Amador ledger., 1907-09-13

front of any residence or business
place III town, IN which we had no
interest whatever, either as owner or
tenant, we would be stopped IN short
order. The plea of decoration would
not suffice to bridge the offending.
We are losing no sleep and have no
apologies to make. We do would pre-
ciseIythe same again under similar
conditions.
Many years age in walking sandy
beach of the South Pacific ocean, we
came upon child, who after scoop
ing out shallow cistern in the sand,
was engaged in soooping up the sea
with both hand, and depositing tho
water in the hole 4'he operation was
repeated many times. 1t struck US
as so strange that we stopped beside
the little one, and inquired, MAY
ask what you are trying to do" She
replied, with all childish Ingenious
ness: I'm going to empty the sea
into that little hole.'' That Is just
about the task the celebration
managers taxed themselves to &C.
complIsh, without the frankness that
characterized the child.
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Ever since the Ledger man has
been a resident uf Amador county.
covering a period of over thirty tw o
years, he has been without seeking of
his own, the subject of discussion in
political circles, in burlesque parades,
in newspaper articles, also OF misre-
presentation even in amateur the
atrlcals. NO man in Amador county
has been more roundly abused than
he. We take this as the highest com
pliment that any citizen can receive
Persistent abuse is Lot the lot of the
weakliugs in character. Men dom
usually go hunting tomtlts with {
battery of Krupp guns. Neither dt
tho army of political Ieeches, wht
fatten by insistent tolls upon th,
public, raise perpetual outer.
against one who stands in with then
in the furtherance of their. schemes
1t is the man who opposes and ex
poses their schemes that calls dow
place filters.
Under the guiding hand of its pre-
sent editor the Ledger has stood TO
honesty, economy and efficiency il
governmental affairs. Whether re
publicans or democrats have been il
control, the policy in this respect ha
never veered. OF course the Ledge
IS not liked by manipulators ant
their crew of underwriters. We hav
never courted their favor, but hav
invariably braved their hostilit,
whenever we deemed tne interests O
the public demanded it. 1t NAV b
asked, what has been gained by thi
long -dawn-out struggle. At the pre-
sent time we are confronted with per
haps the most ironclad, wheel within
wheel clique that ever held Amado
county in its clutches. What avaiIs
then. this unoeasing conflict. Are WI
any nearer the goal for which W,
have been struggling for 10, these
many years. Perhaps not. But 1t by
no means follows that the efforts tt
get in the true path are fruitIess on
that account. Who shall say what
the plight of Amador would have
been to-day in the absence of these
efforts.
Ut the $50 men in line in the labor
day procession, about two hundred
were Of Austrian or Slavonian ratiy-
ity. The matter was generally com
msnted upon at the time. Such an
overwhelming prepondeIance of one
foreign element is a cause for serious
apprehension. The minority of
about thirty was composed OF Corn
ish miners, Italians and native born
citizens. The country is being eaten
up by tbs foreign invasion. And to a
greater or less extent the same con-
viek oil