Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-27
CARSON CITY.


public Affairs, with town politics. coun-
~ conventions and the business Of the
State for many yes-s.-holeing Office
in many different capacities in all these
years-he is either a very reckless man
or . man with q singularly pure record
to stand up in . great public meeting
and invite a close and critical scrutiny OF
what he has done as 8 man, an officer. o
husband and father. In 1850 George
Gorbam Was clerk to the Alcade of
Marysville, Hon. Stephen J. Field. now
Of tho Supreme Cour: of the United
States. We FIRST knew him when he was
. deputy in the City Marshals Office
there. He was subsequently deputy
Sheriff under Matt Wood; and City Clerk
for . term or two. Between whites he
wrote, in his clear stin2ing style for the
nexspapers-was too busy q thinker to
keep his pen still. All these years were
spent in Marysville, which town was sl-
ways ringing with his life and Uit. Never
lost q friend there, nor elsewhere. and
be bad great troops Of them. In 1850
81 he was enrolling clerk Of the Cal
hornia Senate. and while holding that
place was called to take editorial charge
of Marysville paper. In 1869 or SO he
had charge of the Orphans Home at
Narysville; and in 1854. 60. sc. and a
part of u he was clerk of the United
States Circuit Court under Judge Field.
While be held this clerkship be Was in
vited BY Governor Low to be ST the head
OF his-the Observation-Disclosures. He
acted as private secretary for several
months. Since 1863 GorhaIn has been
Secretary of the Senate cf the United
States.
With this list of office holdings be-
hind him Mr.. Gorham, in his speech a;
the great meeting held at Union Hall on
last Thursday night said: II have lived
for eight years under the eon.umeiy and
and the denunciatioDs of nv enemies in
this State because thought i. was not
becoming in any man to parade himself
before you It vas not because l did
not defy Investigation long ago. was
the Republican candidate for Governor
once in this Stste and 1 invited my
enemies to make specifications. You
never heard any; and 1 now say to them.
one and 81. that everything in my pub
lie record and in my private Transactions
With man, sye, and with woman tools
public property. 1 remove all injunc-
tons Of secrecy from all lips" We say
that a man who has SO long dealt with
public affairs us Mr.. Gorham has, mast
either be a very reckless man or siDgu-
larly pure one thus to invite criticism of
his public and private acts.
And now. what OF George Gorham?
What possible response can come to this
defiance Of his enemies? The villainous
liars and characier-thieves who have
controlled the so-styled Independent
press of California began by assuming,
in general terms. as if nobody thought
of questioning the matter. that Cor
ham" was the synonym for political
knavery and the prostitution of public du-
ties to private ends. This being assumed,
sll that was necessary TO produce the de-
sired effect was to shake "Gorham'' in
the face Of the public and the deprayiiy
Of the act or thing denounced was evil
denf. This has lasted since the simmer
of 1867. II was begun By the Sacra-
mento Union and re-echoed by the San
Francisco Bulletin until "Gorham" got
to be by-word in some quarters-in too
many. indeed. The other day BIZ. Gorham
vent to Sacram. INTO and made quiet,
modest speech, observing the CONVEX
tionalities and prophecies, and all that.
Mr.. Booth was in the audience. Some
nights subsequent, Mr.. Booth gets out
upon tho balcony of his Wholesale gro
Gerry and liquor store on the Sacramento
levee, and replies to Mr.. Gorbam's i'm