, 1873-12-30
NEWTON BOOTH.

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tngs.-Oomiiseaits OK tllc I'rcss OF sun
Francisco.
From dispatched IN the San francisco Chronicle
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 20-l1:3O p. m.-Gov.
Booths tablo Ii piled with messages from nil
parts Of the staso and from Novaaa, eongrat,t-
1atmg him OH tho sgual victory gained by tho
| people. Tho Governor's rooms hayc boen
crowded with friends from o'clock until this
hour. At least 100 speeches have been nude
this evening in the Governors rooms.
The Governor was called out and inalo few
tho ivne God, , vii b. rs. as true % to tho pcopio
as tho people hnvo been true to me-"
| Senator Kent, OF Noyada. trauk q tanst =.
"The Peoples choice Tor PRESIDENT Newton
Dootll."
sr,rAe speeches woro nil to tho effect that tho
will Of the pooplo had boon obeyed ID tho o1oc-
| ton which took place to-day. Tie seuator-olect
I mingled with tho crowd, mud Ind kind word Tor
all with whom he came In contact.
Onoy1LLE, Dec. 99.-The It1dopendoutB uro
sensSso. S ~ 'A. Wv. 'N ''|''''' ~ '1'
honor of Gov. Booths election to the United
Stntos 8enats.
NEVADA, CAL, Doc. 23-s:3o p. m.-rhere ia
Of Booth. Bonllrcs nre blaxing In many pnrtB Of
! tho city, guns firing, bands playing. aud general
| rej oicing over tho victory.
tfons tho San fTanefseo Bu'lttin Independently.
The people haSe reason to bo proud Of TINT
n9Dlo tand OF men which they sont to tho Leg
lsaturo to carry out their, wishes on tho Sonato-
! rial md other questions. i. The historian
VIII point to them aa tho men who lifted our
politics from tho oasest intriguos and tho most
corrupt Influences to t!o plano of 1nnnlinoss, In
tegrity, aud fidelity to the people. They arc tho
Instruments by which thu revolution which ia
destined TO purtfT tho political atmosphere Was
firat guided al'd directed. There are men among
thotn who will reach tho highest hohors aud re-
rtnbfA.
1t may sound rather odd. but 1t is nevertheless
the met that t!is y THO first time In tho history
OF the state OF California III which candidate
tor tho sonate Aau been named mud elected by
the people, Coy. Hootl 1s o. much Senator of
tho people Us II he bud boon elected directly by
their sot9a. This triumph marks an cra in our
polit1cs u tas littcu senatorial contests to =
strengthens anu aolldlites tho Aoform move
mcnt.
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Ihe spectacle Of state struggling with !! cor"
ro1alon for tne poa7caa1on OF it's own oslicora is
net SerJ edifylng:, From tho result roactod, wo
arc satlhiseu 1t Will be tue last. No community
which hnH, any respect Tor itself would
permit such Il Btnte OF things TO con-
afflicted with i1.curnblo madness, would persist-
ontly inyito an autagouism which. however ln-
certain tho issue for briof period Is sure to in
volye ultimate destruction. II the Central Pa-
owncrs,-if. inatead Of receiving immense land
grants, tho right OF why had beeu purchased I'LL
effort to control tho politics Of tho Stato wlero
It's headquarters arc located, would Ea unwise and
impolitc, TO say nothing Of the contempt for
Republican Government which such inirigues
manifest, hut whore, as in this caso got evory-
Thug Which it Possesses, road, lands, mt, right
of-way, ns a FREQ gilt from the people, inyruti-
tuie Of the basest character las to DO eillma-
rated among the other batl features. Aut prob
n1 ~ f1,A rpi |1,,,,l.