The Placer herald., 1871-08-26
THE COUNTY TICKET.

Voters, laborers and taxpayers of Placer
the official and financial affairs of this county
are about again to, he surrendered into youl
| hands, and under the forms Of our county
government YOU must select the agents to
whom you will cntrust these Offices and du-
ties for the next tw1 years. In the selection
Of officers who arc to manage the business
of the county, it is, or should be, the duty
of every good citizen to use as much care
and exercise as good judgment as he would
do in the management Of his own private
business. We have absolutely the good
and only the good, of all the people of the
county at heart in the pending election. Bat
few men in either party can be found in all
the county who are not willing TO admit that
the administration Of county affairs has been
badly, bungingly and foolishly, if not cor
ruply, managed for Tie past six or seven
| years In the main, our county officials
have seemed 10 exhaust all their brains and
cunning in striving TO sec how much each
could pocket out Of his official acts, and in
this all, with an occasi onal exception, seemed
to constitute a ring, and work into each
others hands Wealthy taxpayers have
escaped without payment, or found officials
that would fix valuation on their property
at less than fifth of its true value, and thus
the poor were robbed ard the rich made
richer.
When VIC glance back at the past six OF
seven years history of this county, and see
what it might have been, and what it has
been, we feel that the people must demand
change Of administration. Eight years
ago the railroad folks told our people that
they would spend $12, coo, 900 in the county
in constructing the road aud when it wa-
completed they would pay taxes TO His
county on 1900, ,O00 worth of property,
or at the rate Of S130 600 per mGe for the
road, rolling stock, approximations, lands,
etc. This is not done, and why? Simply
because the company found officials through
whom they could escape this Just taxation,
and every dollar saved in this way by The
company has had to be paid by you poor
toiiing taxpayers, both Republicans and
Democrats. The officials under whom these
things were done, or suffered to be done
were Republicans, and nominated by packed
conventions. There are but few Republi-
cans that will deny that the last Republican
convention that assembled here was purely
ring convention, and disregardcd the
known wishes of the party in making its
nominations. How could such mcn as Lew
G. Smith and w. {. Norton have been
beaten before fair convention? What is
to be hoped for in the election of the present
Republican ticket, better than just what We
have had in the past six years? No!Ling,
that we can sec, or that any Repuoicm
can point out So it is with ring conventions
where nominations are regarded as equiva-
lent to an election. When the Democratic
convention assembled it felt that the great
mass Of our people were tired and sick OF
misrule, Of ring conventions and ring tickets
It knew to succeed it must place a ticket il
the field that would command the respect
and confidence of all good men, and well die
it do its work. The names placed on oul
ticket are guarantee that misrule and I'M
just taxation shall cease on the day thes,
men take office. They are all men Of fla,
purest character an | highest standing in th(
communities where they reside and if they
are beaten we hope to hear no more grumb
ling at the management Of county affairs
or of unjust and onerous taxation, from Re
pubcans. The public have an assurance
that if the Democratic ticket in this county
,s elected this year, the county will no Longer
be robbd by it, otii ,ials, or through tx
idches of officials.