Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-05-12

The San Francisco Bulletin says that
in the California political campaign just
opened there are no national issues in
volved. The Bulletin is right, the con-
test just opened in California ought to
have nothing to do with national politics
and should be used by the people to &C.
lect men for their Legislature, State and
local offices, whose honesty can be relied
upon and whose abilities afford reason
able guarantee that they will capably
discharge their duties. The peoples
persistent enemy, the Central Pacific
Railroad, with its faithful allies, the land
grabbers and the professional politicians.
are already in the field seeking to con-
troll the campaign to suit their own pur-
poses. With the finest climate and the
richest country in the world. both as
regards mineral resources and agricul-
tural products. a very large part OF Cali
fornia is languishing, with its natural
resources unieveloped, while the citizens
of those localities are over burdened with
public imposts which forms a heavy ad-
dition to the embarrassed circumstances
OF many. The causes producing this UNI
fortunate condition are several. One
being the exhaustion OF the placers and
consequent decline of the prosperity of
the mountain countless another is, former
extravaganza which thoughtlessly in
CURED municipal debts, the liquidation
of which is now nearly hopeless; an
other is the land-grabbing system pur-
sued by capitalists, and still another, is
the Pacific Railroad. the managers of
which seem to thing that California is
fief or principality OF which they are tho
suzerains. These, and other things, have
produced in California an abnormal con-
dition of affairs. Many sections seeming
to become old, wornout aud decrepit,
while they were in tho first blush of
youth. As regards the decay of tho placer
mining camps that could not be avoided.
That depended upon the question of ex-
haustion and when that was decided,
then the inevitable fate of desertion could
not be helped But the other elements
in the POLLEN could have been controlled.
Instead of that, things went on at loose
ends until the Legislature became the
mere registrar Of the DEGREES of the Rail
road and few land-grabbers. The result
was as might be expected, distress and
hard times for the many, while few be.
came exceptionally rich. Taxes have
increased 30 greatly that they are sore
burden, while officials seem to do moth.
ing but swindle. These are all notorious
tangible facts, the existence of which is
the common daily talk of all classes, the
best of whom are seeking to find rem
edy for these evils. Yet here comes @
parcel of brazen-faced, loud-tongued pol.
iticians at the head OF whom appear
Sargent and George Gorham on one side
and lot Of antedeluvian mummies on the
other, and tell tho Californians that the,
need not trouble their heads about State
affairs but should attend to national mat
tiers. Was ever heard so preposteroul
and impudent an assertion. Here is
State tho people of which are sufferin,
from the exactions OF monster monop
oily as regards transportation, another a
regards the ownership of lands, groun,
to the earth with enormous taxes, robbie,
daily by plundering officials, whom
recreant and unfaithful grand juries dar,
not or do not indict, yet they are tolt
that there is nothing to remedy, to i'm
prove, to defend in their own State, bu
all they have to do is to take care OF ma
tional affairs. Could the face of men
dacious impudence further go.