The Placer herald., 1871-11-18
CAGE HIM.

A green sprig of the green bag, formerly
of Nevada, once of Auburn and now Of
Nevada again, who goes his alse on petty
larceny, has been vexed by small boys in
The streets Of Nevada, and want Of change
at toll gates, until his small corpus became
inflated and found vent in long article in
the Sacramento Record He quotes ''Vol-
ney" on bad boys and men and then gives
us Hume's ideas Of being pclted with stones
by urchins, and made to pay toll. Fleeing
from the peltngs and hootings OF boys, and
angered at constantly feeling empty pockets
for change at toll gates, he goes after the
PLACER HERALD and Sacramento Union as
savage as tomtit at beef's paunch. He
must have pass on the abroad, or is
working for one, as he is wild against reduc-
ing fares and will not enjoy lucid moment
until he demolshes toll gate. Hear him :
''The Democratic PLACER HERALD, which
worked against the election of Senator Nef, now
that that gentleman is elected, presents him as
WUllc inc same pUF-
pose the Union has moistened the epidermis Of
}. }. Owen, preparatory to asavory deglutition. "
Phcw! Nolncy, Voltaire and Tom Paine
were nothing beside Hume. "Vexation, -
CHATS his non, de plltme,) is as crazy as
loon and must have straight jacket, or
he will ruin all his relations. Hear him
again:
81 will assert as an uDdenable fact that if the
popular vote Of Placer county, or the whole
State were taken to-day it would be unanimous
in favor Of the railroad"
That is, in favor of present rates of fare
and freglts. Let us consider /" Vexaton "
as under arrest as maniac, and being
tried before Judge Niles and two physicians
Both the Republican and Democratic County
Conventions Of Placer passed resolutions de-
manding the reduction of charges on fares
and frcights, and pledged their candidates to
work for this object, and every vote cast in
this county was against the present charges
on the railroad. Count one for conviction
Here he goes again:
"The people Of Placer county need not be
told that private property has been increased in
value ten fold since tho completion of the Pa
cfc Railroad through that county. They know
it already"
And tdis in the face Of the fact that in
1868 the value of the property in the county
was SO SOC, 900, and six years after, when
the road was finished, 1869, it was only 49,
459 GOO, including the assessed value of the
road; thus showing an actual depreciation Of
the value of property after the road was
built, in place of increasing it " ten fold. "
Count two for conviction. But let us give
him another chance for bis liberty, so we
quote again:
"The annual tax paid to Placer county by the
Central Pacific Railroad Company is sufficient to
pay the salaries of the County Clerk, Recorder,
Sheriff, Treasurer, District Attorney County
Judge and Assessor (my friend John G. Boggs). ."
The company have not yet paid their taxes
for 1868, and for the other years, it refused
to pay unless the officials would take one
tenth of what was just, and, having to deal
with about such officials as q" "Vexaton -
would make, it has comparatively escaped
all taxation. No sane man would raise this
question of taxaton. We rest the case and
demand that Vexation be declared a ma
MAC, dressed in a straight jacket and sent
to Stockton.
Vexation is severe y on toll roads,
and says we own toll road, and Senator
Neff owns a toll road, and indicates that toll
roads are not pleasant to travel on, especially
when " feller hasn't got the change etc
Well, Senator Neif has lost about $4,000
in a toll road and is willing to quit We
have, or once had, 50, 900 in toll road, but
have made it free road for the past two
years, the railroad charging so much that
people could not afford to pay toll to go to
it. "Vcxation winds up his crazy pro-
G.ction with a comparison between tolls,
stage ana ,ailroad charges. 1t is not credit
able to " the creates. enterprise of the nine
teenth century" for one OF its friends to
compare its track to an old toll road, or its
cars to stage coach, and the only surprise
is, that the Record would permit such stuff
in its columns. Stanford, to save himself
further shame, should have this crazy sprig
locked up, or give him pass ont of the
State, if the civil authorities neglect him
longer.
PERSONALS Hon. p. A. Roach, ex-Statc
Senator, and one of the owners and editors of
the Examiner, dropped in on us Saturday
evening last. Ourfriend Roach is, in the strict
est sense of the word, a gentleman, scholar and
n,t,iot. nosted on tho whole history and