Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-07-12
L. :. SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA.

The Chronicle names the following
gentlemen as candidates for United
States Senator.
Experimentation Booth OF Sacra-
mento, John b. FELTON, of Alameda, Gen.
John F. Miller of Napa, Jesse o. Good
win of Yuba, James McMasters Shafter
of Marin, John Bidwell of Butte, Timo-
thy Guy Phelps of San Mateo, Donald
c. McRuer OF San Francisco, S. o.
Houghton of Santa Clara, Thomas b.
Shannon of San Francisco, Cornelius
Cole of Santa Cruz, j. NJ. Cavis of San
joaquin. John W. Dwinelle of Alameda,
and ". Fl. l.. Barnes of San Francisco.
Democrats-Eugene Casserly, William
t. Wallace, Joseph p. Hoge of San
Francisco. Z. J. Lewis OF Tehama, Henry
II. Haight of Alameda, William T. Cole
man of Marin, A. II. Rose OF Amador,
James L. Farley of Amador, \. Greene
Curtis of Sacramento, William Writ
Pendegast of Napa, William Irwin of
Siskiyou, William NJ. Gwin OF San Fran
cisco, John S. Hager of San Francisco,
Samuel NJ. Wilson of San Francisco.
OF the Republican aspirants the pres
ent Governor of California is first named;
he has never held public Office before, is
successful merchant, and man of fair
ability. FELTON, is an able lawyer, son
inlay of Judge Joe. Baldwin, and ha:
long aspired to a seat in in the Senate
General Miller obtained his title by ser
vice during the late war, and was subse
quently appointed Collector of the Por
OF San Francisco. Goodwin has served
in the Senate of California for several
sessions, and is not without experience
in legislative affairs. Shafter is broth.
er of the late Judge Shafter; is a man Of
great wealth; has been in the State
Senate, and presided over the High
Court Of Impeachment by which James
H. Hardy was removed from the Office Of
District Judge. Bidwell, Phelps, Me
Ruer and Shannon have each represent
ed California in the Lower House Of
Congress. Houghton is a sitting mem
Der, having been reelected last year.
Cole has served term of two years il
the House and six years in the Senate
Cavis has been Judge of the Fifth Judi
cial District. Dwinele has served &
term or more in the Assembly, and is a
lawyer by profession. Barnes is regard,
ed as 9 very able criminal lawyer.
tba nap,onratz ,,o,,1l
to wear the Senatorial toga, the first
named is Casserly, the present incum
bent; he is lawyer, and has been con
nected with several newspaper enterprises
as editor; was State Printer of California
in 1851. Wallace is one of the first law
yers on the Pacific coast; in 1866 he
was elected Attorney General OF Califor
MIA on the ticket with j. Nicely johnson
for Governor; in 1867 his name wa
brought before the Democratic State
Convention for Justice of the Supreme
Court, but he was defeated for the nomi
nation by Royal T. Sprague; in 1868 h
was candidate for Elector on the Sey
mour and Blair ticket, and he made al
active canvass of the State; in 1869 h,
was chosen Justice of the Suprem,
Court, and subsequently became Chic
Justice; he was candidate for the Senat
in 1867, but failed TO obtain the caucu
nomination. Hoge is an ex-member o
Congress from Illinois; has practice,
with great success at the bar Of Sa,
Francisco for the past twenty years; ha
been Chairman of the State Commute
several times; has been member of dill
terent State Conventions, and has pre-
sided over the deliberations of thes
bodies on more than one occasion. Levi
is the Senator from Tehama; ran 70
Lieutenant Governor two years ago an
was defeated; he is self-made man, an
possesses ability of no ordinary order
Haight is lawyer; was elected Governo
in 1867, and was defeated for re-electio
in 1871. Coleman is successful me,
chant, and is distinguished as havin
been Chairman of the Executive Con
mittee of Vigilance in San Francisco i
1855, Rose is an ex-senator from AIMS
dor; has made fortune in mining opera
tons; was before the Legislative Caucu
in 1867, when Casserly was nominate
for United States Senator. Earle
was once Speaker of the Assem-
bly,, and afterwards Senator fror
Amador. Curtis is lawyer of grea
ability, and has acquired reputation
especially in criminal cases; be defended
Mrs. Fair, on her final trial, and securet
her acquittal; he was Senator from Sac
ramento in 1867, and in the Democrat
caucus voted for Rose as the nominee TO
United States Senator, while Rose vote
for Curtis. Pendegast is the Napa Ser
ator; he possesses high powers of orator
and his literary attachments are of tn
first order. Irwin is an ex-senator frot
Siskiyou, and that is all we can say c
him. Gwin is so well known as fol-
mer Senator from California that
would be work as supererogation to sa
who he is; he has talents which woul
adorn the highest station; he has made
fortune in the mines of Calaveras. Hage
was District Judge in San Francisco
and afterwards State Senator. Wilso
has never held public office in California
but is keen observer of passing event
and well versed in the politics of tn
country; he is an estimable gentleman
has practiced law in San Francisco 70
twenty years, and acquired not only
fortune, but the reputation of being on
OF the best general lawyers in the State