 20 to the regular, wherein if
the disintegration question had been sprung
the majorities would have been reversed.
If we understood the main issue right, and
we think We did, it amounted to this-an un.
dying hankering after Office
THE SOLDIERS AND THE ELEcTIoNs-Every
posSihle effort il heinr mod, in tho ol1 C,o.a,