The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
TEE DECOY DUCK.

vcniion of old Page rairoaders meet in Au.
burn on Monday last, and do deliberate Sio.
lencc, If not moral perjury, to every feeling
Of their hearts, hy pretending to instruct for
Booth for the Senate. We saw one, and
only one man that voted for Coggins in the
convention, and he both looked and spoke
his disgust openly in convention. The mis-
cradle trick of passing the Booth resolution,
with railroad men enough present to signalIy
defeat it, was go transparent as to disgust
every anti-mopopoly Republican in the coun-
,y. To see the agents, employers and those
whose sole success in business depends on
the f,vors of the Stanford monopoly, grit
their teeth. srrew their faces, bow their
heads and vote for the Booth resolution,
told more than the mere declaration of the
resolution 1t said yes, we are forced 10
swallow this bitter pill, but 1t also forces
you Legislative candidates, WHO are viii! us
at heart, TO 60 into our caucus and there
pledge yourselves as Republicans and as
men to vote for George G. Goiham for u.
5. Senator, or whoever else we may there
" --1-s.,
but we will have chance to wreak sweet
vengeance on Booth and his supporters in
the caucus in Sacramento next winter. They
knew that the convention was the regular
railroadized Republican Convention, and
that its nominees for the Legislature, if
elected, would be bound by all parry prece-
dent, party law and party rules and honor
10 80 into the party caucus and there pledge
themselves to vote for the caucus nominee,
which secures them against Booth in the
end, and for that reason they swallowed tue
resolution as 'Stmnord's agents had tod
ihen they should. Should Power, Burt,
Lyon and Mansur be elected, which we
link can not lie possible, they will come
back nextspring and say wkiningly, "well,
we voted for Booth in caucus, but they beat
him, and we were tlon obliged to vote for
Gotham" This is the eccoy duck shat is
to catch the an'i-monopoy Republican vote
of this county. Why, it is II mere mock
action resolution, intended TO deceive The
anti lmonopoly Republicans and TO iur,her
he prospects Of the monopoly in eectng
lIorllam to the Senate. The Republican
hat can be deceived by such transparent
deception as is this resolution we think can
not be found in Placer County. The only
hope for the people of Placer is in the .lnde-
pendent Convention next Monday. Through
that convention they will have ticket pre-
sen,od to II EN- that is sound on the rail-
road question, and against the Auburn
Ring, who have lung as loatlsom le,ch
on the people Of this county for log years.
We have no disposition now to treat of this
miserable abortion Of convention that
merely ratified the previous action of the
Auburn Railroad Ring, foisled the old Au
burn clique officers all on the Republican
party as candidates again, as we know the
good Republicans Of ibis county feel sick
enough of it. Attend the independent pr'-
maries to-day in Your precincts; send us
good anti monopoly, anti-ring delegates, and
the Independent Convention on Monday
next will give you candidates That will be
elected and wipe out both the ring and
railroad power in fills county. 1he ring
railroad ticket falls st-bom in this county
it falls Oh Tie people like a wet blanket and
chills the whole honest public; pass it out Of
mind and rally TO the Independents, who
alone can now suit and save you. 1t is
now Ho.lenbeck, Crosby, Burt, Lyon, the
railroad, ct al against the people of this
county, and you have the same old set to
beat. Will you do it?