Year: 1874

Gubernatorial honors. Most of the list are
as unworthy and as unfit for that honored
position, as Morton is unfit and unworthy to
enter the Celestial Kingdom. The name Of
Senator p. A. Roach, from some accident,
happened to be among the list, and it is
amusing to see how the honest journals Of the
State, almost without regard to party affilia.
tons, have snatched it from the rest as birds
pick out the wheat from chaff pile. Now,
for our part, laying aside for the time being
all party considerations, we must say we
have the highest esteem for Senator Roach,
for The simple reason that lie has in all cas.t
and under all circumstances shown himself
10 be strictly an honest man. We only re-
gret that Democracy in this State has not
been kept up to his standard Of honesty and
faithfulness to the masses. For years the
three growing evils in ibis State have been


le Coolie curse tue Impressions Of aggre-
gated capital, and official corruption. The
Democrats early took stand against each
of these curses A remedy for them was
eagerly demanded by the people. The Re-
publicans saw it, and as has long been their
custom Of stealing popular panks from op-
position platforms, they also began to


"whereas" and ''resolute" against these
evils. And thus both parties. for
years, have becn resolving" against
the further importation of Chinese
to our shores, and demanding in
their platforms a repeal Or modification Of the
BurIingame Treaty, still no notifications were
made. For years both parties have been
demanding economy in public expenditures,
and bowling against official corruption; still
for want of determined action, extravagance
continued and official corruption yearly be-
came more appalling. For years both par
ties have been "resolving," demanding"
stamping their feet, and bowling their tbroats
sore in conventions and before the people
about the impudence and expressions of ag-
grega,cd capital in general, and the tyranny
Of goated, soulless railroad monopoly IN
particular; STILL when the trying hour came,
when the enemy was brought up in full force
and array before them. their limbs shook


their knees weakened, and down they fell,
AMI aggregated capital was left triumphant,
and the soullcss monopolies still allowed to


yrannze over the people. twas this weak
ness on the part of the old parties--their
evident inability or indisposition to carry
out their pledges and check these growing
evils ere they should fill the whole land
that provoked the organization of II new
Party But last Winter, when these ques-
lions came before the Legislature, and th.
enemy was brought up in line to combat
them, to his individual honor, be it said


there was one Democrat-and perhaps others,
not so well known to us--who, with the In
dependents, did MT f.lter, and that one
was Philip A. Roach. Senator from San
Francisco For The correction Of these eveils
Senator Roach went to work with I'M earn


esness which convinced us That when he
promised his constituents he would labor for
their interests, he meant it. We happen to
remember just now that it was oach who
introduced the Senate concurrent resolution
requesting our Representatives in Congress to
demand of that body that the Burlingame
Treaty be modified to one for commercial
purposes only. We happen to remember
that it was Senator Roach who introduced
bill and made a bold fight for its passage,
calculated to put an effectual stop to bribery
and official corruption. 1t is our recollection
that Senator Roach took bold and consistent
stand on the subjects of subsidies, and fares
and ireights; and it is also our recollection
that whenever question came up, involving
the interests of the masses on one side and
the capitalists on the other, Senator Roach
was always found, where he had promised
to be, with the masses. 1t is true many
leading Democrats in both Senate and As
sembly last Winter manifested deplorabe
weakness on such occasions as were calcula-
ted to test their honor and stability. and did
much to cast an odium on the party name
that will not easily be eradicated; but from
these things Senator Roach stood clear, and
whether he should ever get to be Governor
of this State or not, we do him simply
justice, by saying again, that as well as
possessing unquestioned ability, and valu-
able experience, he is an honest man, which
some one has said, and we believe it, is the
noblest work of God. But, if we might be