The Placer herald., 1873-05-24
THE LEADyN9 ISSUE.

forts to distract and divide the people on tn
senatorial question, 20 a. TO divide and con
quer the people in the coming election, ant
it is sorry fact that three Of the leading
anti-mouopoly papers in the State areplayine
second fiddle to Stanford's Chickadecs iu
this matter. The monopoly papers announce
Bidwell. Goodwin, FELTON,. Edgerton and
even Stanford himself A. good Republican,
and suitable men to represent US in the U.
S. Senate, and the Bulletin. Union and
Call howl for Booth. but can't tell for their
lives whether Booth will run as q Credit
Mobilier Republican, an Independent or a
Democrat, and thus, perhaps unwittingly.
are in full howl on the path Stanford has
scented out for them.
Are these papers so consummately green
as to suppose Liberal Republicans and Dem
ocrats will vote for nembers Of the Legis-
lature that will follow Booth into monopo-
ly caucus Of back pay steal, coruptionists,
Mobiier rings, and there be bound to obey
the action Of body that will belong, body.
soul and breeches, to the rascals now in
power. 1t is the toughest thing we ever
undertook, to believe that these self-styled
auti-monopoly independent Republican pa
pers are not the real bon.fde workers for
Stanford at heart. Judging men by fair
standard Of intelligence and their past ex-
perience. we can't. aud don't believe that
they are the real enemies of corruption
and monopoly. That Booth was popular
with anti-monopoly Republicans. all will ad..
nit; that be could have taken position
that would have made him acceptable to
Democrats, none will deny; and yet he
stands farther removed from the Uunited
States Senate to-day than any prominent
man in California, and all this from the po-
litical cowardice of himself aad friends.
To-day there are not FIVE papers in the
State that support him heartily. His friends
have "soaked" him to the monopoly organi-
zation, and, it seems, have neither the will
or the power to redeem him. The Democ-
ratio and Liberal Republican is now the
only party left to do battle for the people
against the great avalanch Of corruption that
is eating out the substance of the people
and destroying the last remnants of liberty,
law freedom and justice in our country. In
this fight for the Legislature, the Senatorial
aspirants stand at the tail of the issue.
Elect legislature that is true to the people
and will fetter and bind by law all mo-
nopoles. and compel them to deal fairly
with the public, and the whole victory is
won. When you have a Legislature that
will obey the will Of the people on these mo-
nopoly issues, you have one that will elect
an anti-monopoly United States Senator,
and these are the only issues in the fight.
We hold that these are all that is in the
contest, and that the papers that would
spring one man issue where there is so
much at stake are untrue to the cause Of the
people, and really laboring for the monopo-
lists. If Booth desires the support Of the
people he must come out of the Infamous
organization of the monopolsts and say, !
will be a candidate for the Senate before an
anti-mouopoly caucus and none other. The
| Liberals and Democrats will carry this
county against the ring monopolsts. no mat
ter which side Booth is on, and if he
chooses to fight with the corruptionists we
will owe him nothing. Our candidates will
be instructed to consider fairly the claims,
qualifications and future promise Of all men
who fight with us, and present their names
in an anti-monopoly caucus for United States
Senator. This is the chalk line that will
have to be toed in this county, and feeling
our abundant strength on these issues, we
will coax no oeice-seeker to toe the mark in
half-hearted spirit