Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25
SENATOR BOOTHS SPEECH.

as . deliberately formed and purposeful
expression of the IDEAS which he repre-
sents and the purposes of which he is
the chief exponent. we come to regard
him AS the figure-head, not alone of the
Pacific Coast Impracticables. but as the
champion-in-trainins Of the Independ-
snt. Bohemian Press for the Presiden-
tial contest. II. is reported by the San
Francisco papers as very emphatic in
declaring no compromise or fusion with
either of the existing parties; and with a
show of selfreliance and confidence Of
success which would be heroic if it were
not vain-glorious and fippant, he de-
e!sres that the Peoples Independent
Party has no bridges behind it for re-
treat" The answer to this boast is
ready at hand: For party that has no
destination which it dare declare and
no purpose but that OF placing obstacles
in the way of other parties: and having no
highways Of its own. needs no bridges
either before or behind it. What Mr.
Booth aimed to say was that he and his
party had taken a step in advance Of e1-
isting parties and would not turn back.
His position is an impudent assumption.
The bridge that carried him to fortune
vas the Republican Party; and like
ornthar hn 10 ,,nsbYnc
hut curses fox the bridge that took him
safely across the stream which divides
the habitat of obscurity from the abiding
places OF political distinction. So far as
himself is concerned. Mr. Booths allu-
sion to the bridges that lie behind him
vas an unfortunate one. It suggests a
train Of comments which would por-
tray his present position in an unen-
viable light.
Having disposed of few pet phrases
and nobody loves to dress his speech
in catch-lines better than he,-Mr. Booth
proceeds to the delivery Of what he seems
an apt scholar in acquiring. the slang
md jargon Of the demagosue. In the
pursuit of the unhandsome duties of a
the Senator unblushinely begs
he question Of party issues by assum-
ng that in order to secure An honest gov
lrnment for San Francisco il is necessary
o ignore, in advance, the great questions
which lie between the party that saved
he nation and the party that was will
og to see the Republic suudered to save
constitutional bubble of its own
onjuring. 1t is evident that NJ. Booth |
Ices not mean 70 have himself lost sight !
i as a candidate for the Presidency at
he hands of the Independents. What |
le has said and the manner and time Of |
lis saying it indicate plan of procedure
4 the framing Of which, 70 doubt, he |
las had the cooperation Of the Sc ne nj ans |
# the East. His present attitude, rs we
,elieve, is the result Of calcus. or |
cany caucusscs in v hicll himself, sam |
;owles, Whitelaw Ried ct al, have par
icipated. He and they are t. boldly |
ustain the impairment assumption that
10Th parties are rotten with corruption
ndthat with themselves as Independents |
esides all that looks to the amelioration |
+ the deplorable condition Of down
rodden people. Behind all this, if they
an fetch it, will come the power of the
associated Press. 1t must De remember
/ that Simonton and the Bullein sur
i've the death of the Sacramento Union.
Certainly the history of American pol
tics reveals the progress Of but few men
those aptness in learning the dark ways
i political decentralization e1cels
Booths. The facility and freedom from
of conscience with which
.e violated his pledges and became a
andidate fox the Senate: and the utter
7ant of feeling with which he seeded
rom the party at whose hands he was
made Governor OF California. seem to
ave been fitting prelude to Lis deyel-
pment into a dcInagogue OF the most