The Placer herald., 1873-09-20

beaten in the Supreme Co,Ir'; but lie was
sustaine" hy the people, He was adverse
70 denomination, bnt he became in the eyes
|iof tue masses the exponent and representa-
tive of the anii-subsidy principle, and Was
forced info the contest ''" o. N'.' p -
| The opposition in his own party was bit
! ter. Til. struggle on the slavery gu .s,ion,
whici, had gore ,on for almost a generation.
and which eliminated when Lincoln issued
his proclamation. had terribly linked
things" in American politics, and the panty
to. which Ha ght belonged, the lneaI de-
scendant Of the party of Jefferson, of Mon
roe, of Madison and Jack son-ihe party
sprung from the anti monopoly idea, con-
| tanned, as it still contains, many men who
were with the monopoisis from instinct and
from interest. Haight had his personal
weaknesses; lie had made all the mistakes
of policy which man Of his cast, taken
from the quiciness of private life to, I'll
station of such power and patronage, was
sure to make. In short there was no man
in California more OF T.jccionable to the poll
ticians and the mo: ey ed interests of bis par
ty Than was Henry u. lIaieht, and had
there Iccn nothing lchind lin they would
have beaten him had he aspired ,c the Of
flee of dog catcher.
But the people were behind him; the
great, strong anti-monoroy sent men',
which after all is the base Of all there is
real-and true in the Democrats party, was
aroused, and llaieht and the anii-sulsidv
principle were victorious. Even the polit-
clans were forced ilo his support, for it le-
came obvious that Haight was the only man
who could be elected, simply because he
was the representative Of ,he 'nti-subsidy
idea. Haight was renomna,cd on strong
ant-subsidy platform, and will, him was
nominated a straight nli-subs'dy, ani-ra
road ticket The ant-monopolv idea had
in spite of everything. carr ed The Demo
cratic party, and the issue was clearly
made.
Governor, the railroad power, the power
of aggregated capital controlled the organi
zation of your party then. as it docs now.
Had it gone into the fight under its true
clors it would certainly have been Leaten
What did it do?
Governnv, it selected YOU as the nsiru.
ment with which to defeat the anti monopoly
party, which The Democratic PARTY, in for:u
and atty. had then lecome. You were
nominated in convention absolutely cen
liolled 10y that poSer; after You had lecn
placed in front as a decoy duck, the tulanc,
Of the ticket WAS filled up Ivy railroad men.
Then, after we had made the fight in our
own party and won it, we who had strug-
gled hard aud struggled honestly for the
success Of tie fnri-sclsdy principle; we
who had expected the support of al an,i-
subsidy men nespeoive Of previous polite
Al d distinctions, learned for tie first time
three things
Frs,1'rsat you weto an au,i-subsid,
| man.
second-Tha, you were candidate foi
Governor.
Third That you would be supported b,
Ill tie ii,Gu.nce and all tie money HAT
Stamford could command 4
And you WE'RE so supported. While You
made aniisubsidy speeches, and the Sacra-
mtnlo Union tore with u,just accusations
lie reputation of the man who had 50
brayely made the fight it proftssed to have
nearest to its heart, and the stump and tie
press rang with the chorus that YOU were u
better anti2fuhsidy man than Haieht, The
great cooperation was workisg quietly iol
you with all It's power. Tie anti monopol,
twng,h WIS distracted and divided; the is.
sue which had seemed overshadowing wn-
t,ken out Of The c'ntest. IIaigh> was
sauehte in The house of his friends and
you were elected. The whole railroad
strength was thrown or yon. In Sacr,,.
mento and wherever The railroad ran, ever,
railroad employe aud every man to wi on
the corporation could dictate voted for You
in Vallejo thirt. en- hundred American me-
clanics were marched up to the polls lk,
heots to vote for you with un open G. rd-
board ticket; in San Francisco money was
| spent like W; ter, every vote that coin could
buy was bought for you.
That is the w"y you came to be Gov
error of California! 1he great corroralio,l.
whose power YOU so wildly portray. took
YOU as an instrument with Which 10 beat
the man wl.o Ii. openly de6e il; took You
to mask irs columns of attack upon the an
'i-monopoly party. 10 make you Governor
of Calfcrui..
Governor, yon BAY you are simple enough
to believe that the anti-rairoad platform OH
which You were elected meant what it said.
If so, Governor, you wete one Of the sim
plest people in California. do men gather
grapes of ihorns or figs of thisiles? Did you
not know that tie convention which adapted
this platform was controlled ly railroad in
Auence? Did you suppose that George c.
G6rham and Tom Sharon. and Drury Me-
lone. and Marcus D. Boruck had sndde ly
become aniisubsidy men, and that the
great corporation was spending its money TO
beat itself?
Had Haight been elected in 1871, an
anti-raiIroad Legislature would have leen
elected with him, and it would have been
impossible TO have prevented reduc icn Of
fares and freiehts. for the prestige Of victory
would have been on that side, and an anti
railroad Senator would have been sent to