Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-10
CHARGES OF BRIBERY.

Marcus II. BOrilck makes, throuSh
his paper, the san Francisco Spirit Of
the Times, some damaging charges
against the agents of Governor Booth
in the late Senatorial fight. Among
other specific charges. he asserts shat
one of said agents offered Il member OF
the Assembly $4,000 in gold coin to vote
for his Excellencv. He further allog-
es in the most positive IL that he
is prepared to prove all he asserts. \
correspondent of the Am. writing
from Sacramento under date of the 9Th
instant. makes TIE following allu>ion to
she scandal:
Beruck arrived this evening. armed
and equipped with evidence to sub
Stantiate all lie has charged concerning
money being offered an .AsSemhlvman
in the Booth Senatorial fight. lie has
retained Hon. y. Greene Curtis. of sac
ramento. as his counsel. and detianllv
courts an investigation into all the
charges he has made.
There is lively lodging. and | under
stand that tie Republicans and Dem
erats are going to unite and carry this
matterthrough and probe it 10 the bot
tom. They also propose to take the
selection of the 1nveS ieatiOn Commit
tee into their own hands. and those
that are around say there shall be no
white-wa>ling.
Since Yesterday, other matters are
coming to light which will create Il de-
cided sensation when given To the peo-
pie in the shape of evidence. Boru"k
is determined, and declares he will
be neither driven from his purpose nor
ridicuied into silence until he tenders
all the facts to substantive his charges.
Since the alta arrived to-day. there
has been great CONSERVATION i'll certain
quarters, and every esource and inilu-
ence is being brought to bear to pre-
vent an investigation. and since Boruck
a put i'll an appearance there are SeN-
eral long faces and much con>terna-
ton of a Very private and confidential
character.
1t really seems that every election Of
a United States Senator Of late Years is
attended with corruption and herein
lies the strongest argument in favor of
the election of Senators by direct vote
of the people. But would this cure
the evil? We doubt it. Aspiring men
of means would simply transfer their
base of operation from the Legislature
TO the nominating convention. The av-
erage delegate to Il State Convention. it
is fair to presume. could be bought rs
cheap as a member of the Legisla-
ture. But disniissing these retiec-
tions, what will the friends OF
Governor Booth do about the charges
made by Boruck? 1t will not do %
adopt the contemptuous silence dodge.
Boruck is too prominent in California
politics for anything of that kind. II
the charges be true. such a coursc
would result in the speedy puhlica-
ton Of the proofs; while if not true.
they would hang about Booth through
Out his public career, to his injury. As
a contemporary remarks, it is Very
certain that if bribery vas not en-
ployed. Booth and his friends ought to
be anxious to satisfy the world of that
fact. There is no conceivable aspect OF
the case in which reluctance TO nee,
inquiry may not be rightfully regard
ed as gravcly suspicious. But il
Booths friends are opposed to an in
ve~Stigation, the honor of the Lcoi>la-
ture still demands that it should be
had, and there are enough ~di>intereSt-
ell members in that body to procure it.
The specific nature Of the charge, the
declaration of the accuser that he l.
prepared to substantiate il, the fact thai
he is we'll known, his intimate connec-
ticn with politics, and the risk h
would encounter i'll advancing state
ment incapable of proof. combine tc
render this accusation altogether tee
serious to be met in any other manner
than by a searching inquiry.