The New York herald., 1875-08-31
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION.

THE CANDIDATES IN THE FnLD-THE PLATFORMS
ADoPTED-AN ACRIMONIOUS PERSONAL CAM
PAIGN-rHE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
SENATE AssAIIs SENATOR DooTH-''BILLY'
CARR AS AN ADMINISTRATION POLITICIAN.
The state election that takes place morrow in Cali
ornia opens the fall political campaign for 1876 An
entire State ticket, with full delegation Congress-
are to be chosen and the people OF the Golden Common
wealth have the privilege Of making selections OF their
rulers until 1879 the candidates presented by four
distinct parties. However OF the organizations
the tempcrance-is weak to be hardly worth
tionng except far its existence tends TO cripple
the republicans.
Something two years ago Newton Booth, then
Governor OF California. became ambitious to attain
seat in the United States Senate and having consdcra
bic following broke loose from the administration
party, to which he had been long attached, and
which had conferred its highest honors
him. He pronounced the republican organization
to be rotten and efecting alliance with disaffeced
democrats succeeded in creating a party, which
was called the Peoples Independent party. Booth de-
clared war against the graspng policy Of the Central
Pacific Railroad which really aimed control every
branch OF tho State and municipal governments
for its own purposes. The election two years ago eft
the republicans in a small minority in the Legislature,
and Booth elected to the Senate by democratic and
independent votes to succeed Eugene Cassery, who
signed at that time.
THE INDEPENDENT CALIFORNIA
is now composed almost altogether Of republicans the
independent democrats having nearly all gone back to
their old party. When the conventions were about
meeting in the summer George G. Gorham Secretary of
the United States Senate, with Senator Aaron Sar-
gent set out from Washington to control the admin
stration forces The contest opened bitter one
and the two gentlemen named determined to fight it out
to the end 1t must be admitted that both are very un
popular among all classes of people in California
who believe that they Interested in jobs which If
successful, would be detrimental to the public
good Gorham, candidate for Governor
himself with complete plan OF campaign
and a platform already constructed. "Blly"
arr, a notorious politician, well posted as
to primary election tactics, and with plenty OF money
was his chief adjuant, and difficulty was encoun-
tered in managing the Republican State Convention
The resoluons-One opposed a third term in mild
form-and the candidates according to the wishes
of the cmssaries from Washington-Sargent Gorham
and Carr.
SARGENT AND GoRHAM VS. BOOTH
The two first opened the campaign by charging Bid
well, the independent candidate for Governor, with
having secured large and valuable tract of public
land from the government by rather questionable
means. In fact they spoke very plain English the
subject Tho singular spectacle next presented
OF Gorham assaillng Senator Booth trickster a
traitor and MS one whose public addresses made
spondcd to the secretary OF tho body Of which he
member in language no less pointed and matters went
on in this way up to the latest dates. Tho democrats
thoroughly canyassed the state and seemed the
first to be confident OF success. Gorham, who has
aspirations for the Senate declared that the repub
party had to die he determined to assist the
obscquies Sargent did not his by defend
ing the Washington Ring Sheridans conduct at New
Orleans and other similar acts and his previous con
necton with the Goat Island job madc him obnoxious
to the people at large.
THE PLATFORMS.
| Th0 1padi rnorfp IN outd otho
In fulmnatons against railroad monopolies The lead
ing the questions of irrigation, tax reforms
and reform in municipal government The republican
platform covered all these points and included strange
to say an anti-third term plank though not of very
emphatic tone At the Democratic State Convention
resolutions were adopted dcnouncing federal nterfer
the domestic concerns Of the States ofhc Union
and the corruptions and nepotism that characterize
the present administration of national affairs. The
public school system was highly applauded and the ap-
pication of the school fund to any other purpose than
authorized by the constitution rcprehendcd 1t
declared that it the duty of the Legislature to
regulate all corporatonsrairoad gas, telegraph and
to limit their charges in the the
public, and to compel them to the people
sonablc rates Prohibition and land monopoes were
also condemned The independents almost entirely
confined themselves TO local matters and in their plat
form had little or nothing to say on national afairs.
The claim OF Senator Booth that the independents
stitute national party has been treated during the
campaign with some degree OF contempt, and the
attempt Of putting that gentleman forward proba-
bic candidate for the Presidency in 1876 rdicued
every occasion that republican and democratic
speakers addressed the people. He was more bitterly
aSsatled Oy MS former friends than his old
time opponents and during the past few weeks the
campaign has been carried on more in regard the
character and anecedcns Of candidates than the
principles embraced in platforms.
NOMINEES STATE OFFICERS.
Appended is n list of the candidates nominated by
the three parties for State Offices The parties chosen
will hold Office for four years. They all men OF
prominence IN the State and stand wel:-
Repu5,iua Demo-atie Independent
7. G. Phelps. William Irwin. John Bidwe.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
j.. nj. .Jn A. Johnson .R. Pacheco.
SECRETARY or STATE.
Edward Hallett. Thomas Beck. William Rousch
COMPTROLLER.
J. J. Green.........J w Vaudeville. L. K. Crane
Robert Gardner. William Mirris... E. Twitche.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
r. d. Sawyer -. -. 10. Hamilton. 80. Peter Van ClieE
SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Il. s. Carr. r..........O L. Fitzgerald 3D. NJ Quinn.
TREAsuRER.
William Beckman. u. G. Estudlo Ferdinand Baer.
SUPREME
@. !. Taggart. d. Is. Woolh. Paul Morrill,
Phelps the republican candidate for Governor served
in Congress several years Irwin is the present Lieu
tenant Governor Bidwell was beaten eight years ago
by Gorham in n republican convention candidate for
Governor and Gorham beaten in turn by the peo-
pie. Romualdo Pacheco, native Californian, Is the
present Governor. He elected in 1871 Lieutenant
Governor, and succeeded Booth who sent to the
United States Senate
Tho temperance candidates for State officers have
dcrgonc many changes that 1t difficult TO give
correct list
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
Dis. Repgbiorn. Democratic Independent
l. Ira z. Rankin. VIM A. Piper John +. Swift.
2 II. r. Page. Henry Iarkin &c. 4. Tuttle