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PIECE CLUB.
According to the Times, the most exciting event of election day was the marching of a body of eighty
native Californians to the polls, with votes held aloft in the right hand, a clean, unscratched Democratic ticket; while in the left hand in the pocket was another ticket that they deposited, their left hand vote, being quite different from their right.
The explanation made of the matter was that it was a piece club, designed to vote the Democratic ticket, including Russel Heath; that Frank Thomp- son interviewed them, through the treachery of the guards, to such good effect, that Heath was repudi- ated notwithstanding his watchfulness, and Thomp- son voted for. As Thompson received a much larger number of votes than any of the other candidates, this may have been the solution. Majority, 289.
A call for the formation of a Grant and Wilson Club, was signed by T. R. Bard, Henry Carnes, O. L. Abbott, Otto Kaeding, G. P. Tebbetts, S. Leitner, J. A. Johnson, John Scollan, Chas. Walker, Crowson . Smith, E. Van Valkenberg, Carmie Dibblee, J. A. Rich, L. J. Gutierrez, J. T. Richards, C. C. Rynerson, H. P. Stone, H. G. Crane, T. B. Curley, Wm. H. Nor- way, W. S. Maris, G. W. Lewis, Wm. Dowlaney, B. W. C. Brown, E. S. Lourey, J. Mallorquin, C. W. Leach, P. J. Barber, Wm. Ealand, H. T. Woodworth, A. K. Charles, E. H. McCulley, J. J. Elizalde, Joseph Howard, R. H. Duncan, Thomas W. Moore, E. B. Boust, B. S. Rowe, C. H. Eason, F. W. Frost, Ben Burton.
ORGANIZATION OF FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK
Monday, March 23, 1872. Mortimer Cook, John Edwards, S. B. Brinkerhoff, Eugene Fawcett, G. W. Williams being named as Directors.
Mortimer Cook was elected President, and A. L. Lincoln, Cashier. The articles of organization, prop- erly acknowledged before U. Yndart, with a state- ment of the character of the parties, by F. J. Maguire, County Judge, were transmitted to the comptroller of the currency. Capital stock, $100,- 000, with power to increase it to $500,000.
Mortimer Cook bad for some time been conducting a private banking-house.
The following table of election returns will be of interest as being the last election held previous to the division of the county, the act of creating the county of Ventura taking effect January 1, 1873. The town of Santa Barbara had now more votes. than the whole county twenty years before. Then Santa Barbara County had but one school district, with sixty scholars attending, though about that time a school was started in San Buenaventura; now some twenty schools are well attended. Then the St. Charles, an adobe building, was the grand hotel; now several three-storied and spacious build- ings offer rest and comfort to the traveler. Then Burton's store was the wonder of the cattle-kings who came to sell their annual product of hides for gay calicoes and finery; now dozens of stores, each one of which has goods enough to have stocked the town twenty years before, ornament the streets.
A. C. Niles.
38
11
63
Santa Barbara.
J. F. Maguire
161
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
ELECTION RETURNS NOVEMBER 5, 1872.
CANDIDATES.
| La Cañada.
San Buenaventura
| Santa Paula.
Santa Clara.
| Pleasant Valley.
[ Sespe.
| Carpenteria.
Montecito.
Santa Barbara.
La Patera.
| Las Cruces.
| Los Alamos.
| Santa Maria.
Total.
Electors-
John B. Felton, R.
30
162
42
14
24
3
274
56 23 10 19
J. C. Shorb, I
20
57|30
81
45
10
1105
92 17 18 13
Morramask, D
5
30
87
62
49
31
274
56
10 19
693
F. M. Pixley, I.
20
58 30
81 41
21
45
10 106
22
17
18
13
482
John Nugent, D.
5
5
Claus Spreckles, R
30
86 62
42;21 14 24
31
274
156
10
19
692
Jo. Hamilton, 1
20
58 30 81 41
91
45
10 106 22 17
18
13
482 5
J. F. Hale, R.
30
86/62 £2
21
14
:24
31
50
10 19
692
T. H. Rosenbaum, I
20
58:30
81
41
21
45 10
99
18
13
482 5
J. O. Goodwin, R
30
85 62
12
14
24
31
274
23
10|19
641 482
Peter Donohue, I
20
58 30
81
141
45 10 106
29
17 18
13
5
T. H. Rose, R.
30
86 62
42 21
14
24
31
274|56 23
10 19
692
John Yule, 1.
