The Placer herald., 1873-03-15
RAILROAD VICTORY.


We suppose now the anti monopoly Re
pubhcans are satisfied of their ability to fight
the railroad company inside tie Republican
\ organization. they just having received an
unmerciiul trimming from Staniord's boys
for their temerty in attempting such a thing
in Sacramento. The old adage about fools
and schools is appropriate here, but we for
bear. Sacramento held her city election, and
it involved the freedom or slavery of the city,
on Tuesday last. The an,i-monopolist Re
publicans, under the advice, undoubtedly, Of
the Union and Booth, went into the Repub-
lican primary, managed by the moncpollsts.
The call and test excluded all Liberals and
Democrats and the ants, of course, got beat,
no matter how, as their own umpres so de-
clared. They then run Grant Republican
and or ed for Democratic help, but the late
insult TO Liberals and Democrats was too
fresh and keen for them 70 turn and help the
Unton and its party to achieve victory
that would be claimed as Grant Repubi
can victory. The Democrats and Liberals
who cast last Fall in Sacramento ,527 votes
for Coggis, against 1 1856 for Page, the
Grant railroad candidate, were coolly told
they could have no voice in the primary and
then in the face Of this insult, asked TO help
to elect McCleary, IA man that worked and
voted for Page, the Grant-railroad candidate,
against them last Fall. Their honor, their
party ties their manhood all forbade it. There
are some pretended Democrats in the inter
est of the railroad, and they naturally went
Tor Adams, while many others were doubt
less under smarting, fresh insult. by the
anti-monopoly- Grant facion also drawn, coax
ed or bought to do the same thing. Had
the railroad d-Grant-anti-p primary been left by
itself to make its candidates, and the anti
monopoly Republicans asked the Democratic
Liberal Committee to give ii liberal test un-
der the Coggins Congressional plat orm, and
then all went into that primary, candidates
to suit them would have been elected by
overwhelming majoriies. AS it is, the city
is now in the railroad wise to be squeezed to
death, while Booth, McCleary and the Union
may look on, shed tears and curse their fool
hardy folly. We have ioretold these parties
this again and again, and now they have
learned it in the only school made for such
The Republican organization in this State
without the dictations of the monopolies, is
IA myth, and those remaining in that organiza-
ton longer are fit subjects for slavery. We
say this with regret, but it is the truth. The
only political organization in the State is the
Democratc-Liberal Republican that is free
from the faint of monopocs, and while pre-
tended anti-monopoly Republicans remain in
the railroadizcd Republican organization, the
world must class them as the willing tools OF
that party, no matter how much they may
cry and howl. If there are any serious, bona
Jtde, anti-monoroly Republicans, they must
come to our party; possibly we might NEE,
them half way. This said, we give the re-
suit of the Sacramento election and dis miss
the subject for the present. Adams, Grant
railroad candidate, beat McCleary, ant-mo
nopoly-Grant Republican, 7S1 votes. The
Democratic and Liberal vote averaged about
600, showing that some 500 did not par
lcipate. The total vote cast was 3,76G,
being 522 less than the vote of 1871, thus
showing the absence of these Democratic
| votes.