Year: 1873

Platforms" said Mr.. Thomas Fowl
or, in the State Senate two years ago, arc
only the means used by parties to get
into power, and are to be thrown aside
and disregardcd when they have accom-
plishcd their object" Mr.. Fowler, not
wthstanding his somewhat lax ideas of
political faith, has received the endorse
ment of the Democracy of his district
for election, and it now remains to be
seen if the people of the district are be-
sotted enough with party to ratity the
action Of the convention. We are forci-
bly, reminded Of Mr.. Fowlers's ideas of
platforms when we look at the platform
adopted by the Democrats of this county.
That is profuse in its professions of what
the party intends to do for the dear peo-
pie, IF the dear people will only give it
n chance. But we fancy that when the
people look back upon the broken uledg-
cs of Democracy during the period of
Governor IIaight's administration, when
it had complete control of the Executive
and Legislative branches of the State
Government, they will be apt to swallow
these professions with large allowance
of salt. 1t is an easy matter to promise
to perform things which have the stamp
OF seeming popularity, but it is not al
ways SO easy to carry these promises In
10 effect.


In reference to the First, Second, Third
and Eighth resolutions, there is no differ
ence Of opinion between Democrats and
Republicans. Outside of San Francisco,
ninc-tenthS Of the people are opposed to
the principle involved in the late Supreme
Court decision touching the taxation Of
solvent debts and mortgages. The samo
may be said in regard to the raioad ques-
tion, upon which the people here are a
unit. So, also, on the resolution con-
demning the Credit Mobiier" and the
back pay" steal-honest men without
distinction Of party will unite in ostracis-
ing all who were connected with or who
defend either Of those iniquities.


AS annually as the Summer returns do
the Democrats resolve themselves as the
'fricld, Of the workingmon, :" and Trini-
ty Democrats have not, this year, depart
ed from the established custom. We
shall not stop to inquire if a party which
organized and maintained the greatest
rebellion the world ever saw because it
could not extend slave labor over all the
free territory of the Union, can be Justly
styled friend of the free labor of work
ingmen the proposition is too absurd to
be argued in good faith. The object of
the annual resolve this year, is to play
for the vote of all who sympathize with
the movement now being made by the
farmers to protect themselves from the
extortions of monopolists, but in that OBJ
ject it will fail. The farmers, as a class,
are generally Republican in principle,
and recognizing the Republican party as
the organization which rules and will
continue to rule the nation, will seek to
make theil power felt, and effect all need
ful reforms through that party. Monop-
olies. of whatever character, know nc
party--they work for the advancement OF
their peculiar interests with whichever
party 1t can be done most effectually
and the history of past legislation fails to
show whore the Democratic party has
made record against the encroachn. ents
OF monOpolists and in behalf of the peo
pie. Certainly not in this State, where
so much was promised and so little full
filled. People are not to be bamboozled
all the time. They will recognize that
that resolution is only so much clap trar
put out as bait to catch gudgeons, and
gudgeons indeed, will any sympathize,
with the farmers be who allows himself tC
be caught by il. The worst misfortune
which can ever befall the Farmers
Oranges" will be to fall under the con-
troll Of politicians Of either party. That
tt Is designed If possible, to make the
Oranges an auxiliary to Democratic sue
cess, is evidenced by the proceedings in
some Of the counties where the organiza-
tion was first started in this State when
to judge by the array Of names in the list
Of officers, the Grange is nothing more
or less than Democratic Club. The
power of the Oranges. if rightly used,
can become an irresistible element in leg
islation toward relieving the farmers
from the extortions of monopolies and Sc.
curing them protection in all their rights,
but if that power is welded by selfish
politicians, il viii soon become only an