20
58
130
81 141
21
45
10
106.
17
18
13
482
- Graves, D.
5
Member Congress-
33
159
41
19 14
8 31 /266 50
22 10 19
659
19
38
84
40 22 54
10 114 32 18 18 13
524
Supervisors-
James Daley
33
88 52
89 50|24
. .
.
. .
-
184
Subsidy, for. ..
14
19
4
5
2
2 86
8 27
1
169
against.
39
129 93 121 62 33 68 40 296 71 13 18 27
1010
Total', Vote
53 150 98 134 63 56 70 42 389 84 40 28 32 1239
EDWARDS ELECTED SUPERVISOR.
N. A. Covarrubias having resigned the position of Supervisor in consequence of being elected Sheriff, a new election for the Second Supervisor District was had with the following result :-
ELECTION RETURNS SEPT. 3, 1873.
CANDIDATES.
Santa
Barbara
Monte-
cito .
La Pa-
tera.
Carpen
teria.
Total.
Jolin Edwards
160
21
33
42
256
Ulpiano Yndart
169
20
9
10
227
Total
343
41
42
52
483
Edwards took his seat May 9, 1872.
SUPERVISORS IN ABUNDANCE.
The county of Ventura was created by a law, to take effect from January 1, 1873. Thomas R. Bard was elected Supervisor for Township One, in 1869, and held his office for three years, or until a successor was qualified. In the organization of Ventura, some confusion arose as to the Supervisorship. Bard, in the belief that his official term had expired, left the seat November 14, 1872. Moore and Edwards, the two remaining members, caused the following testi- monial to be spread upon the records :-
" We, the members of the Board of Supervisors of the county of Santa Barbara, deem it but our duty to testify by this resolution our warm thanks to Thomas R. Bard, Esq., the retiring member of this Board, for his uniform courtesy and urbanity of manner in his official capacity and the great aid he has given us in the dispatch of various matters brought before us, attributable to his varied and extensive knowledge, integrity, and talent, and re- solved further that this resolution be spread on the
minutes of this Board, and a copy of the same fur- nished to Thomas Bard, Esq.
" THOMAS W. MOORE, " JNO. EDWARDS.
" Office of the Board of Supervisors. November 14, 1872."
When the Board met in February, 1873, Bard reclaimed his seat, which was also claimed by James Daly, who, in accordance with the terms of the Governor's proclamation ordering an election, was elected for the First Supervisor District. Andrew Bailard also claimed a seat under an appointment by Judge Fawcett, as Supervisor of the newly organized Township No. Three. Judge Fernald appeared for Bard and C. E. Huse for Daly. The Board (Moore and Edwards) got over the difficulty by adjourning to such a time as would leave the affairs of the county in a condition admitting of no uncertainty.
TOO MUCH FENCE.
