Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-17

JUDGE WALLACE seems TO have got
himself and his fellow Tempters into
pretty much the same sort Of boat that
Smilcr Colfax sailed away in when he
got caught telling lies in the name OF
Credit Nobilier and s;ep-daddy Mat
thews. He and they-Edser.on and
Swift-hadn't done anything SO very
dreadful when they talked over the pro-
posed trade-;he thing was quite in the
regular way Of politics as politics go
but the deuce of It is that they felt
guilty and so tried to bubble out of it
or, as plain folks would say, lie out Of
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hot potato and is pointed at with the
Read what the Democrats in caucus say
from the Sacramento Record:
Reso.re9, That We, the members of
the Democratic Senatorial Caucus, here
by state that our recollection Of what the
Hon. VI. L. Wallace said in his address
before the caucus on Friday evening,
Decomoer IL. 1878, in regard to propo-
sitions made to him By certain supposed
friends Of Governor Booth, were sub
s:ar;ially as follows:
Shortly after the resignation Of Mr.
Casserly 1 was approached 10y a gentle
man belonging to the Independent party
and near friend to Governor Booth,
whose name l am not at liberty to give,
who asked me to become q candidate for
the remainder of the current term. and
assured me of the support of the hide
pendents for that position. l replied
that this proposition did not suit me,
and that could not and would not en-
terrain it for q moment. He Left me
with the remark that he should 60 with
the distinct understanding that the mat
ter was not finally closed. replied that
he could leave with what understanding
he pleased. Afterwards l was waited on
10y Henry Edgerton and John F. Swift,
and they made to me the same PROPOSE
ton, and said that if l would submit my
name to the Joint Convention for the
short term they would give me the indie
pen1ent vote. do not assert that Gov |
amor Booth was coSuizant OF this prop |
)sition or waS q party to it, but, as you |
now the relations which are supposed
o exist between those gentlemen and
he Governor.
ESCE.
And this was the firstresponse of Gov
rnOr Booth, ii it came from him, to my
sference to him IN my letter to Mr..
liner, of So.ana, in which 1 referred to
i'm as being in possession of my views
II the subject of railroad and other mo-
opolies."
We further state that We understood
hat all Of Judge Wallace's remarks on
his subject were intended as a part of
is refutation of the charges hitherto
lade against him 10y his enemies, that
e was friendly to and in the interest of
abroad corporations and other monopo-
es.
The resolution was indOrsed as part of
he proceedings of the caucus, by tho
isnatures of W. ]. Tennin, President,
nd James Z. Parker, Secretary.
This statement of what Wallace did
~ is made up from the average recol-
ction Of the same as shared by the
embers of the. caucus. These general
apressions were reduced to writing,
ad, amended. re-read and revised and
,ally adopted as the sense of the meet
g. They make rather q damaging !
owing of NJ. Wallace's explanatory
tier. and leave an open matter OF verac-
: between him and the two guileless :
iep, ndent leaders above named. iC