Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-05

Tho slaughtered serpent has con-
cluded to give Us another shake Of his
defiant tail before taking his final leave
Of the public. We had supposed that
he exhausted himself in the Hoffman
encounter, but 1t nov appears that he
did not do SO entirely. Raymond &
Stratton for the people, upon the in
formation of 10. Hamilton, Attorney
General Of the State of California, have
caused to BIO issued out Of the Sixth
District Court in and for the County OF
Yolo a writ Of quo udrrdnto, in which
they modestly declare-for they are all
modest men-that the Seymour Electors
were elected in the State of California
on the Sd day of November last, and
they notify thus legally the Grand
Electors that they have unlawfully and
fraudulently usurped said offices OF
Electors, wherefore they should be
given up at once to Kewen, Dibble,
Henley &.Co. But here is the pith OF
the whole thing. They know that the
Democrats cannot get these Offices, and
they know, too, that nc benefit could
accrue to that party thersfrom, hence
they drop into the gist of the matter
thus:
"And plaintiff THAT il the people upon the
information OF Jc. Hamilton1 further AYERS
that under the laws ofsaid State the Elector,
thereof elected at said election are entitled
10 receive from the said State ~ a compen.
sation for their services and as q salary at.
tached to said offices the sum Of ten dollars
each for every day they may DO engaged in
the performance Of the duties Of said office,
together with mileage at the rate fixed by
law for members Of the State LegislIture.'
And plaintiff further AYERS that the said
Electors will not be engaged more than one
day each in the performance Of said duties.
Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment Of
this Court.
First-That the said defendants are no,
entitled to said Offices, and that they be
oustsd thsrefrom.
S~econd-That the said defendants are no,
entitled to receive the pay or emoluments
Third-That the said Thomas J. Henley,
W. T. Wallace, E, j. c. Kewcn, A. B,
Dibble and George Psarce were ut said
election duly and legally elected to the said
offices, and are entitled TO have said Offices
and discharge the duties thereof.
Fourth-That the said Thomas ]. Henley,
W. T. Wallace, E. J. c. Kewen, A. B,
Dibbls and George Pearec are entitled to
have and receive the pay and emOlments Of
said Offices.
Fith-That the said defendants may be
adjudged guilty Of unlawfully usurping, in
truding into and holding said Offices, and ad-
Judged to pay to plaintiffs a fine Of FIVE thou.
sand dollars each, and the costs Of this
action"
So the whole thing is about a few dol
lars, after all And this is chivalry
Where is the gallant Knight of LaMan-
cha? or, rather, are there no mort wind
mills for him to subdie? They send
Psarce, Kewen, Dibble, Wallace, the
champion Of their cause, and Henley,
the old war-horse Of Democracy, into
Court to plead for m days pay each,
at the rate Of ten dollars in gold coin OF
the United States, aud for constructive
mileage flor they did not travel in this
direction) to the Capital, at tho rate oil
twenty cents per mile. The fine OF
1000 each, which Redington and his
usurping associates are to pay, does not
20 to the defeated Democratic candi-
dates for Electors, but into the treasury
Of tho Commonwealth I! Somebody said
that these fellows, If they conld not get
anything else, would BIO asking for u
suit of old clothes by-aud-by-and be-
hold the fulfllment Of the prophecy
It is no wonder that the rank and file of
that party proclaim-not loud, but deep
that its would-be leaders have been
its ruin. No party composed of high
minded men can live long under such
terrible assaults from ito own friends as
the Democracy of California has re-
ceivsd within half a week from its own
Secretary of State, its Governor aud
Attorney General. Men who love q fair,
straightforward encounter, and an hon.
orable submission in defeat, cannot, in
their consciences, continue to be part
and parcel of any party that will thus
demeau itself. To ask for old clothes
at a time like this Oh, 1t is agonizing.
-~Sncr1msnfo Bee.