Year: 1869

nominations cf The Democratic party were
made, several loud mouthed Republicans who
believed that they were influential with that
party, have made strong efforts to prevent this
Convention from making any except Eegis-
lative nomina'ions. These men were weak
enough to throw aside their organization in
order TO take dying chance Of defeating the


Democratic nominees. The q. s. Internal
Revenue Department Of this District and the
Fifth District Court are running that party in
Tuolumne; they want the Senator and As
semblymen from this district bad-such being
the case. they required that q county ticket
should be nominated in order 10 give them
trading capital. The proceedings of the Gen.
vsntion appeared to outsiders very much as if
they did not know what to do. immediately
upon the adoption of the report of the Com
mittee on Credentials every person 10 the
room except delegates 70 the Convention,


were turned out by the adoption of the fol-
lowing resolution: "That until the report
of the Committee on Permanent Organization
and Order of Business be adopted. that all
persons not delegates in this Convention be
excluded from the room" Upon the reading
of this resolution one Of the oldest members
of the Republicao party, whose head has


grown gray in its service, who has seen more
years than three score and ten, arose to leave
saying he "would 60 out before be was kicked
out" The resolution was enforced. We
were told the delegates, when by Themselves,


had lively time over the propriety Of max
ing fusion ticket. In that caucus the
fusionists vere beaten, when one delegate


withdrew and the Convention went on just as


if he had not been delegate. After deter


mining to nominate full ticket, and before
making nominations they passed q set of reso-
lutions relating to the necessity Of frugality
aud economy on the part of public officers, all
of which good citizens ofany party will cheer
fully endorse. But what do thew say about
the Fifteenth Amendment? Here is the only
resolution relating to this abomination that
was passed THAT while we are in favor of
according to all foreigners without distinction
OF race or color, Just and impartial protection
under our laws in all the rights guaranteed by
our treaties, we do not deem the said laws or
treaties to extend to all, the right ofsuffrage.
We therefore hereby instruct our delegates to
the Union State Convention to favor the pas
sage of resolution instructing our Senators
and our Representatives. in Congress to op-
pose any change in our Naturalization Laws,
looking to the enfranchisement of any of the
Mongolian race" How about negroes? We
want Congress to let them in; in fact we
want all races but Mongolans to be our fell
low citizens and soon as we can got votes
enough for the Cinnamon to be admitted we
will take them too. But circumstances
existing in Tuolumne prevent our anne2ing
him until we are elected, which can only be
done outside of Johns influence this year.
This is very good to resolve and tell bu.
many people have grave doubts of the hon.
esty of the intention of those who had this
resolution passed. Do they say they are op-
posed to the Amendment? No, they say
",re do not deem the said laws or treaties to
extend to all, the right Of suffrage" wha. diff
ference ia it to the people what they deem.
Had this Convention, or will any of its nom.
inees if elected have the right to oppose the
fifteenth Amendment? Is it not more reason
able to presume the wishes of the U. S. n
ternal Revenue Department Of this District
and Of our District Court did and will pre-
vail notwithstanding this "deeming" reso.
luton. We are not surprised that the Con-
vention did not dare to pronounce in favor
Of the Amendments, If they had done so they
would not be able to gather Corporal .
guard to support their ticket. 1t will be diff.
ficult to satisfy any person who knows them,
that their candidate for Senator and prob
able candidate for District Judge will do 9th.
erwise than sustain the Amendment, for them
20 do anything else would be contrary to their
natures we'll ~ their political professions.
They can rest assured that their resolution
will not gain them q vote; better tor them
it they had passed the thing silently by.
From the difficulty the Convention had to
get candidates for some leading Offices after
the passage ofths resolution, it would appear
that their own members saw scat in the
meal tub" and were unwilling to be sacri.
feed to such open hypocrisy, which is wor-
thy Of the days Of one Of the ''late of Tuol-
umns" but now Of Stockton. The Demo.
cratic nominees are pledged to oppose and
vote against the Fifteenth Amendment, there
can Be no installing where they stand or ~
to what they viii do if elected. Who can
tell that either Of the Republican candidates
will vote against that abortion on freedom,
and we do no. believe that either Of them will
pledge bimself 10 binding manner to vote
against it II elected. But on the contrary
all probabilities 20 to show that they will
swallow the Amendment as they have sli the
rspplsive loyal measures heretofore prop


agated by their party. All voters who ara
willi,g to eqnalize themselves with China
men and negroes will vote for these gentle.
men. those desiring q white mans rule over