The Placer herald., 1874-10-10
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ana unDIusb'ngiy deny every accusa''on OF
mischief az long as the teacher would talk to
them. though lie and all around know posi-
lively that the child was guilty. All have
seen such cases. There are two conditions
which wi induce children to act thus. One
i to be 80 badly scared, they hardly know
what they say; and the other is an innate
weakness for lying. There are instances
where the two conditions combine, and iE
such cases the subject, as may be well
supposed is ncorrigablo. The most strik-
ing illustration of this deplorable failing
that we ever noticed 10 an adult, is mani
tested by the ignorast carpet-bagger, who at
present, is running the Placer county ring
manol oily organ. That he is scared, there s
no doubt; and that the weakness is with
him innate, 10 evident from the boldness Of
Ills assertions. To stop TO refute these lies is,
in one sense, a waste Of time, for the old
saying is, ga lie will travel mile while
truth Is putting on its boots" And again,
to attempt to answer all that organs lies
would require more space than we can spare
for that purpose, as it is getting Of late to
be all lies. 1t says the Supervisors "were
elected with the distinct understanding that
they were to let contracts TO the loves. bid
DER" That is a bald-headed, bare. faced
fAlsehood, such as none but malicious
heart would dare to breathe, much less
publish to the world. But, supposing, even
that this WAS the case, have they moi
done 80? But there was nothing said,
either In the platform on which these Su-
pervisors were elected. nor on the stump,
nor IN the HlRALp, about letting contracts
to the lowest bidder, more than this: Their
predecessors had, on several occasions
after going to the expense of publishing
notices that they would let contracts to the
lowest responsible bidder, ignored the bids
Of responsible parties altogether, and let the
said contracts 70 their favorte, though he
was the highest bidder This we, and all
other good men, denounced as such igno
minious action deserved and If Su
pcrvisor. whom we had helped to elect. had
been guilty Of such Aagrant fraud on
houesty and justice. we would have done
our best TO have him ostraciscd forever
But, thanks to better men, they have thus
far spared US the disgrace. The "dis'nct
understanding" they were elected on, in
reference TO this matter, is found in the first
section Of the platform, which reads as fol-
lows:
Economy in public offices and public ex-
peuditures. and honesty and fairness in the
administration Of all public affairs"
If our small Drained contemporary will
show us wherein the Supervisors have vio-
lted this pledge, he will do us favor, be-
cause, IL they have not administered the
public affairs with economy, we want TO
know it. Now, it being so conclusively
that the monopoly man lied in the above
Charge. We proceed to the next, which is
quotation inferentially credited to the
HxaALD, which never appeared in our col
uuns. editoriay. in the world, nor in any
other relation. to onr knowledge. 1t is our
sentiment, and f we had published it, ed-
torially. we would not be ashamed Of it.
But We never did, therefore the monopoly
organ lies again.
Then il talks about the HERALD selling
ont to the Independents. If the senseless,
ignorant falsfer, who who wrote that. knew
anything, he would know that there was
not an Independent party in the county, nor
the State, to cell out to- until the HERALD
created one. Aud then, the idea Of tha,
hireling, that is controlled body and breech-
es by a moneyed, selfish, Office seeking
ring, talking about the HERALD selling, is
the richest thing out. Our brainless, selfish
neighbor may squirm and wrggle as much
az it pleases. Like any other mule on
quick -ssud, the more it founders the deeper
it siuks, and the sooner it buries itself, the
better for all. This is what is the matter.
The thing and it's hackers had the entire
county patronage, since its birth, at it's own
cxhorbi,ant prices and because, through
the influence Of the HERALD, it was COM
PEELED to relioquish its hold, it, like any
other infant, began fretting, and we suppose.
will not be quieted until the teat is again put
in its iusatiate NAV. For twelve years,
preceding this last, the county patronage
has been let entirely to avorites, to charge
for the work whatever their conscience would
alien. Ahorn-and ,ua oil Lnoxu ho.u olnaA;o