Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-12
TACKERS attacked. ''SwIF1''
RETRlBUTION.

TACKERs ATTACKED. ''SwIFT''
RETRlBUTION.
Before q railroad is born and while il
IS yet q mere project in the womb OF
time its birth is looked forward to by
the accoucheurs and lying-in nurses OF
public performances with curiosity and
solicitude. Duly born. it is cuddled.
pappsd. swaddled and allowed its own
way. We speak of railroad in this
semi parablous fashion. having the Pa
cifc Railroads conception, period Of
embryonate formation and parturition
in mind We indicate its history. When
it fairly got on its feet it began to
experience the hard knocks of baby
hood. and. at length, the troubles Of
puberty and adolescence. Nov it is
pestered and worried with the cares of
maturity and full parentage. Perhaps
We may be accused Of forcing . simile.
We are conscious Of right, and do not
care if We are. We write wholly inno-
cent of pass. Our imagination is free:
our mode of treatment is our own: We
are neither subsidized nor paralysed.
Booth. his powers Of observation in
creased by tho belladonna like influences
of Sam Seabansh and prompted BY the
vinegar infi!trated whisky fed mind Of
old Jim Anthony, saw that . tidal wave
was rising in the tuls and along the foot
hills of California. and in small mining
camps and sheep ranges against the
Central Pacific Railway. Newton, duly
coached. was set up ~ the figure head
Of this opposition to monopoly. and
even tho crusaders and water logged
teetotalers forgetting that he kept job
biDg shop for the sale Of rum and gum.
noisfed his banner 1t il known TO the
intelligent reader that Mr.. Booth now
bears upon his shoulders the toRa Of a
Senator. The toea has always been the
Official mantilla of Senator Who il .
Wholesale and retail Rum I'm.
Time flies apacs. Mr.. Booth has
climbed to the top Of this huge mouldsr-
ing monument Of Rum. and hangs. hiss
ing at the loblsr man below. He 10 or
il about to be. like unto another Catalins
in presence Of the Conscript Fathers.
The aceuser stands high up among the
ranks Of the accused. The Post - vs
shall zee By the following. puts N. B. to
his pureation. He has already been
baptized in the fire which gets projected
at the head Of the Senator who makes
his maiden speech. He sugagarsd OF
his Senatorial maidenhood in his arGu-
nsnt against the Kanaka Treaty. He
set himself up in business political when
he voted himself and Andy johnson into
. squad BY themselves on the Louisiana
Resolutions Nov he gets . hard re-
viewing at the hands Of the E1assi,er;
and again he gets ksenly probed BY the
Post. Says that paper in answer to csr-
tain laudations Of Booth by the Bulletin:
In the adoption Of the Codes the Law
to the Board Of Harbor Com
missionsrs was rs-enActed, and passed
both houses Of the Legislature in prsci-
sely it's original language. without alter
alton or emission. This vas four years
ego. At the following election the Gov
slnor issuo1 . proclamation. but to the
aD1oaishmsnt of every one. Harbor Com
0isin0srs we're omitted from the list.
This led to the examination Of the
Codes. when the astounding discovery
vas made that the two sections of the
eods a it passed The Legislature. pro-
viding for the election Of Hsrbor Com
missio0sgs. had bsen omitted from the
printed copies. OF course there could
have been but one object in thus tanper-
ing With the law, and that object was to
give the appointment of HsTbor Com
missioners to the Governor
The Post proceeds f,om this to make
the further statement Of Q vsllknown
fast. namely. that bill passed by the
Legislature curing the omission was We
toed by the Governor. saying: "Ths
0ovsrnor vetoed the bill. and to sustain
his veto he used the powe, at his COM
mand - no Governor of California ever
used it before. Senators and Assembly
mon we're threatened from Gubernatorial
headquarters that their local bills would
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