The Placer herald., 1873-09-20

to choose as Senator u man named ly the
corporation, and Which Las put it out of
Your power to do the first thing 10 crush
the power Of the railroad.
In 1871 vow preferred party 10 principle
and for tie sake of becoming Gov arnor Icr-
ui'ied tie r.i'old company 10 use you to
break the anti railroad lines. Now in 1878
wi,cu you wish to become Senator. you call
on us in he nai1fe Of principle TO sacrifice
party and vote for your men.
In the Hight eGyour past course, can we
lie sure, that you cssll' US in the III me Of prM-
cipefor THE sAKE Of principle; on That if we
abandon all things to follow you, YOU will be
true TO principle, should another temptation
come as W rs presented to you in'1a7J
Where is the official action Of yours which
shows any disposition to uphold principle al
all hazards, or to ienor, ariv SO long as
party can be serviceahle to yoa You sign
ed the keep-them- in Office bill, Which puts
on the people of San ,'ranciaro lhe imIo sb G
duty of selecting sixiyone officers at orce
a bill which the papers WHO are n1w support
ing You say was Cotton up to further the
corrupt ends of the railroad company.
Even when the patriotism Of ID mocrat-
ic Commiss ionr placed III your hands lie
patronage of an important department, YOU
did rot have the grace to refrain from usne
it for per sonal and party purposes. What,
is the net result Of John Ro.enfeld expos
ure, and his APPEAL TO YOU? Simply that
three Booth Republicans hold the places TO
which three Democrats were elected; that
John A. Swift, your personal and political
friend, has taken The place OF most worth,
ond competcn. Democrat rs attorney. and
that the minor positions have bee given out
in the same way.
Governor, YOU profess to ,iew with alarm
The aggression Of wealth W hicl is going on in
this country with such fearful rapidity, and
the gradual absorption OF power i'll the hands
of great corporations. But are YOU thor
ouglly in earnest in this, or do ttu merely
seek to utilize The dawning consciousness OF
these things 70: your own advantage? Are
you willing to really lead, on DO you wish
merely to float with The current p?
Governor, if what you say is not mere
parrot like repetition; if it is rcally the result
OF Your thought and observation, you must
see that radical reforms are necessary to sue
ccssfully check this tendency, W hich proceeds
rot from the course of any set Of railroad
managers, or from all of them put together;
but from VIDE spread, constantly acting,
general causes. You must see what the
tariff is doing and The national debt, and the
State and county and city deLis are doing
md greater still, what our practice Of treat
ng land + e heritage of all, us though it was
the absolute pr' per,y Of its holders, is doing,
to make the many poor and tie few rich
But YOU lave no word for these things. The
only solution " bicl YOU Cf1er Of the great
problem winch is pressing uIon Ike whole
civilized world, as well AS upon our little
corner Of it, is to cnrb The power Ct The rail
Dad by serding you TO the United States
Senate!
Can 1T be that you attack the railroad be-
cause, III; nks to the struggle made in 1871
TO attack TIE railroad is now popular; lul
that YOU shrink from attacking greater mo-
nopoliCs because it might at FIRST c unropu
lar aud might cause You to be really stigma
tied rs a communist?
If thee ever was political contest III
which the great corporations and aggregated
wealth were arraytd ulon one side, it wat
he Presidential election OF yearago. Ev-
cry railroad company IN tie whole country,
from the mousteiI, PENNSYLVANIA Central down
20 the smallest bankrupt concern that had
robbed a Southern State or II Weston couD-
~, was for Grant; every tariff ring was for
Grant; every National Bank WIS for Grant !;
every large holder Of the National debt was
for Grant every noneyed institution ard al
most every individual of great wealth was
fer Grant. Nevor in the whole history OF
lleRepublic was The money power so cleail,
nrrayed upon one side; and the declaration
early and OF cn'y made that Grant must
he reelected because capital had confidence
in linn and was satisfied!
Where were YOU then, Governor
You were with the great corporations, with
all The aggregated wealth Of the country,
working for Grant! And now you, who last.
year, when the issne was clearly and dis
tnciy made, refused to abandon your party
to hght corparale lower and aggregate
wealth, ask Democrats, " no in that struggle
had given tlemost' convincing, rrtH of iIiei:
Good fiiill by pu't'ngat their head life long
enemy 10 their parry, "A mort onored, trust
ed and energetic member Of yours, TO aban-
don lhcir,pary and vote for you, because
you have, since The overwhelming triumph
ofaggregate and corporate wealth last year.
stated in public that you view with alarm
great corporations and great fortunes!
]s this a sufficient reason?
Governor, one of the most efficient insru-
men.s which can lie put in the hands of cap
ita' to grind the face Of labor is Chinese i'm
migration. If corporate power and Land mo-
noIoly is the upper, Chinese labor is the
neither milstonc between which our poorer
classes will be ground as dust. You see The
danger, Tor your utterances when cand.
date forGovern5r depre ated Chinese immi
grafton upon the only rea scientific ground
of fobjeciion-that the Chinese standard OF
comfort is low, and their presence here would
lower fha standard of wapes Rut IL WAS