The weekly Butte record., 1867-10-26
The Political eIuddre.

The result OF the recent Judicial Election, to our
mind, has demonstrated two things, and those are:
A growing determination on the part Of the people
of this State not to favor universal suffrage and
that tie Sacramento Union and San Francisco
Bulletin do not control the politics Of the State.
Their power 10 defeat the party with which they
had acted prior 70 the campaign that terminated in
September. may be scknowlei 10 some extent by
many; BAT incline to the opinion that the ques-
tons involved in the campaign woald have resulted
in the defeat Of any candidate presented by the
Union party. We reach this conclusion from the
result of the State Judicial Election. wherein the
the Union party had the support OF those two
powerful Independent papers, and we're unable to
defeat the Democratic nominees, even when their
nominees had the prestige of tried and faithful
officers. It is fortunate for all parties that those
Independent papers, that claimed to have defeated
the Union ticket in September failed TO make good
their boast By eleetiag the Union ticket in Octo-
bef because had that been the result those papers
would have peoven themselves the masters OF all
parties, while acknowledging allegiance to none.
How would it have looked for powerful political
party. struggling for the possession of the State
administration, assembling in Sacramento and i'm
plicitly obeying the whip Of the Sacramento Union
in selecting its nominees under the threatened
penalty Of defeat? What magnificent political
party that would have been, and how proud each
inividaal member would have been to work for the
success of ticket presented in such manner, and
by party that would yield to such dictation. The
result relieves all parties from srch domineering
Tta 1aFaa So H. G,
Francisco BuAetin in October is a thousand times
more humilating. than the defeat of the Union
party in September. They had started in to disci-
pline the Union party. and were themselves pun
shed in return. The result of the October election
shows the Union party to be not whit more for
midable with the influence of the Sacramento I'm
ion and 5. F. Bulletin thrown in their favor, than
it was in September, when the Influence of
those powerful papers was thrown against it. The
conclusion is irresistible that the San Francisco
Bulletin and Sacramento Uaion have no political
weight or influence whatever. The October cleo
ton is therefore victory for both political parties
of this State. They may hereafter meet in Con-
vention at San Francisco, or Sacramento and put
tickets in nomination without paying the slightest
attention to what those papers may think say or
do. However highly they may lie regarded as ne
diuns Of news intelligence they are OF no earthly
account in politics. Ii is insult to the Judgment
of the people to suppose they could be infuenc-
ed by the likes and dislikes of newspaper men.
The people are supposed 10 he governed by the po
litcal questions in issue. And such we believe to
have been the in the recent elections both in
California and In the Eastern States.
And, without becoming the defender or apologst
of Mr.. Gorham, who was recently defeated as the
Union nominee for Governor, simply wish to
deprive those papers the honor of defeating him,
and assign it to the true cause.-the declining pop
ularity of the policy advocated by his party. The
independent press had not influence sufficient to
defeat the Irish Methodist Parson Fitzgerald
What folly then TO su ppose that they defeated Geo.
C. Goiham. who is by far, the ablest man that the
Republican or Union party of California ever nom
mated to the position of Governor; man who, by
his personal popularity, honesty and frankness,
overcame the prejudiees created against him by the
independent press wherever he appeared; and
maintained his party cause with boldpess, vigor
and force that no other man in his party could
have equalied. But he was loaded down and fell =
no harder for lacking the support of the lndpeud
ent press than have Currey and SWEET, who had
the full benefit of that powerful influence.