The Placer herald., 1873-03-29
TOUCHED THE RAW.

brm full of monopoly slush and the other
stopping over with soft soap for the people
We knew it would he unpleasant to the
manager, but public duty demanded thai
the hypocritcal mask should be Fitted. That
The Argas germ was the necessities of tie
monopoly, we proved more clearly than did
the prosecution that Mortimer murdered Mrs
Gibson a, Sacramento, of which crime he
now lies committed, awaiting his sentence of
death. The Stars and Stripes was a Re-
publican paper, with Grant and Wilson float
| ing at its head from the 18Th day Of June to
the 22d of August, and with the name of
II. F. Page, the monopoly candidate for
Congress, also floating at the head of its edi-
torial columns from the day Of his nomination
during the same time, and with editorial
ability far in advance of anything that has
ever scratched pen for the Aryus What
more was wanted Why, special organ
for Page, the monopoly candidate. To Sc
| cure this the Stripes was tampered with;
| mortgage on the office iG the control of
monopoly and money in gold notes on top Of
it, making some 50 600, according to its own
crs statement was offered for its active support
of Page, to the damage of Grant and the
Republican party. All this failed, and the
Argus started with Page as leading stock
holder, and McQuillan, an old editor of the
Record, paper VIGOROUSLY the creature Of
the monopoly, as its editor. The ArguS
filed its columns with putfS Of Page and de-
fenses of the monopoly almost ignoring Grant
and lhe anti-monopoly Republicans, during
the entire campaign, throwing almost broad
cast a thousand papers a week. With all
his Grant had a majority in the county of
nearly 600 votes, and the Arsus' monopoly
candidate was beaten over 100 votes, thus
repudiAtng the ArgrS 10y 700 votes. These
facts we showed in plain, respectable, argu-
menatve language two weeks ago, and it
so jostled the argus that it staggered, fell
spilled both tubs and besmeared itself all
over. These truths cut to the quick. Ii
makes no effort to deny or refue them, but
replies, you are "A "brute, .delectable sheet
contemplate, ,CWfW and malicious string
Of lies, bareiaced iie slander and villify "
All this Mortimer says of the witnesses
against him and the jury that found him
guilty of murder; but, Mr.. monopoly paper
these things are not found in the HERALD
article; if they are, please point them out
But all we said is true, and much more which
over $50 Republicans in Placer county tes-
tilted to by their votes at the last election
You are guilty Of all we charge, and YOU
shall not escape by getting mad and using
bad language AS all criminlls do when caught
lou can fly to personal matters, you can
stab in the back, you can rave and stir your
diminutive brain to your heart s content, but
we have you stakcd down as securely as ever
was any cayoe. And now while you wrilht
at the stake, we will give you some personal
matters to reflect on; you have touched a
spring that opens that which is pleasant to
us, as you are one of the kind that slander
by saying: ooh, | know something about
him that would not tell for thousand dol
Lars" These are the cowardly assassins of
character who have none themselves.
In May, 1858, we took charge of the
State Prison, by order of an express $ statute,
as Ex-o officio Lieutenant Governor, Re
publicans, Know Nothings and Democrats
declining to pass the bill until we consented
1t was wreck under Estell et ol the H.
mates in rags, hungry, barefooted and with
out discipline They were clothed, dsci-
plined, shod, well fed and the grounds grad
ed, the walks paved, large buildings erected
and eleven million brick made by December
following, and two of the best builders and
contractors on the coast, unknown TO us,
measured and valued the mat rial and i'm
provements, and 10y sworn statement reported
the State clear gamer of over twenty thous-
and dollars over and above all expenses.
Before and siuce these dates the prison has
never cost less than 500, Geo IA year. The
navy ring swinded us out of the Mare Is
land brick contract by giving it to dummy
bidder on Boston samples at Sl3 per thous-
and, and then wanted to buy our brick iol
81 "A thousand to fill the Sl3 contract We
declined-refused. This, with the prison
management, was too much for the oil prison
ring and the navy ring and they jointly made
an assault on us failing N everything official
they, like the .A,gus, descended to "unotii-
cial, and utterly failed in that, also Now,
to crafty our mScripttWal neighbor's in
stincts, we invite him to commence this mat
ter, and as an inducement, we will furnish