Year: 1873

1t does not in the least surprise us to see
the Federal monopoly -chckadee newspapers
of the State catching at straws in their sink
ing condition. Since back salary grabbing
and official stealing have become 80 odious 10
the American people, it is no wonder that
the monopoly-chickadee brigade should en-
deavor TO make point against Gov. Booth
for receiving compensation awarded to
him by an act with which he had nothing to
do, directly. We must expect these monop.
oily appendages to make every effort Of which
they are capable to impede the overgrow-
ing strength of the Independent party, by
attacking its leaders, for the success of the
Independents means death to them. We
say let the Stockton Independent, the
Marysvil1e appeal, the horse paper, and
their kind harp; it Is what we and the peo-
pie are prepared to expect from them; but
when We see what would be respectable
Democratic papers joining with these con.
spring hyenas in their unjust. unscrupu-
lous raid on man who has done as much
as any other one man, if not more, in build
lug up ruling party in this State on a
basis Of purified principles which every Dem
ocrat should be proud to endorse, and which
every honest Republican should cspouse as
the most effective avenue through which to
seek reform of the abuses of which for
years he has had cause to complain. 1t is
no wonder, we say, that a man who has
set himself heart and soul at work to crush
out monopolists. dethroue tyrants and silence
demagogues for the purpose Of restoring to
the mass of the people their stolen treasure
and impaired rights, should be attacked,


and even unjustly SO, by the hired dupes
and paid journals Of said enemies to our
public prosperity. Under the new Code the
Governor is, by virtue of his office, made
Chairman of the State Board of Examiners,
and for this extra service is allowed under
said Code 81 900 year. The Code Con-
missoners were Democrats, and not only
able lawyers but good men, who. doubtless,
through the whole course of their action had
an eye to the best interests Of the people.


But they made mistakes, as the best and
wisest men are at all times liable to do, and
this extra compensation is but triAng
cne, compared with the workings of the
Codes in some other respects. Notwith-
standing they have proven defective in some
respects, most of their defects are Of
character which nothing short Of time and
application could detect, for at the time they


were undergoing revision and examination
by experts appointed by the Legislature for
that purpose, their merits were also being
thoroughly discussed by the press, generally
with favor, especially by the same spooks
that now condemn the Governor for comply
ing with their provisions, as some journals
are attempting to do. To attempt to
draw parallel between this act and that of
the back-poy Congress bill is positively ri
diculous. One was fragrant violation Of
justice by set of unprincipled men who
sought to deplete the national treasury to
enrich themselves, the other is no more than
mistake on the part of the Code Com


missioners and the Legislature that adopted
the Codes, or in other words, an act which
has proven to contrast with the principles
of party which had its origin some time
after their adoption. These charges which
are based on groundless envy, can have no
weight. A person needs but to understand
the nature cf the act under which this axtra
compensation and the circumstances under
which it originated, to see at once that Gov


Booth has done in the premises, with re-
luctance, what the most honest Of his
monopoly enemies would have done with
relish. The whole string of abuses that
have been written on this subject are too
vision,ry, too transparent 10 have the least
effect in injaring the cause at which they are
aimed. Booth has proven himself = good
Governor, an able statesman, and an honest
man. The country has demand for such
the Independent reform party is proud to
have them Numbered in its ranks. But
whether in the Independent ranks, or not,
we shall never sit idly by, and see any man
v6ed and abused, who we have reason to
believe is.laboring for reform, for the best
interest of the masses, AMI who has his
country's greatest good at heart. In these
corrupt times, when to be honest tries men s
souls, we stand sorey in need Of the few we
have; and it becomes our honest duty to
defend the course of every man who is try
ing to be honest. Casserly's course in the
U. S. Senate had proven him to be la
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