Year: 1873




representation, intimidation, slander and
humbuggery have done their work and
Newton Booth has RECEIVED the Senate
rial mantle as a reward for his treachery
TO the party that made him Governor of
the State of California. He will yet find
1t shirt of Nessus," and after a brief
career finally fall, like Lucifer, never
to rise again" Much is said about his
eleGtion being victory of the people.
Time will show the contrary to be true.
Many well-meanng men honestly desired
Booth to be made Senator irrespective of
party. They were deceived as to the
real issues at stake aud as to the real ma
ture of the contest. Nevertheless they
were honest in their convictions and gave
them manly expression. But the votes
and good will Of these men did not make
Booth Senator. We doubt whether an
other instance can be pointed out like
this Of Booths election. His supporters
voted for him under the lash. lie was
nominated with o threat, and from that
time his organs tcemed with threats that
those who opposed him should be ira
duced and the people inGamed against
them now and hereafter. To such an ex-
tent was this carried on, that some OF the
members were told by name that if lhey
refused to support Booth their constitu-
ents would be called upon TO mob them.
They were given the alternative of voting
for Booth or being mobbcd Profession
al POLITICIANS and rougas were imported
by the score from Nevada and San Fran
cisco to win this victory for the people.
The Governor pompously announced that
no money should be used in his behalf,
and the Sacramento Union, in its issue
telling of Booths election, contained a
longWinded article claiming that moth
ing but fair means had been employed in
electipg Booth, and that, in particular,
no money had been used. Its own col
umns abundantly show that intimidation
was freely resorted to, and the San Fran
cisco Bulletin was if possible worse. We
have it ON undoubted authority that it is
openly talked in Sacramento that money
was used for Booth, and that money
elected Booth. The names of the parties
and the amount paid and through whom
the payments were made, ere freely men
toned. Judging from the character of
the whole transaction, neither the Sacra-
mento Union nor nator Booth viii re-
sent these imputations or force an inves-
tigation of their truth or falsity. Senator
Booth, claiming to be the champion of
the people, to represent purity in official
station and honesty in politics, cannot,
dare not allow such statements to pass
unnoticed; but it is our deliberate opinion
that he will let them pass, Every man
and woman in this State knows that the
fight for Booth w@s inaugurated upon the
issue OF opp osition to railroads, and it is
claimed that his election is a victory of
the people over the railroads. The frozen
truth of the matter is, that he was sue
cessful only through the votes of railroad
Democrats. Wallace was desirous Of
being Senator himself. lie was distaste-
ful to Democrats generally, for the reason
that he and his friends underhandedly
supported Booth in the last State election
and largely contributed to, if they did
not bring about, Haight's defeat. He
was also unacceptable to the anti-railroad
Democrats, for the reason that he was
known to be what is called railroad
man. While the Democrats were eau
cusing, Wallace undertook, as the say
ing has it, to run with the hare and
hold with the hounds" that is, he tried
to keep on the inside with the Democrats
and the Independents at the same time.
Ills double dealing brought upon him a
merited rebuke from the Democratic eau
Gus, and thereafter he labored for the de-
feat of Farley the regular Democratic
nominee. 1t was Walace's friends, rail-
road Democrats, who gave the election
to Booth, and without their aid he could
not have succeeded. 1t was by the means
and under the circumstances we have de-
tailed that Booth became Senator and
yet it Is brazcnly claimed to be a victory of
the people Surely the force of e1'rontery
can no further go. When the beautiful
and heroic Madam Roland was led to the
death scatiold, casting her eyes upon
statue of liberty that overlooked the scene,
with her last breath she exclaimed, "Oh
Liberty, what crimes are committed in
thy name" And now viewing with our
minds eye the scene of Booths election,
its guardian angel looms up hugely be-
fore us and we cannot help exclaiming,
"Oh Humbug, what glorious victories
are achieved for the people in thy name"