Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-07
NoT MEpEi.Y A CAMPAIGN QuEs-
TION.

MN MERELY A CAMPAIGN CUES
rION.
In reply to u dispatch s'ns oy
Washington correspondent Of the Chi
Times 10 that paper. and thsnes
autographed to this Coast. charging ssn-
..or Sargent With unworthy and corrupt
motives in introducing and procuring
the psaaes Of the Placer Mining bill.
ths Senator has written q lsttsr 70 the
Record. Union. which 10 publishsd In
that journal. Mr.. Sargent sntsrs into
q detailed history Of the bill. and shows
that il was passed at the earnest soliea-
ta.ion Of placer miners in California
Its object was 10 enable persons holding
posssssory claims 10 this sort Of mines
70 perfect their title thereto. BY Purchas-
ing the land OF the Government. Ssna-
tor Sargent states that he and his part
nsr, Mr.. Jacobs. had bought. Isars
before there was . United States
mining Law. Of companies OF
miners Who had themselves owned
them for years. claims for which
they Sargent and Jacobs) paid In the
Aggregate over 100000 10 these minsrs;
that no and his partner held these
claims and worked them for ysan be-
fore he went 10 Congress, and had the
sams title that other miners had. dc
states . wsli-knovn fact. that this mere
posssssory right did not give suf'eisnt
security for the outlay Of large nuns Of
money required TO develop and work
the mines, and there was . general do
mand for tho Law which no at q later
date introduced. This Law allows minsn
10 buy Of the Government the claims
they held under miners laws. but future
locations we're restricted to l6o aerss.
Under the provisions Of this Law. which
applied TO their claims equally with
all others. the Senator and his
partner paid for and obtained
nom the Government patent.
for tho claims they then held and o.
which they had owned for ysars the pos
essory right. Mr.. Sargent says he falls
TO see Why he had not as good q right q
any one else 70 bay Of the Government
the title 70 the claims he had long before
purchased Of his fellow miners. So do
We. The Law was general in its app,i-
cation; was demanded BY. and an act
Of justice TO the miners. and Mr.. sar-
gent a. much a. any other citizen had .
right 10 avail himself Of its benefits.
There was nothing undsrhandsd about
tho matter and IL was not necessary for
Bidwsli 10 employ agents to 60 to
Washington 10 look over the records, for
they are 70 DO seen In the Sacramento
Land Ofacs and the Office Of the United
States Surveyor General. Mr.. Sargent.
in concluding his letter, invites the full
ct and frsest investigation Of everything
connecting him with tho bill or his pat
ents Hereunder. He says he does not
live In . glass house. and. therefore. Is
not afraid Of stones.
Thus falls to the ground this bugbsar
trunpsd up at the instance Of Mr.. sar-
gents opponents. and publishsd with
the manifest Object Of divsrting the al
tsntion Of the public from the grave 90.
susaiions now resting against the indie
pendent candidate for Governor Of
California. The charges against the
Senator fall TO tho ground. They never
wsro material. - he is not . candidate
for ofieo. Hut those against Bidwsll
still remain Of record. They do notrsst
upon oral testimony. but are logical do
auctions from Court records. They
have not been rebuttsd. Il is doubtful
II they . b. Senator Sargent has the
reputation Of psrsistsncy. . trait he has
manifested in many instances while
Senator. The letter We have referred 10
concludes = follows: 81 10 not intend
forrest sntil Mr.. Bidwell Il vindicstsd or
the Government gets its rights" This
means that the question Of Bid
wells title 10 tho Chico ranch 10
not merely . campaign issue /; that IL Ia
not 70 be dropped after election day =
and that whether Bidwsll DO after that
day q plain farmer or Governor Of Cali
fsrnia. he will bs forced to show how
and by what means the title to the land
no occupies was acquired. We venture
10 assert that the Chico statesman has
long ere this wished himself we'll out
Of politics; that he even now curses
the ambition which has thus opened .
secret history Il wero better 10 have
locked mp. The organs Of tho INDIE
pendent party have been powsrless to
ward Oh or parry the blow thus given
their chief candidate. Senator Sargent
will follow this case mp. He has said
30. and . what he says. II looks
a. IL there were serious trouble ahead
for Mr. Bidwell. and that the chances
for his election. after all. may b better
than those for holding possession Of the
ranch he occupies under such peculiar
circumstances.
THE New York Tribune says the prop
osition TO run two members OF the same
family on the Democratic ticket Of that
State moves the Boston Journal to try
its hand on q family ticket for Mass
achusetts. Here is tho result: "For
Governor Charles Francis Adams Ind
For Secretary Of State John Quincy
Adams (Dem.) For Trcssurer-Chas.
Francis Adams. Jr. (Rep.) For Auditor
Henry Adams (Ind.) For Attorney
General Brooks Adams (Isep.)'' The