Year: 1873

Such Is the caption of an editorial in
the Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle, of
May 2lst, called forth by paragraph
which appeared in the JOURNAL recently,
and which the Chronicle copies and pro-
ceeds to comment on. The paragraph in
question gave our distinct views on the
Sierra County Resolutions inasmuch as
we considered that they prohibited anti
Booth men from becoming candidates at
the Republican Primaries and thereby
virtually disfranchised $50 far as the Pri-
maries are concernedD all those who might
favor some other Republican than Gov
ernor Booth for Senator. By way of in
PRODUCTION, the Chronicle says:


r" Among the anti-Booth papers of the
| interior the TRINITY JOURNAL is espe-
cially bitter. The Sierra county resolu-
tions are the objects of its special
wrath"


Then follows the extract from the JOUR-
NAL, which the Chronicle evidently views
in the light Of advising anti Booth Re
publicans to bolt nominations made under
such arbitrary rules as are set forth in the
resolutions referred to. A careful perusal
of the paragraph will show that we did
not counsel boiling, but that we intended
it as a caution to County Committees and
those having charge of the working ma
chinery of the Republican party against
adopting any such outrageous measures,
for the simple reason, as we expressed it,
"that Republicans could not be expected
to vote for ticket in the nomination of
which they had no choice"


In the course of its comments, the
Chronicle says


cit is becoming evident that if resolu-
| tions similar to those adopted in Sierra
Conventions the friends of other cand-
dates will bolt the nominations and give
the support to the opposition. But while
this fact is looming up prominently in
the future there is another which in a
measure offsets it. Many Democrats are
friendly to Booth, and in these days of
| lax party discipline it will be difficult to
prevent many of the these old opponents
of Governor Booth from expressing their
regards by voting with his Republican
friends"


After the very emphatic manner in
which the Sierra resolutions have been
denounced by the Republican Press of
this State, we do not believe that Governor
Booths friends, with all their indiscretion,
will attempt to frame any more such plat
| forms, and we are therefore of opinion
that in no other county will Republicans
have cause for complaint on this score.
If Booth is the choice of large majority
Of the Republican party for Senator, as
he was for Governor, land his immediate
friends claim that he is more popular
now we do not believe he can be defeated,
unless indeed those who are engineering
his candidature shall insist upon forcing
all Republicans opposed to him out of the
party. SO far as Democrats, friendly
to Booth, expressing their regards by
voting with his Republican friends" this
is the sheerest nonsense, as anyone con-
versant with the Democratic character
knows. Railroad and other cries, may
be raised by the Democracy for the pur-
pose Of creating split in the Republican
ranks, but they never allow such matters
to deter them from voting the straight
ticket" as laid down in the Democratic
code. If Governor Booth is elected TO
the United States Senate, it can only be
done by Republican votes and throagh
the free and untrammeled choice of the
members of the Republican organization.