The Placer herald., 1873-12-06
SACKA n ENlU CUNh hl.SPUNDENCE.


SACRAMENTO, Dec. 3, 1873.
LD. HERALD
The political pot now begins to bubble a lit
,le Just at present all important matters have
to give place to
| 'or the spoils that are connected with Legisla
tive ena,tments. l refer particularly to thu
light for positions in and about the Senate and
IS. embly, ir the way Of Clerk, Sergeant-at
AIMS postoffic es, Pages and watchmen, and all
This sort Of thing. These are places that small.
politicians crowd our city for the purpose CT
being rewarded with. They do assume too
much importance. yet it s hard to conceive how
his could be avoided for the applicants fo
places were and ar. the men and boys who maxi
be legislators. For the moment these matters
If but little Importance to the people at large,
,ssume vast proportions around the Capitol
THE CITY
is somewhat crowded with people who are d,
srous OF seeing and to a certain extent partici-
pating, in the Inauguration Of their Legislature.
And the whole without any exception, were
sTAkTLED
by the telegram from San Francisco, saying Sen
ator Cas- serly had resigned his seat, and woulG
not be acandidate for reelection. Many wer
he surmises and many the opinions expressed,
but whether any one hit the true cause remains
profound secret to outsiders
The CAUSE,
to my mind Mt least. is shrouded in doubt, and
such is the express of many Of the knowing
,nes Some SAID 1t was failing health soften
ing of the brain, some that the demands mad
1y his friends on his purse were greater than ht
would or conl stand, others that the charges OF
Voney +, Howard and fear of an inv estign-
ton was the true canse. II this be the case,
| it looks ns though he was pleading guilty, b,
| lecl ming but sucn, the writer does not think
WIS his motive. 1t could not be, that in
body where Ms many have gotten places
| ny means, if not corrupt, yet looking strongly
like it, that Casserly or any other would fear ~
Investigation. Let the cause be what 1t may,
the fact re mains, and it certainly will advance
the interests of
Gov BooTH
for U. S. Senator. 1t appears now like fore
gone conclusion that the above named gentle
man will be next senator, for the ng term,
rom California. This seems the talk about th'
streets, the hotels and the lolbies. 1t is true
neither of these places can elect, bnt they hav
, moral influence Cor immoral, just AS yu
choose). Il at of'e does its work. Then aga n,
the people over the State appear to look uIon
his election fact. yet they do not elect, bu!
their repre- ~ natives do, and these are more or
less controlled by public opinion.
sNARL
was created in the 7 emocratic Caucus the other
evening by Mr.. Beck. hold-over Senator and
Mr. Graves, a newly elected d. mocratic Sena-
| tor, going ont and refusing to be governed by
the acts of the caucus Beck introCu; Led reso-
lltion in the following words:
"Resolred, That it is the sense of this caucus
that each and every Senator participating in its
proceedings hereby pledge himself to become a
IN ember of, and bound by the action of th'
Democratic Caucus to be held hereafter for tn
urpose of nominating candidates for Y. s..
| S nator.'
This was anti Booth and looked to anything
but straight ont move. 1t WAS stroke at OF
B.RaAIN
| " arrange ment with the Independent move. and
the caucus voted it down. By this vote they
uay have lost Beck and Graves. " they have.
md g,ined the eight Independents, why il
| caves twenty on each side. This was shown b!
he voting. For both the Republican and Dem
| , ratio Can uses nominated canAidat.s for tn,
organiz ,tion of the Senate, AMI when they cam
70 vote there vas no choice The Democrats
nominated one Of the best men in the Senate.
VILLAIN Irwin, and the Republicans nominated
good p,an, at least one well able to perform
he duties of the olice of President pro tenn.
but charged with b,:nga straight Republican
II there was sny bargain made, 1t MAS aitogetf-
g one Of iynp!ication, ut least such is the writ
RS belief. Still it all locks like Booth for til.
| y, $. Senate:
| 7Hs ASSEMBLY
| had no trouble in organ zing. They elected NJ
NJ. Estee Speaker, Gna a Democrat, Robert
Howe, Speaker pro. ten.. and D. T. Loofbor-
ough, an Independ. mt, Clerk Marcus got bu'
Ii votes. These things all look like anti mo.
nopoly.
| FREIoHTs AND FARES.
NJ. NJ. Estee, on taking his seat, after thank
and promises of impartality, spoke of the sub
iects that would partially occupy the attentio,
If the body, and particularly OF the subject OF
freghts and fares. This looks well, and We
think the subject OF
| MoNoPoLIEs
will come in for a full share. II they have an,
gard for the welfare Of the State. they vii
watch the monopoly of our
WATER AND L Nd.
These subjects are already talked Of, and il
intelligent legislation is had in this direction
much good can be done.
| SNOW STORM.
While politics are not very stormy, the ele
m nts have concluded to take little time, ant
it is now showing l. O'Clock A. M, about rs fas
as is desirable, and there is at least two inches
OF snow on the ground. II to-day develops