The record-union., 1896-08-29
WARMLY CONTRADICTED.
Action of the Ell Dorado County
Republicans.
(From the Placerville Nugget)

KepuDilCdnS.
(From the Placerville Nugget)
No Republican expects from a Demo-
cratic paper a fair and impartial ac-
count of the proceedings of any portion
OF the Republican party. Far less does
any one expect such fairness from the
Examiner" and rarely do we antici-
pate from that source. But one is in
clined to expect the truth from a fellow
townsman who may be corresponding
for paper even though he knows
that paper wants him to garbe facts
to suit its particular views. The Mug
get does not like to accuse any Placer
william of garbling facts, but it goes in
on the supposition, which is pretty nat
ural. that a correspondent for a big
daily is a close observer of the town
papers and therefore ought to be ac-
quainted with what is going on.
In yesterdays Examiner" the Laz-
arillo de Tonnes of journalism, there
appeared what purported to be an ac-
count of certain proceedings which took
place within the Republican circle of
this city during the past two weeks. 1t
was garbled to the intense satisfaction
OF the Examiner" whose well known
antipathy to Hon. Grove L. Johnson has
carried it to extremes that out-anarch-
iZe anarchy. The correspondent knew
what the Anarch of the DailieS wanted
and he gave it just that thing. The
humorous and paradoXical part of the
Examiners" position is, that it has
been deceived that it knows it has been
deceived and is glad of it. We have
said ''paradoXical." We will take that
back. 1t would be paradoxical for any
other paper but the Anarch on the top
of this earth.
The article in question is a telegraph
letter from Placerville and begins:
THE Republicans of this city are in a
turmoil"
The Nugget" is in a pretty good
position to know the temperature of the
Republicans of this city, and it brands
that statement lie without any fear
Of authentic contradiction and would
state, parenthetically that the char
acter of the habitation of the local De-
mocracy is not such that 1t can afford
to become a catapult for many rocks.
Local Republicans are very placid.
We do not attempt to deny that there
was a little dissatisfaction at the action
Of a few non-political, misguided but
we believe perfectly sincere but honest
| men who had backing principally Of
Democrats who desired their own party
success, and thought by the resembling
of those resolutions to bring about the
turmoil which the Democratic press
is now trying to prove exists. But
there is no turmoil. Before election
day rolls around every true Republican
will be found standing shoulder to
shoulder for the best interests of the
party.
OF the passing of the resolutions in
dorsing Mr.. Johnson the Examiner"
gain makes error as follows:
THE precipitate manner in which the
| first resolutions were carried through,
or that any measures should be taken
by the club in favor of Johnson, has
caused much ill-feeling among Repub-
! licans in the town and county, particu-
larly among the delegates who had gone
to Sacramento pledged against John
sons nomination" More falsehoods.
The Nugget" would not say false
hood" but for the supposition expressed
before to the effect that a city daily cor
respondent reads his town papers. The
occasion Of the passage Of those resO-
lutions was a regular meeting of the
Republican club of Placerville, and the
fact that an urgent request for large
| attendance was published that day un-
der a four-line display head in the
Nugget" shows how precipitate the
manner of introducing these resolutions
really was.
Add to this the further fact that
number of local Republicans knew of
the resolution at least five hours before
the meeting took place, and refutation
| is complete on that point. 'Particu-
| larly among the delegates who had gone
to Sacramento pledged against the nom
ination of Mr.. Johnson
To those who are acquainted with
the facts this is really as rich and hu-
morous as one Of Hoyt's farces. A
| pen-and-ink sketch of the elected dele
gates who had gone to Sacramento"
would be as hard to make as a pen-and-
ink sketch of the snakes in Ireland, and
for the very same reason. There were
none there. Not a delegate appointed
| by the County Central Committee was
at that Congressional Convention. Not
a solitary regularly appointed and
elected delegate from the county of FL
| Dorado was there. SO then it is per-
fectly plain that the Examiner" was in
error there. for the delegates were not
| delegates, and had nothing to feel i'll
about on that score. If they had gone
| to the convention and done as they
were bid; if they had made a fight as
| they were instructed to do, and the
| editor of this paper or any other man