The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02
Letter from California.

SAN FRANCISCO, October Goth, '76.
Ed. REPuBLICAS:-W are having
most beautiful weather, crops of all
kinds throughout the Pacific Coast are
good, and the country, generally speak.
ing, is in prosperous condition. The
Stock Market (Mining) has been some-
what depressed for q few weeks, but it
is only n matter of time when that will
be all right. Edwin Booth is playing a
successful engagement at the California
Theater, and il we Western people are
judges. he is trump in the role of
tragedian. The 9th inst. was San
francisco's Centennial Anniversary,
which was appropriately celebrated OH
the Sth under the auspices ofthe Catho-
lie Church. San Francisco was first
settled : band of Missio's- es on the
9th day October, 177G, AID s, me of
the adobe buildings erected at that
time, are yet prominent land marks of
the City among the most important of
which is the Church. which has been
constantly occupied from that time to
the present, and is now in o good state
of preservation. After the regular SER
Vice at that place on the morning of the
8th. u procession was formed, composed
of the different Catholic Cong regations,
and outshoots thereof, large delega-
ton Of Military, &C.. &C., which,
when in line of march, was two and
one half miles in length, and, to say
the least, presented grand appear
auce. And now, if you will indulge
me, l will attempt to hash up little
POLITICS,
So far as the Presidential contest is
jnccrncd, the Pacific Coast is COM
posed of three States, viz: California,
Oregon and Nevada, and the popula-
tion is woefully mixed. Mining is the
leading industry in the State of Nevada,
and as Silver producing Country, it
has no equal. The miners are Ameri-
cans, English, Germans, Welch and.
occasionally, representative of some
other nation. AS whole they are in
telligent, industrious, energetic and
law abiding, people. In politics there
has often local questions sprang up in
that state that have settled the destinies
of candidates for office, and caused the
honors to be divided between the differ
ent' political parties. But in all cases
where the issues have been entirely po-
litical, the state has 90 Republican,
and as they have no local issues TO set
tie in this contest, it is safe to estimate
that it will give Hayes & Wheeler its
three electoral votes by a handsome ma
ority. The State OF Oregon, also, has
three electoral votes to be commanded
by either one party or the other. The
principal business Of that state is agri-
culture, and am sorry to say that rs a
class, the people do not equal the mi
ners of the state Of Nevada in energy,
industry and Intelligence. There are
many people in that state who emil
grated from the South in early days,
that still retain the prejudiccs they
brought with them, and every man of
that class will vote the Democratic ticket
which, in measure, accounts for Ore
gon having frequently gone Democratic.
However. it is evident that there is
slowly revolution going on there in
the minds of the people and it is to be
hoped that it has sufficiently advanced
to defeat the Democracy in tho near
approaching contest. California boasts
OF various branches OF industry, viz /:
Agriculture. Horticulture, Mining,
Manufacturing, Commercial, &C., &c.,
which forms q combination of different
Interests, and affords occupation for
the energetic. industrious, and intelli-
gent, class of almost all branches OF
business. Politically, We, like tho state
of Nevada. have often had local ques-
tions and controversies to settle, that
divided the honors between the differ
ent parties but every time we get a
square party vote the state goes Re-
publican by good round majority;
and that being the case the Democracy
are eternally trying to throw fire brands
in the Republicans ranks to cause dis
sension. But this year we are united
and solid as Gibraltar. At the state cleo.
tion one year ago, the Republican party
was divided. and the Democrats being
solid, walked over the track, and cleo.
ted their candidates, which encourages
them to renewed action in this election
aud tho Republicans, sensitive to their
defeat last year, are equally energetic