Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-06
NO SMOKE WITHOUT SOME FIRE.

NO SMOKE WITHOUT SOME FIRE.
Il will be recollectsd that shortly az
ter the election of Governor Booth as
u. s. Senator by the California Legis-
lature, the charge was made by Mar
Gus ID. Boruck, ex-Clerk Of the Assem-
bly,. and editor Of the Spirit Of the
Times. that q certain member OF the
Legislature had been offered some two
thousand dollars In gold notes to vote
In the interest OF Booth. The charge
was made 9 boldly and frequently as
to become matter OF general discus
sion. IL Was taken up by sunary Cali
fornia journals which had opposed
Booth and used rs 4 text against the
assertions OF Booths friends, that no
money had been used to elect him.
Calls were made for an investigation,
which Boruck openly and defiantly
courted. until Il was deemed best, both
by the friends and spponents Ct Booth
In tho Legislature, to order n Commit
tee appointed aud an inquiry to DO In
stituted.
Accordingly. . resolution to that
effect was passed, and the following
gentlemen were appointed As said
Committee. viz: Summers, Amerman,
Cogglns, Freeman. Norton aud Sem
pers. They met last Wednesday even-
Ing In the rooms Of the Sergeant-at-
Arms. Amerman suggested that the
proceedings be secret, bnt the motion
was not sustained. n. Greene Curtis
appeared with Mr.. Boruck, and an.
nouneed that he ~ there, not to pros
ecute. but to assist Mr.. Boruck to sub
stantiate hls assertion. Mr.. b. was
then called. and testified that Hon. J..
9. Carter, Of Yuba, had told him that
on December 10Th he Carter had been
offered $4,000 Ito leave Shsfter and
90 for Booth" One Vincent Ryan
vas also placed upon the stand, aud
testified that Mr.. Northrup, n Demo-
crat, had told him that he had been Of
fcred 5000 to change his vote iron
Farley to Booth, but that Northrup
refused TO tell who had made him the
ofrsr. Mr.. Nsrthrup was aiterward
called to the stand and denied
the statement made by Ryan; not
SO, however, with Mr.. Carter, who,
being called upon. fully s~nbstantiated
the testimony Of Mr.. Boruck, and
stated that one Richard Brown, En-
rolling Clerk OF tho Assembly, had
made him the offer. Several gentlemen
were afterward called upon to testify.
who all denied any knowledge OF bril-
berry from any source whatever, or OF
any knowledge that the man Brown
was working for Governor Booth. We
have taken this summary OF testimony
from the San Franclsco litd, which
says the investigation Is not yet ended.
Although the charges made by Mr..
Boruck are fully substantlated, moth
Ing has been proven which, In the
least, tends to show that Gov. Booth
or his prominent friends knew any
thing OF this man Brown or his illegal
efforts In the Booth interest. Other
developments may put q different
phase upon the matter. Enough Is
now known, however. TO contradict
the assertion OF u morning contem-
porary that neither money nor other
Illegal means were used to secure
Booths election. and to show that
even In the Dolly Warden ranks there
may DO men who are not especially
scrupulous as to the mean used to at
tain their wished for ends. Corrup-
tlon msy affect to put on interruption.
but tbs deadly virus remains and
sooner or later will manifest itself In
new and more disgusting ulcers. We
we're somewhat incredulous when tbs
Enterprise made the assertion. but re-
fieciing that all things were possible
with the Almighty, did not presume
to question the veraclty OF Its state
inents. The facts proven, however,
must either cause n disbelief In Divine