Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-06
GROVER AND IRWIN.


The action of :he California Democracy
In endorsing the stealing OF the Oregon
Electoral vote by Grover, acquires addi-
tional significance from the fact that CAL
ifornia's Governor, Irwin, has been prom
inent in the ovations given to Grover,
and at that at Sacramento gave u.terance
to sentiments opprobatory OF the act, say
ing, in effect, that had the case been the
same in California as it was in Oregon,
be should have followed the same course.
Heretofore, no Democrat in California
has stood higher in the estimation Of the
Republicans of the State than William
Irwin. In the Northern District, where
he resided, we have often heard the re-
mark made by staunch Republicans, that
it was their wish that he would receive
the Congressional nomination of his party,
that if the District was to be represented
by Democrat, it was desirable that the
representative should be one in whom
people Of all parties could have conf
dence one whose abilities should be such
as TO command the respect of his associ-
ates in Congress, while his integrity of
character would be a sufficient guarantee
that his talents would always be put to
the right use. Ii he, instead Of Luttrell,
had received the Democratic nomination
against CoghIan, he would have got a
great deal larger Republican vote.
The same feeling went into the canvass
year ago, when Mr.. Irwin received
the nomination of his party for Governor
/ The vote he then received was more tlIan
the combined vote for Phelps and Bid
well. This large increase of votes came,
of course, from Conservative Republican:
! who preferred him to either Of the others
believing he would be the Governor o.
the neople, not Of the Democratic party
In this belief, not only Irwin, but thu
ticket he headed received support whicl
would not have been given to IL II LED by
another, and the State followed it up by
IL sweeping Democratic triumph. Ina
this was not because the State was Den!
ocratic is proved by the result OF the las
standing the incubus of the Chinese qI.es
ton it has gone tor the Republican nomi.
nees. Without doubt, any Democrat
would have been elected Il year ago in the
divided condition Of the Republican party
but no other man could have carried the
strength both for himself and party which
Mr.. Irwin did.
We are sorry that this confidence fell
! by all classes in Mr.. Irwin proves to have
been misplaced (; that he is showing him
self to be partisan of the narrowest
most bigoted order. lie lends his higl
name and the name of his high and hon
orable position IL sanction fraud of the
mJst glaring type upop the people OF
sister State, solely because the party .
which he is a member will reap niear
advantage thereby. Worse than this, he
has publicly stated that he, too, as Gov.
ernor Of the State, would have robbed
the people Of California Of their right.
had opportunity offered, that had SINH
lar question to that of Oregon risen here
he would have decided it as Grover has
1cncelorth we need place no confidence
in Governor Irwin, upon any matter il
which his party is interested, but can looh
Tor him to run in partisan grooves on al
occasions. lie is it anything worse thar
Grover, his abilities being Of higher or.
der than are Growers, but in point of in
eilaOle meanness they are alike. 1t is {
pretty well settled principle that two
wrongs cannot make one right, nor can
wrong done by the Republican party
managers to the people OF one State juslif,
Democratic party managers in doing
wrong to the people Of another State
Republican officials Of Louisiana hav,
not twisted the law under which the
acted to party ends, there is, and can b.
no doubt, but the Oregon Governor ha
perpetrated gross outrage upon the peO
Pile Of his State. while California Gov
ernor pats him on the back for SO doing
The people Of this State have no reaso
to feel proud of the course their Governo
las taken. lie has shown himself to b
the bitterest kind of partisan-one VIII
will scruple at nothing to advance hi
his party's interests. Through his actio
we stand in the position Of State en-
dorsing fraud perpetrated upon tn
rights Of the people Of another State. A
q private individual, Governor Irwin ha
; right to hold and express his opinion 0
any question, but as our Executive h
) has no right to give his official sanctio
to an act, of the propriety Of which ther
are, to say the least, grave doubts.
PERILs OF THE RAIL.-The close {
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