Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-02-02
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About the only newspaper In Ciifor.
mia. the only one Of prominence among
u exchanges. that has a~polocized for
and deprsca.insly defended the high.
handed outrage Of the Senate upon the
San Francisco CAroaies. and through Il
the press OF our sister State. ia the cir.
cular owned and issued by the Central
Pacific Railroad Company in sAera-
m-nto, known rs the Record. Union.
This organ Of Leland Stanford 10 the
successor OF an able journal which al
one time welded. more infnsscs than
any newspaper published in California.
We refer 10 the Union. The Record vas
was started BY Stanford 4 Co. to run
OUT the Sacramento Union. Backedby
almost uBlimitrd capital. IL vas for a
long time Published nj a large loas.
whilo its issues were distributed gratis
along the line OF the railroad and mailed
in packages to interior towns. AZ an
adjunct to its circulation and obstrue-
ton to the Union. the nswsboys upon
the railroads controlled by Stanford L
Co. were forbidden 10 sell the Inter up
ON their routes. Even this would never
have destroyed tho Sacramento Union.
hal IL remained true TO itself and the
Republican party. which IL hal for
year, supported. But the managers Of
that paper made q fatal mistake BY
switching OF upon the side track
81 . third party movement and
gavo the Record. which claimed
to DO strictly Republican. tho advantage.
This Il was not allow to improve. and the
inevitable result vas the decadsuse OF
the Union In circulation and influence.
The Union VA sold TO the ovnsrs Of the
Rsooci; both papers were merged under
the name OF the Rsoori- Union, and the
new paper followed in the groove marked
out for IL BY is masters, the Central Pa
clio Railroad Company. From being q
Rspublican paper. IL became a mongrsl.
Last year IL assumed quasi independent
attitude. with Democratic leanings. and
its columns we're allied with i~nsinua-
tons against Republican leaders and lau-
dations Of their Democratic opponents.
The Record Union is essentially q toady.
II caters to the vhims Of tho majority
In the California Legislature. be-
causs IL Is the interest OF Stanford TO
keep their friendship. Acting under
this impulse. 1t apologies for the Demo
cratic raid inauguratsd upon The press
Of California. and defends them from
the charge Of gross injustice BY soph-
isms and vsrbosity. II has not said a
manful word during tho whole affair.
II dare not do 90. II its editors have
manly instincts which revolt at tho in
dignity put upon the profession Of jour.
nalism by the cowardly assault Of VIII
COZ. and supplemented by the three
prsss-muxzling bills. since introduced
in the Senate. they dare not
whisper q word to indicate the fact. On
the contrary. with mealy mouthinss the
Record. Union apologies for the Senate.
and with faint praise damns the princi.
Piles Of freedom sought 10 be established
by the opponents Of such legislation.
Apropos Of this subject. and as express
ing the views Of nins-tsnths OF the jour.
nalistio profession upon this coast. We
extract the following from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle OF yesterday;
eli the Chroniels WAS the paid lacksy
OF q corporation; II IL was but n psn-
sonsr upon . rich mans bounty; 10 ii
was the plaything and kept mistress Of
Mr.. Monsybags, 10 would do jast what
The Sacramento Record Union il doing -
Il would toady TO Legislators and become
their spologist. lsst they might punish
the power that supports u. II would put
on the ain Of . pruds. and sndssvor to
look innocent and modest: II would a.
sumo . virtue. u ID had IL not; il would
.prass Of principles violated and take
advantage Of every wrong done BY po-
litical fanatics against a more pros
porous and fio~urishing contemporary. a.
y means Of Illustrating It's disintsrestsd.
heightened and m~sgnanimous impartial
ity. The Record Union distributes one
hundred and fourteen papers to the eit-
Gems OF San Francisco. II has q eircu.
circulation Of about tw~snty-ssven hun
drsd dailies in Sacramento and its i'm
mediate vicinity ; il 10 sold on the rail-
road ID has especial service 10 perform
whom the Legislature 10 In ssssion-for
M hundred days In ssch two years IL
has work TO do. and during the balance
Of the years this village oracle has am
pie time and space to devote to amsni-
tiss and department Its criticisms upon
metropolitan journals have the sams 81.
feet - the barking Of q black-and.tan
terrier upon the imaginary dog in the
moon. II the man in the moon ever
hears II. he has no time to come down
and kick the barking cur ; and II he did.
the vhiffst would bark ON.
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