The Placer herald., 1873-04-19
OFF THE TRACK.

10 alo v them to withdraw their appeal OF
he Placer county tax suit from the State
Supreme Court decision, an attempt was
made in subsequent dispatches to explain
the reasons for this motion and therein the
telegraph got off the track and mashed ny
things, in our opinion. The real reason for
Withdrawing the suit was that the company
through some of its spies had discovered
ihat The decision was agreed upon and was
lgainst them and for the county. The
special trains Judge Field rides to Wash
ngion on may have something to do with th'
Key that unlocks The Supreme Court secrets.
II probably some of the judges snore OF
talk in their sleep. Anyway, reader, you
may set it down as a fact, that the company
mad lost the case and knew it, or the with
drawal would never taken place. Had the
decision been announced, it would have set
lied the seven cases now pending i'll Judge
oawyer's L. ). Court, at San Francisco, III
which the company is holding back some
thing like $1CO 900 in gold due the counties
and State and compelled it to disgorge al
once, because Judge Sawyer would have
been compelled to dismiss these njunctions
1t once, no Yever much his talk from the
bench, when the cases were being argued
indicates his fear or love of the company.
Here was the end of the legal string, and If
he decision was allowed to be announced
hey must now without further delay pungle
al their taxes like other people. OF course
he idea suggested itself readily to The
company: let us Withdraw this suit against
Placer county, we have now kept her out OF
her taxes bout five years, and pay this
S25 600 of taxes, and through Judge Saw
.er's Court and the Supreme Court of the
United States we can keep these seven
counties out of this years taxes for three on
four years, and by that time we may find
means to secure a majority on our side il
he supreme Court These are the real
reasons that induced the vithdra wal Of the
'ut; they could delay it no longer, it had
answered them their purpose, aud now if
It could be Withdrawn they could keep th,
new tax cases in court for four years more
l'he sior, that it was Withdrawn for fear the
State would tax their gross receipts, is no
! enable, and the mere creation of some brain
not posted on the question. We suppos
he court can hardly refuse to allow the
ppellant to withdraw his appeal, and, rs
-oon as the papers can come down, the
money due this county for taxes and cost
or the year 1868, will be paid into the
county treasury here We now learn tha,
he company has raised the prce on freighls
10 all points in this county forty cents per
ion, and 10y that means expect to reimburse
themselves out Of the people of the count,
Tor the money they have TO pay i'll as taxes.
The managers have the statistics that en-
able them to tell just how much a ton t,
raise freigh', to collect twenty five or thirty
thousand dollars more IA year out Of ou'
people. AS the law stands, they have us
| n the door, and what is to be done in this
case? Fore is the last remedy civilized
people should resort to. Stanford and Co.
lre not 30 much to blame as their tools on,
officials, and these grievances viii never b,
remedied while the public elect such tools to
,tlices. The people of this county must
elect officers like the monopoly is said &c
employ their officers and attorneys, they must
vote for no man for any official position
Aho is not, whether in the line of his ofca
duty or not, the fast friend of the people oi
every question where taere is a conflict be-
tween the people and monopoly. Our pres
ent officers, with one or two honorable ex-
ceptions, aid the people neither 10y word
deed, or nod in public, against the filchings ol
The monopoly, and without the full force Of
he county and all our officials, the contest
might as well stop. But it will not stop
the people will clean out the ring and pu'
active men in office who are for their inter
ests in season ard out of season, and Sc
proclaimed to the world, and even to the
monopoly itself and its tricksters.
BEFORE AND ArTER.-The day before
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