The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
INDEPENDENT ACTION.

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ance." Republican Committee, in this
county, implies the committee of the ring
railroad party of the county. Their "busi-
ness of unusual Importance" will consist in
making arrangements for conducting the
coming campaign under such guise and with
such pretenticns as they hope will induce
the honest members of their party to believe
that they appreciate the wrongs which have
been iml osed upon the people of the county
by ring swindlings and monopoly oppres-
sion, and that in this campaign they oppose
everything that smacks of dishonesty, cor
ruption or extravaganza, and call upon the
Republican party, and good men of all par
ties, to join them in their good cause (D,
and assist in purifying the grand old Re-
publican party of Placer County. lD
Eventually they will, for another catch, pass
a resolution favoring the election of Booth
to the United States Senate. This, we feel
safe in asserting, will be the proceedings
which the Railroad Republicans will adopt,
in the hopes of holding the party together
until after the election, hoping thus to obtain
further lease of power. But we think such
result, under any conceivable guise, can not
possibly be accomplished, Cor any declara-
tions on the part of an undivided Republi-
can Convention in this county, assuming to
be SO almighty virtuous, will be regarded
by the mass of the people as 'too tain.
Every voter in Placer County knows there
are two elements in the Republican party
of the county. The same element which
nominated railroad monopoly candidates a
few weeks ago in Sacramento, is largely
represented in Placer, and, as in Sacramen-
to, they hold the organization of the party.
Every voter knows, also, that nearly if not
quite majority of the Republicans in Pa
Ger, oppose the action of that convention,
and re- ret to see he'monopoly thus run off
with the Republican party of Sacramento
County. That these two clements now ex
ist, as opposite in desires and principles as
the East is from the West, everybody
knows; and how they can work harmon-
ously together is more than we can compre-
hend. If they bitterly oppose the monopo-
ly, favor economy, oppose corruption, and
support Booth for the u. S. Senate, then
they are in sympathy with the lndepend-
ent Taxpayers party, which is now so ac-
tive in Sacramento, and m st be declared
by the Republican press to be boilers. On
the other hand if they endeavor to carry out
the principles of the leaders, and nominate
a sister ticket to that nominated in Sacra
mento by the railroadized party, then the
only alternative for the other element, would
be to follow the example of their brothers of
Sacramento, and bolt. This is plainly the
condition of the Republican party of the
county, and what the result will be time
alone can prove. If any Republican is
looking to the press for an idea VIII ch will
enable him to escape the impending muddle
into which he and his party must, under the
present condition of affai $, soon be hurled,
we would suggest to his mind that the Dem
ocratic and Liberal party is determined to
fight the monopoly and all its adjuncts; to
oppose all rings or the existence of rings in
every case where their existence is opposed
to the interests of the people The party
condemns corruption and extravaganza IN
office, and advocates everything that is com
patible with law, justice, equal rights and
unimpaired freedom to all men Except hea-
thens), and opposed to granting exclusive
privileges to any. We don't wish to draw
up a platform for the party, but these prn-
ciples, we are safe in saying, are endorsed
heart and soul by nearly the entire Liberal
and Democratic party, and for them will
they fight. These are the principles also
which all honest ant-monopoly Republicans
hope to see triumph. Then why stand
aloof when in dependent ana determined ac-
tion on your part will make victory doubly
sure, and give to you share in the honor
of redeeming your county from the thral-
> dom of oppression and extravaganza, which,
from the imp sition of rings and the injus-
tice of monopoly, she has so long been COM
PEELED to suffer? Independent action on the
part of individuals, must result in the elec-
ton of good men, where majority are
pure. A majority of the voters of Placer
County are uncorrupted on the Issues in
volved in the coming contest. Then act in.
dependently and our freedom is assured.
A Pen P1cTURE.-Old Californans recall
to mind the days and doings of the early
days of 40 and 80 with q peculiar degree