Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-27
ARS<)N CITY +:
THE CALIFORNIA CAMPAI'N-
GOVERNORS BOOTH'S
SION: AND Ills THIRD PATTI
MOVEMENT.

fal processes which Is Called Inc itsH1 VI
os,;.e foo often finds its objects of attack
amongst a class of persons whose char
acter would seem to promise TO give
them immunity from such 'dlaoo''ea'
,,.,S...s.;,n'' a. "A mere self-SeekinS
ambition, Time was when Newton
Ro,th was looked on, and Somehow
&, carried himself, as to Seem entitled
70 Ike regarded as a refined and scholarly
sort of person with too much OF cui-
.ur-d conscience not to take \ very lively
interest in the general political interests
OF his country. but with too much OF
certain sense Of self respectful reserve
and freedom from o mere common am
bition to be willing to stand as person
al exempIar of, or champion for, any set
of party principles or candidates ana
never to be at all thought Of as prIn-
cipal party in a wransie over sncn
schemes and performances as Should
look to his own personal Advancement
We dare say it was thought by some
good and slow thinking people, with AN
undefirea but exaggerated idea OF res
pectabiIity." that when Mr.. Booth ind'-
Gated his willingness TO accept OF the
office which he now holds, he had per
formed a handsome act Of condeseenSioh'
and that he had done it with reluctance
and in accordance with Il lofty and SELL
sacrificing sense of ,Iu.y. We viii con-
t,ss that in the campaign of 1911,
while we felt convinced that Booth would
run well with the Republicans and get
the entire strength Of his party DOR the
ever loy.L wing of the party then was
in the apparent minority we also
tboupht that he vas of better and truer
temper than to let his name ever be used
for any place or thing which should al
all compromise him or his promises; and
it never entered our thought to believe
tha. he would or could acquire or de-
velcpe anything like a morbid thirst for
official station. What then Is the pop
MAR amazement at finding that not only
j. Governor Booth, in disregard OF his
oft repeated pledges. an avowed candi-
date for the Senate, and not only that'
hut willing to be SO much OF a DISTURBING
and intrusive element in the pubic al
fairs of his State as to become the central
fi.ure for the pusnacious propenslfies OF
the Sacramento Union to rally themselves
npcn: but. more amazing and startling
than all. the peevish head and front OF n
third party movement. conceived and or
g,nized and put in the field upon no
better plea and for no better purpose
than in anticipation of his defeat III the
councils of the Republican party itself,
and to make sure that a certain pro-
norton of Booth candidates be started
in the general ruck for the Legislative
memberships, regardless OF the results
of the Republican county conventions
and primary meetings. The demorali-
cation tuuS utNeNPeu - NV oAAAs -
prisins-it is ine1plicable-save upon
the repusnant hypothesis that Governor
Booth cares less for the panty which
placed him in power than he does fol
the qualification of his own political ap
petites, and has been utterly poisoned
with the virus of self conceit and veal
and self destructive personal ambition
The situation thus alluded to Is very
remarkable one and not at all encouraSS'
ING. The countenance, or rather, to be
strictly and technically correct, the IL
SEPARATION, which Mr. Booth has lent te
the so-called Taxpayers party OF Cali
fornia creates the lamentable possibility
that enough Republicans will vote fol
the candidates of that organization tt
give assurance of success to the Democ
racy, while, at the same time 1t makes !
. moral and political impossibility tina
he can be the Republican selection TO
the Senate. We will not shed. nor pre-
tend to shed, any crocodile tears owe
this political suicide Of Governor Booth
flor since he has developed the pecu
iarities of his own individual poiitica