Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-16

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BOLD Hill. FRIDAY. July 10. 1875
CHARACTER IN CANDIDATES.
Then q tho case becomes more des-
psrate, Sargent attacks Bidvell's land
lille. Pray, what has that 10 do With
local issuesl What has the good OF bad
title Of any citizen 70 real estate 10 do
With the issues which have been sonars-
~ made BY the Independents OF Caiifor-
mar
The above extract 10 from an editorial
in The San Franciseo BalAia Of Tues
day last. devoted 10 the defense Of Bid
we'll against Senator sargsnt's charges
OF fraud in relation TO the formers pos
session Of 5000 asrss Of Government
land in Butte county. Cal. The Baldis.
after . faint and squivocal effort al do
fsnss. In despair switches OF in The above
manner and wants 10 know what Bid
wells land title has to do with local Is
sues. Il says. In effect: ''supposs Bid
veil did steal 20. 900 acres Of land from
the Government, what relation has that
10 the question OF fares and frsights,"
or Suppose he did pay Jers. Black or
his partner Q bonus for diminishing an
appeal 70 tho Supreme Court, what has
that 10 do with regulating tho price Of
gas and water In San Francisco" Not
much directly Mr.. Baletin, but indirectly
. vast deal. The Independent party Of
California had il inception on the 'truly
good theory. II Vas started ON the basis
Of superior morality both ON the part Of
its members and nominees. II claimed
and still declares its principles and NOM
insss TO b tho only mos worthy the
support Of California electors. II mado
IL hnt hght and won It's only victory
the election Of Booth-on the "goody.
goody" basis. and this year comes b.
fore the people with elaspcd hands and
sanctinonious expression. demanding
their e-ountsnancs and support. It's
organs dscry the nominees Of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. charge
them with insincsrty. and at the same
time invite attention to tho superior vir-
tines Of the Independent nominees. No
ono has dared to intimate that either
Phelps or Irwin have been guilty OF
crime. Neither their personal nor po-
litical record can 10 30 tortured ~ 10
justify such q charge. But whom from
Court rscords-ths highest testimony
which can bs offered before q court OF
law-it Is shown oonclusivsly that acts
have been committed which, II they
do not distinctly prove. at loast smack
strongly Of bribery and fraud. the Bais-
tin, after q futile attempt at denial,
msjsstically inquiries "what p~ertinenes
they have to local issues" 1t
seems TO us that they have much to DO
with thems Does the BaAttin claim that
character has nothing to do with fitness
for once, viii II maintain that the
record made BY q public man has nanght
70 do with his recommendations Tor OIL
nosf Is II prepared to assert that per-
sonal integrity Is not an indispensable
element Of fitness for executive P%osition'
Has the character OF a nominee nansht
70 do with the local Issues upon which,
II elected. he will b esllei upon to de-
cids1 We arc aware that heretofore.
the history Of the Independent party
would seem 10 answer all these quea.
tons in the negative. It Is true. that
the leader OF tho Independent party OF