Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-12-07
SATURDAY, DECEMBER Z, Isz2.
WzZAT THE "ENyON" KNOWS
ABOUT FAGCREzs.

w HPil ItaCkcrDy was IN w caFcrNlllC
he tod us, in his farmer-like way, that
there Were two things that wouldn't lie
God Almighty and Northumberland
mnthcmatc> said that Greeley would get
2i0 Electoral votes sure, and therefore
would be our next President. This style
of argument seems to commend itself es-
pccially to the Sacramento " "Union, -
and that paper is favoring the public
with series of calculations as amusing
a. they are absurd. Here is its latest, in
full:
"a COMPARISON cF VOTES.
Grants majority over Greeley in this
State is 1921. In three of the congress
sional districts there were Republican
majoriiics for Congress as follows First
District, ,055 Second, gS4 Fourth, L.
30. Total, 3,4lS. In one dstrict-Lut-
trll's-there was a Democratic majority
of g1S. Subtraciing this from the 3,41S,
we have a clear Republican majority on
the congressional vote of the whole State
OF 2,i90. Aud subtracting this again
from the majority of Grant over Greeley
13, ,294), we have l0,S0i. These figures
represent the sum Of the unpopularity of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company in
total vote of 81, $50, which is over "A, 600
short of the vote of 1871. But they do
rot repre- cnt it all. These unpopular
railfoadizrd Republican candidates for
Congress had the immense influence Of
Grants popularity to help them along on
he one hand, and the apathy caused by
the cnndidtlure of Greeley to keep back
$4,000 Democratic votes to help them on
the other hand. Had the vote been full,
and the election been held upon the sole
merits Of the congressional candidates,
there would have been majority of TO-
GOO against the three railroadized Repub-
licans.
in the two districts where the Gun
Mon made n fight against Page and
Coghlan, Grants majority was about
10,S00, while the Republican majority on
the congressional vote was but the small
,um Of the difference between 9S4 and
A2S-56 votes. And yet the chckadccs
and the railroad organ in this city have
the stupid impudence to brag of this as n
victory for the monopoly. We give them
a hearty welcome to all such victories" "
1t will be observed that the "Union "
claims the difference between The vote
for Electors and the vote for Congress-
men as due to the unpopularity of the
Central Pacific Company. 1t is safe to
say that there were not dozen precincts
in the State, Of twenty or more votes, in
which one or more Democrats either
votes for Grant or refused to vote for
Greeley, and at the same time voted for
Democrat for Congress. In this county
we have positive knowledge OF thirty-two
Democrats who either voted for Grant
and Luttrcll or scratched Greeley and
voted for Luttrell. Grants majority was
3S and Luttrcll's Is, in a poll of GG0
votes. The "avcrage reader" will notice
in what wholesale way the " Union :"
winds up its figuring. This is its third cs-
say. The first time it estimated the Re
publican congressional majority mt be-
tween three and four hundred and placed
the monopolists in n minority of 10000
The next time the people lose thousand
or SO on the congressional vote and are
only about q, 900 ahead of the monopo-
ly(?) This time, rs wehavc seen, the peJ-
pie lose another thousand on Congressman
nad the monopoly(D is only TO- 600 behind.
At one dash the mathematical genius Of
the "Union" has figured the people out Of
l4,000 votes. One more effort and the mo-
nopoly. that is the Republican party, will
have the State. Try again, Mr.. "Union, -
and when you give us the fourth Com
pnrison Of Votes" do the Chickadees "
the special favor to demonstrate to their
satisfaction how the - 'cxtreme hate " en-
tertaincd by the people Of the United
States toward the Central Pacific, COM
bncd with the immense influence of the
" Union" caused President Grant to run
tnr ahead of the Republican congressional
ticket in every State in the Union. The
"averagc reader" of the "Union," who
is not convinced by its figures, would GER
tninly doubt that 1.-THE moon is made OF
green cheese"