Year: 1861

NONNtSS AND THE hEFCRL1CANS.-1De IiHlci
OF San Francisco, fi;-cd The name of John Con
ness for Governor at the head of its columns, in
place of Leland Stanford. The act is dis
claimed by the Republican Centrssl Committee
but the Committee may vet regret not following
the lead of the Times. 1t would prove mas
ter stroke of policy.-Sac. Union.


A master stroke of policy indeed For
whom? For the State? Is it a master stroke
to substitute John Conness, whose foul leg
islative record stinks in the nostriis of tl.c
people, for Leland Stanford? Is the sup
porter of Bulkhead and libel bills, the
voter for increase of salaries, instead of re-
trenchment and reform, preferable to a man
of unimpeachable character, for Cover
nor Of tie State? The Union has denounc-
ed in unmeasured terms such legislators as
CONFESS during many years. What is the
cause of this new born love for the man
whose acts have been singled out for its es-
pecial denuncation?


"Master stroke OF policy" whom?-
For the Republican party? The man Is a
fool who cannot see that it would be fatal
to-ths party, and most dangerous to the
State. "The Committee may yet regret not
following the lead of the Times''l Such
unblushing impudence is rare even among
the Confederate thieves of the South. The
Committee regret not having usurped pow
ers not belonging to them The State Cen
trail Committee of the Republican party
has no powers of this character 1t can
only fill a vacancy, Oh the ticket, and has
no authority to remove a name from it
And even had the Committee the power to
substitute the name of Conness for Stan
ford the masses Of the Republican party,
impressed as they are that Conness is not
less. than twenty thousand behind Stanford


in the State, would not dare make the
change for fear of the election of the Sc
cession candidate. 1t would be dangerous
to attempt a transfer of twenty thousand
votes even from Stanford to Gonness, much
more to make greater change The time
for compromise of this kind passed long
since when the Union Democracy refused
the proposal of Union party on fair and
equal grounds. For the doggedness then
displayed tha. party IS going to the wall,
and thousands in its ranks know it and ac-
knowledge it.


We do not believe that half the Union
Democracy think man on their State tick
ct will be elected. We have talked with
scores of them who admit their csse is
hopeless. All parties see it, and say it, and
it cannot have escaped the observation of
the Sacramento LEion. 1t sees the Union
Democracy going to fragments, and would
save an Office or two for them, that they
may have something to rally around again
in the future. Once more they beg on their
knees for the help of the Republicans 20
save them from defeat and death-such SAL
vation having been granted them on hume
rous occasions in the past, without n thank
in retnrn.


Mr.. Stanford is the next Governor of this
State. lie Is vastly ahead OF either OF his
competitors Unpopular estimation; and it is
the baldest audacity to talk of his with
drawal ia flavor of q man the most unpop-
ular of all in the gubernatorial race
Whatever course scheming politicians in
the cities may pursue, the people of the
mountains will not be led by them in the
least. No fusion ticket need be fixed up
with the expectation that it will be voted
here. An even division of the Union vote
of the State between two parties would
probably elect Mcconnell Governor. The
tendency Of weakening Staaford's vote for
Conness would be to equalize the strength
of the Union parties. and elect Mcconnell.
The only salvation for the Republicans is to
stick to their ticket and work for it, and
that they can be relied on to do.