Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-06-29
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| PROCEEDINGS OF TIE USIoS County CESTRA
CoxxIrrEE.-The Committee met at the JOURNAL
Office June 9th. Present, n. N. Davidson
chairman J. NJ. Cresswell, C. N. Strattou. Thos
Flanders, A. c. George, A. Martin, N. L. Knowl
ton, P. Mclean, D. E. Gordon:
1t was ordered that primary meetings be helt
in the several precincts on Saturday, July goth
to elect delegates to a County Nominating Con
vention to meet in Weaverville on Saturday. The
9th day Of July that the primaries be held un
der the provisions of the Primary Election Law
and that none but registered citizens be permit
ted to vote. Following are the further qualifica
tions required of voters :-ssT favor the Recon
struction policy of Congress to have voted the
Union ticket in 1865, and intention to suppor
the nominees of the Convention" The appor
tionment of delegates was. fixed ut one for each
precinct, by courtesy one for every IS votes
cast at the last county election, and one for ey-
cry fraction of Is votes. The call for County
Convention is published in another column.
The committee recommends that the nomiua.
ting Conventions for the Let and Sd Collection
Districts be held Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the County Convention.
The Committee further recommends (wisely
We think that the delegates in County Conven-
ton assembled take into consideration the pro-
priey of hereafter voting directly for candidates
in the primary meetings, thus doing away with
the present Convention system.
THE REPUBLICAN MovExExr.-At the meeting
of National Republicans held in San Francisco,
June 18th, n committee was appointed to issue
an address. That duty has been performed, and
from the address We copy the following para
graph setting forth the causes which seem 10
have rendered reorganization of the Republi-
can party necessary -" The action of the late
Union State Central Committee in so arranging
the preliminary action of the party as to admit
Of the interference Of our own political enemies
with our party management; the further disre-
gard of party rights and usages by the Union
County Committees of San Francisco and Sacra-
mento IN adopting such course as to actually
invite such an interference and, finally the
crowning I'M justice of the late chairman of the
Union State Central Committee in assuming the
right to determine upon the contest of the rival
delegations from the county of San Francisco,
and thus imposing upon the Unonists of Califor-
MIA as candidates for the highest honors men who
have not the confidence esteem of the pub
lie, are sufficient in themselves to incite us to
their leadership"
the CENTURY PLASr.-Most of our readers
have either read or heard of the wonderful Cen
tury Plant about to bloom in Potters Gar
den, at Oakland. We saw this wonderful plant
two weeks since, at which time it had attained
the hight of twenty-seven feet. Four weeks pre-
vious to that time the first indications of BIOS
soming were noticed, and, to use the language
nal l1op
eight yards of vegetable matter had assembled
through space in the form of n imbless p
Both in color and form the plant presents the ap-
pearance of giant asparagus stalk, being at
the base about the size of q water pail. The
first indications of lateral shoots were observa-
BILE on the sth of the present month, and when
we saw it a week later these were nearly foot
in length The committee in charge were about
to erect winding stairway to the top of the
plant, that visitors might be better enabled to
view the plant at the blossoming period, as the
nearest flower will be not less than fifteen feet
from the ground. 1t is a curiosity worth travel
ing many miles to see.
HAVING been a candidate for -uHiue-pf State
Printer before the recent Union State Coaren-
ton, and having been squarely defeated, perhaps
it may not be out of place for us to say few
words concerning why's and whcrefores. In the
first place, the election of what was called the
Short Hairs at the San Francisco primaries,
virtually let us out" There were sixty-three
solid votes against us. Of such we were salts
fed in advance, and were strongly inclined to
give up the fight and stay away from the Con-
vention. There were some other unfortunate
circumstances, over which we had no control
which operated to diminish our vote in the Con-
vention, which we do not care to make further
allusion to here. Our chance of success hinged
in great measure, on BidwelPs nomination for
Governor. We were satisfied to stand or fall
with him, and have no reason whatever to find
fault with the result.-.Sdn Jose Mercury.
Justice to our own convictions and a sense of
our obligations to those have n right to hea-
from US in matter o: this grave concern de-
mand that we should say in candor that the
ticket nominated, and the agencies which shaped
the action of the State Convention held at Sac
ramento last week, do not by any means meet
with our unqualified appreciation and it cannot
be concealed that there is, in the best portion of
the Union party, much more dissatisfaction with
the unfair means taken to stock and trade the
Convention, than with the ticket nominated,
though in some essential respects that is very
acceptable. Costa Gazette.
REFERRING to Gorhams address, the Sacra-
mento Bee says -" This year he and his friends
manipulated committees and invited Democrats
to partake IN Union primaries, and SO acted out
of Convention and in it as to trample into the
dust the will of the Union party and destroy its
efficiency, and now, instead of Offering for these
offenses such reparation as he can give, he de-
clares emphatically that he will not offer any,
but that he will ride the party if he has to ride
it to ruin
We CoyCrR.-The San Francisco Morning Call,
in review Of nominees for State positions says
" For Superintendent of Public Instruction we
are decidedly in favor of the Union nominee,
John SWEET, the present faithful, efficient, intel
ligent and liberal incumbent of the Office. He
has been a faithful servant and should be again
elected"
BLAcKBrRDs on THE WISG.-We learn that Joe
Murphy has organized band Of picked min
strels for campaign through the interior, and
earnestly hope he will come this way. Joe, in
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