The Shasta courier., 1871-08-05
BOOTH AND EASTMAN IN SHASTA.

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plexion of Shasta county By the attendance
and enthusiasm at the Republican dem.
onstration on Thursday evening, we ehould
say that If it was left to Old Shasta to de.
eide. every nominee on the Republican
State Ticket would be elected by rousing
majorities. We are glad that our people
have had the opportunity Of seeing and
hearing Newton Booth, and only regret
that the campaign will be 81 short that the
counties No tn and West of us will be de-
prived Of that pleasure The principles of
the Republican party are such as chal-
lenge discussion. while they need no de-
fence, and in the hands of such able cham
pious as Booth and Eastman, they cannot
fail. wher laid before the people, to not
only hold wavering Republicans true to
the cause, but to draw support from the
ranks of our opponents The late hour at
which the meeting. adjourned prevents us
giving more than a cursory notice of the
proceedings. Messrs Booth and East
| man arrived about o'clock accompanied
by number Of. .citizens in carriages, who
had gone out as far as Texas Springs to
meet our next Governor s line had been
stretched across the street from the top of
the Land Office to the the top of Wells
building on which was lung large Amer
icau flag with the inscription For Gov
ernor, Newton Booth for Lieutenant Gov
ernor Romualdo Pacheco inscribed upon it
in large letters Delegations in the mean
while we're constantly arriving from the
outside precincts until our streets presented
a scene of lite and activity to which they
have been unused for some years past
At dark, the Whiskytown delegation ar.
rived, in wagons, and were received with
cheers. Soon after, the young Republi-
cans Of Shas a, who had been quietly pre-
pairing for the occasion, formed in front Of
the COURIER Office, and when the band
(which had taken position on the speakers
stand, J struck up Rally round the Flag"
the torches and transparencies were light
ed, and the procession, after marching
through High and Main streets, halted IN
front of the speakers stand. A. J. Down
er was then chosen to act as President, who
having briefly stated the object of the
meeting, was followed by Mr. Joseph
Isaacs, who sang campaign song, "The
New Departure" delegation of boys join
ing in the chorus
Mr.. Booth was then introduced and at!
ter briefly speaking OF the elements of
which the meeting was composed, proceed
ed to review the speech of Governor Haight
at San Francisco, completely vindcating
the Republican party from the charges
made by that gentleman, and showing that
the Democratic claims OF economy and
trenchment in the administration of State
affairs are not borne out by the facts.
Booth is an orator in the highest sense Of
the word, and his effort was more in the
nature of finished Grafton. When he
closed three hearty cheers were given for
"Newton Booth, the next Governor Of
California" H. was followed by j. G.
Eastman, who in that side-spltting style
for viii, he is famous, proceeded to ar
raign the Democracy and Governor
Haight's Administration. His review Of
the Democratic record on the Chinese
question was scathing argument against
the claims of that party to be considered
as the friend of laboring men. or the oppon-
ents of Chinese immigration, showing con-
clusively, that while the government, both
Sta and National, was in the hands of
the Democratic party, it encouraged rather
than sought to prohibit, the influx Of cheap
Chinese labor into this domain. His ex-
posure of the pol teal Inconsistencies of
brother Haight" was rich, and kept the
audience couvulsed with mirth.
The meeting adjourned at about eleven
o'clock, with three cheers for the last NAM
ed speaker, and three more and tiger
for our State and county ticket.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL FUND.-Messrs.
McMurry and Andrews are Democratic
candidates for the Legislature. As these
gentlemen were both members Of the last
Assembly, which -passed--the- bill giving
$4,000 of the public mone7 of San Frau
cisco to the support of sectarian school,
which measure was approved by Governor
Haght, and only failed of practical effect
though the bungling manner in which the
bill was drawn, We are naturally solieitohs
of knowing whether Il ey intend to follow
up the precedent then set. : We can pew
look for the Legislature 10 be besieged
with applications Of the same nature, and
as we know that division of the School
Fund is cherished desire Of great por-
tion of the Democratic party, ,-it-wouldi be