The Placer herald., 1873-08-16
CAN'T STAND THE PRESSURE.

1t seems the Union has been worked up
on by sneakers until it can etand the pres
sure no longer, and at last goes back on it.
self and neutralizes all its past actions by
fully indorsing anew the railroad ticket in
Placer County. 1t says We, the HERALD,
stake pains 10 sur certain nominees of the
Republican Convention, with the view Of
making it appear that they are not to be
trusted for legislative Office in the existing
crisis of political affairs" We say to the
Union, We don't wish particularly to cast
any slurs on any one. We don't approve
Of that kind of argument, but we do en-
phaticaly wish the people to kno,c. though
it be ignorant, that "certain nominees Of the
Republican Convention are not to be trust
ed for any Office of importance under "the
existing crisis of political affairs" We
know these men; we know their principles;
we know their motives, and we knoD their
hackers, whom to know is enough to con-
demn the candidates, were there no ether
charge. They are, we tell this to the Ua-
ion, all men who, one year agc, were very
earnest and enthusiastic for II. +. Page,
railroad candidate for Congress. Pages
supporters arc their supporters. Demo
Gratis who found it convenient to support
Page because he was a railroad man, now
support the raiload RepublicaS ticket in
this county. In fact, all known railroad
men in the county are diligently working for
the support of the Republican nominees.
These are things which the people here see
plainly now, and unless several hund-
red interlopers are imported into the county,
Il move which they are already attempting,
they will be thrown SO high next election day
that when they come down the force Of
their fall will enguif them go deep in OBJ
scurity that their friends will find it impos-
sibe to ever again bring them to the sur
face in public capacity. They may have,
personally speaking, two or three good men
on the ticket, and we pi'y them, for, being
found in bad company, they must suffer the
consequences. The Union would infer
there were no railroad men in Placer County.
OF course it knows there are, and that they
are many, and if it don't know the Repub-
lcan ticket has their hearty support, we
would suggest that it had better post itself
little before attempting to dictate which of
our two tickets is the more reliable on i'm
pending issues. AT present it has got the
matter wrong end foremost, and we can in
form it, further, that a continuation Of such
a position, so far from the truth, will incur
the disgust of every honest man and sound
antmonopolist in the county. The lnde-
pendent ticket is composed of men pure and
fresh from the people, known enemies to
monopoly, and friends aud workers for the
good Of the masses; free as the air we
breathe from any connections or entange-
ments whatever with the railroad or exI ress
company in this county. or elsewhere; chos-
en- against their will by the people for all
honest purpose, and supported universally
by all good men of either party, whose
skirts are free from Stanford & Co. But
in tie face of these facts the Lnios, pre-
tending friendship to the interests Of the
people and opposed to monopoles, weakly
says the railroaders have rather the more re-
liable ticket. The Ui,,on, the Arqus, the
Record underhandedIy, and all others that
wish may say so, and continue their say
ings, but the truth remains the same, as,d
"truth is mighty and will prevail as the
people are bound allies TO assaii. The Un-
ion admits it has been deceived in the past.
1t can mark down one more to the number
of times it has had the wool pulled over its
eyes. We can sympathize with it in its d.
lemma, though, for we know well the inau
ences that have been brought to bear upon
it. We only blame it for its ignorance in
not seeing that to secure its support is mo-
nopoly trick They say "the Union is max
ing fight for the people, and we must
make whatever sacrifice necessary to secure
its support, as that will give tone and color
to our action" Anything to win, is their
motto.