The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-26

holding, but who can best prOteC
our chief industry In the Nationa
Congress.
CALIFORNIA POL1r1O5.
It Is . matter Of surprise to man.
that California, q State that owes .,
much to the Democratic party TO
the passage of the Chinese restriction
bill, should give Blaine . pluralit,
of over 1900. These parties sup
posed that the people Of the Stat.
would recognize that obligation ant
cast their votes for the Democrat,
candidate for the Presidency. They
hold, and justly too, that but for TIL
united action OF Democrats in Con
gress in favOring the measure of re
stricti0n California would, to-day, bs
the dumping ground of Ghina'l
surplus population, and In their In
d,gnation over the apparent ingrati'
tude of the people they are inclined
to judge them harshly. In thus
Judging they do q great injustice to
the Democracy of that State.
California politics is fearfully and
wonderfully mixed. From 1850 to
1860 the State was decidedly Dem.
ocratic. From 1850 to 1880 1t gave
very small Republican pluralities fol
Presidential candidates although in
the meantime it elected several Dem
ocratic Governor and sent at least
one Democratic United States Sena-
tor to Washington . large portion OF
the time. In 1880 it gave Hancock
five electors by q small plurality and
Garfield one through the defeat of
Judge Terry, one Of the candidates
on the Democratic electoral ticket.
1t will thus be seer that as far az
parties are concerned the State IL
very close. But when left alone we
believe it Is Democratic by . decided
majority.
There is a power, however, in CAL
ifornia which generally decides all
political contests In that State as the
interests of that power direct. Hence
we say its politics Is fearfully and
wonderfully mixed. That power is
the Central Pacific railroad. It elects
governors; elects its own railroad
Commissioners and sends such men
to Congress as best suits it. 1t is
never without It's tools in both
branches of that body. 1t meets
strenuous opposition from q p0rtion
of the press but it intimidates or sub
sidizes the larger portion and the
people are led into the support Of Its
candidates without knowing it.
In tho rA0ont n1oofinn thu Oor%uol
Pacific saw its opportunlty-using
IN expressive Western phrase-"to
make y ten strike" 1t saw in MI.
Blaine q man who knew something
about railroad enterprises lone who
had proved himself to be no 'dead-
head" in them. The great CORPORA
ton was confident MI. Blaine could
be utilized, audit put forth every ex-
ertlon TO carry California for him.
1t did more. 1t carried every Con.
gressiOnal district in the State except
one for the Republican ticket, for it
was necessary that in order all
things should work harmoniously
there should be no friction, arising
ouf OF political differences between
the Executive and the California dele
CATION 70 insure complete unanim-
ity of action all round the corporation
went still further and secured q ma
jority of the State legislature, which
will elect q United States senator in
place of Farley, Democrat, whose
term expires the 4th of next March.
Inc sum up, the Central Pacific car |
rled California for Blaine, and the
whole State delegation in Congress
save n member-fOr itself. Had
MI. Blaine been elected instead of |
Cleveland the full measure of Its
hopes would have been filed. It
was. however, decreed otherwise,
ana Inc great monopoly finds itself
IN the Dosit.oa OF the woodman-
with q strong handle In its grasp and
the blade gone.
There is still a little moro work
for the company to do. Its candi-
date for United States senator ia Mr.. |
A.. A Sargent, the. gentleman who
Ia known as the bounced Minister to
It is said he telopps. |
body and soul, to the Central Pacific |
corporation. His candidacy bro
vokes the wrath of Californians.
But what are they going to do about
III The Central Pacific carried the
state tor the Republican party, and
it proposes to take its nay in such
coin as it may elect. wants 6ar.
gent and will have him. Tie San
francisco Chronicle in q recent arti-
cle under the caption, "Who Owns
virtually admits it can
elect him. That journal, in COM
mentlng upon MI. Sargent's candi-
dacy and the order of stanford and
Huntington that he should be sun.
by the California managers
OF o Central Pacific, says:
He was. as MI. Huntington wrote
several years ago. worth any seven
men. When this communication
was received 1t produced a consterna-
ton in the railway camp in this
State. The managers here on the
ground fully realized MI. -Saroent's
unpot uiarlty and the opposition bis
candldature would encounter In the
ranks OF the party. They protested
ana for q time it was almost under.
stood that he was to be withdrawn
favor Of q more available man. |
But 1t seems that Governor STAN
'srd's pledge was absolute and could
not be broken. As the case stands at
ibis writing, the California repre-
Of the railway will have
o gulp their indignation o. best t hey
nay and support Sargent. Of his
'lection, with such support, no do ubt
q entertained IN railway circles"
Continuing that journal declares:
His candidature, under the circum-
in the teeth of the protest of
best men Of the Republican
party and of those railroad officials
Who best know the present temper of