Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-06

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SAN FRANc1sco, Feb. 4, 1871.
The politicians corner, as the juno
ton Of Washington.and Montgomery
streets has been not inaptly termed
has commenced to be the scene Of those
mysterious confabs which usually pre-
lude the opening Of a political cam
paign. Little groups Of w~ell-dressed
men your city politician always affects
IN acre of broadcloth, vast expanse o.
white shirt, and a stovepipe hat, with
a redundancy Of watch-chain and I'M
maculately polished boots), stand or
the sidewalk discussing political prob,
abilities, comparing notes on the
strength and availability of prospee'
tive candidates, and endeayoring to
shape matters 80 that however they
may be rough-hewed by the popular
will, the event will, in the end, con-
duce to the pecuniary profit or ambi,
ton of the designers. Yesterday the
corner was especially busy, as 1t was
known thata convention Of Congress.
man Johnson's friends was In session,
counseling with one another as to tic
best means to be adopted to secure his
election to the Governorshlp. Many
were the spies and scouts sent back,
ward and forward between the "Bank
Exchange and the Grand Hotel, and
thick and fast few the rumors about
states formed and broken, and names
of subordinate candidates taken up and
rejected. Toward evening 1t was
authoritatively announced that the
game was made, the plan Of proceed
fngs being that the northern portion Of
the State, where johnson Is strongest,
should be put up directly for him,
while San francisco, and as many
other places as could be secured,
should 90 in for McCoppin. Then the
whole, It was said, were to compromise
In convention, johnson being selected
for the first and McCoppin for the
second place on the ticket, thus leaving
Haight altogether out in the cold.
Haight and Roach's adherentS do not
seem to relish the outlook as much
as they did a couple of weeks ago.
The Ata Is pouring a terribly d~estruct-
i've fire into the professions Of the for
mer, and the latter now relies for a
nomination entirely on the working
mems influence. Some $4,000 copies
of his report on Chinese labor, made to
the Legislature when he was Senator
from Monterey, in 1S49, are being
printed as a campaign document, and,
In this connection, we may shortly ex-
peet a reopening of. tho anti-Coolie
agitation. ; Among other things de-
oided on yesterday at the Johnsonian
gathering was the time and place for
holding the convention. June was Sc
leeted for the one and this city for the
other, and until 1t meets the politicians
corner, will be the center Of continued
c~onspiracies, the hatching-ground OF
innumerable combinations, and the
scene of more assumed friendships,
solemn promises and un1edged aspira-
lions than any other corner between
San Francisco and Chicago.
i. -L Street Corners. .
1t is q popularity Of Montgomery
street that nearly every corner has
been appropriated by some particular
class of men as a recognized loaflng
ground. In like manner as the politi-
clans have c~ongregated on the Wash
ington-street corner until they have
acquired a vested interest In the side
walk, the printers have selected Clay
and Montgomery for their rendezvous.
It Is
The Printcrs' CsrneP,
the place where typo meets typo for a
social smoke or for a friendly chat
about office mates, and a dissection of
the foreman's character and abilities.
There is always some representative
of the "art pre~servative +" to be found
there, generally perched OH the rail-
ings Of the Faust Cellar with pipe in
mouth, and boot heels beating o DEVILS
tattoo on the pavement. 1t Is the
Printers Change, and known rs such
in every printing office on the Pacific
coast. Commercial and Montgomery
Is essentially
The Bummer's Corner.
Dilapidated hulks that have become
whisky-logged on. the voyage of life,
battered wrecks that have lost man.
hood and ~self-respect by the whlrlwind
and tempest Of their own passions, the
fatsam and jetsam of humanity, and
every kind of dismantled human craft
that drifts on the surface Of a great
city, are Invariably cast up on the
beach Of the Bummers' Corner. In the,
daytime the "Old Corner Saloon" Is
their headquarters, where they can be
seen at all hours sauntering in and out,
lounging In the doorway, asleep In the
back room, or standing l~istlessly in
front of the bulletin board, munching
a lunch-table biscuit, and reading Of
the arrival Of cargoes and sailing of
ships as II they had a lively interest In
the commerce Of the port. Where
they sleep or how they contrive to exist
upon such fare as they pick up are
mysteries beyond fathoming. Sacra-
mento and Montgomery, since the out
break OF the Franco russian war, has
become
Tho sirest Desaters, Corner.
Here argumentative groups, fully
charged. with the news of the world,
taken from the paper pasted In front
Of the adjacent Chronicle office, join
on the merits Of Emperor and
King, dispute about the abilities of
Bismarck and Gambetta, disagree on
The fighting. qualities Of .Frenchman
md Prussian, quarrel about the tenn
poral power of the Pope, and engage
in wordy conflicts OIL Ireland's wrongs
and England's misruls. If you want
10 know how Napoleon ought to have
the war, and how he could
been conqueror instead Of con-
,uered; If you are anxious about the
Of the Emerald Isle, and desire
o know the exact date of the inaugu-
-atlon Of the coming Republic If you
to gather strange information, |
listen to vague theories and bitter
and ascertain what the
,reat uneducated think of passing
,yents-the "Street Debaters' Corner"