Notwithstanding the peculiar style of the Press literature, some wholesome reforms and improve- ments were recommended :-
" In this connection ought to be noticed the greed- iness, meanness, stinginess, and want of judgment exhibited by most of the land and lot-holders be- tween Santa Barbara and the Dos Pueblos, and from Santa Barbara to Carpenteria and the Rincon. There is not a single publie, undisputed high road to the seashore from the town of Santa Barbara to Los Armas, beyond Hollister's farm, a distance of nearly fifteen miles; nor are there any but three short, inconvenient roads from the stage road to the farms and little valleys among the hills, in all that fifteen miles, and the same iniquity holds at the Montecito and Carpenteria. Fencing has been carried on at such a furious rate since 1866, that God's country is absolutely shut up, except by permission of small and big land-holders, and the whole ocean line of the country belongs to big and little owners, whom you have to beg to let you smell the salt air of the ocean; indeed, for that fact, the shameless monopoly extends, with few exceptions, to San Francisco, and up and down all the rivers of this State. The public authorities, past and present, never reserved space for roads along the rivers, lakes, or ocean, and it will take much time, moncy, and labor to get this grave fault remedied. As soon as any public road is desired, though for the greatest benefit of the land- holders along the route, it is strange the heathenish opposition of the various turnip-heads to their own advantage pecunarily, as well as their greatest every- day convenience, and against all the rights of the public. Here are men all along the highways from the Rincon to Gaviota, where the greatest traffic passes, actually obstructing, pinching, and narrowing the roads near their own and other neighbors prop- erty, for years, and no public officer concerns himself about it. We have never known any one out of the town being hauled up for obstructing the highways, and the good-natured people let the thing pass. And yet they expect families of means to come here and make them rich, and they sit down with pipe in mouth, with legs cocked up, in front of hotels, to the wonder of well-behaved ladies and gentlemen, and take it easy. If there doesn't come along some Chicago or Boston drummer, and shake up these
Bristol
20
61
149
35
11:11
:
:
:
5
E. O. Houghton, R E. J. C. Kewen, D
62
335
Z. Montgomery, D.
5
- Pullen, D.
5
106
17
-- King, D. .
5
22
123
688 480 5
John F. Miller, R
82
87
274
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HISTORY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
fellows so well pleased with themselves, then we shall see what we shall see, to use the least unspiteful words."
SWEARING A CHINAMAN.
Ah Jim was introduced into court as a witness in a case of assault and battery. The court inquired of the interpreter, another Chinamen, as to the manner of swearing witnesses in China, and upon being informed, it was found necessary to adjourn court for an hour to obtain materials for the ceremony. When court convened again, the interpreter produced a piece of yellow paper, upon which was written some Chinese characters, the names of some of the deceased relatives of the witness. By this, as we understood the explanation of the interpreter, the witness invoked the spirits of the departed to witness that he told the truth, and to punish him if he did not. The witness then took the paper in his left hand, and the interpreter stepped back a few paces, and re- peated something in Chinese, to which the witness responded, and bowed his head. After the verbal part of the ceremony was ended, the witness lighted a match, and set fire to the paper, and when it was about half consumed, dropped it into a spit- toon, and so the oath was administered.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY RE-DISTRICTED.
Township No. 1 having been formed into Ventura County, the Supervisors met in April, 1873, and reorganized townships.
Township No. 1 shall commence at shore of the Pacific Ocean, at the eastern corner of the town of Santa Barbara, thenee along the line of said town in a westerly direction to its western corner, at Block No. 1; thence northeast to the northerly boundary of Santa Barbara County; thence in an easterly diree- tion to the westerly line of Ventura County; thence following said line of Ventura County to the Pacific Ocean; thence following the shore of the ocean to the place of beginning.
Township No. 2 shall embrace the territory south and west of the first township, and shall include all the territory now known as the 2d Township, extending to Arroyo del Refugio, that creek being the westerly line of said township, also including the islands of Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Miguel.
Township No. 3 shall remain unchanged, and shall embrace the election precinets of what is now known as Las Cruces, Los Alamos, and Santa Maria, and shall extend to the southerly line of San Luis Obispo.
Clerk ordered to notify Judge Maguire of the organization of the townships, with a request to ap- point a Supervisor for Township No. 1.
COUNTY FINANCES.
In addition to the outstanding bon Is bearing inter- est, the Supervisors ascertained that there was a floating indebtedness of $7,096.54, making the whole
indebtedness of the county not far from $46,000.
Rates of taxes for 1871 :-
State tax, $.865 on each $100. County: General Fund, .45; Hospital, .05; Road, .05; Funded Debt, .20; Floating Indebtedness, .20; School Fund, .27; Road poll tax, $2.00.
Tax rates for 1873 :-
State tax, $.50; County : General Fund, 50; Hospital, .08; Road, .14; School, .12; Interest and Sinking Fund, .05; Funded Debt of 1859-60, .03; Court House bonds and interest, .05.
ASSESSMENT ROLL 1873.
Real estate and improvements $3,637,364
Personal property 1,415,200
Money 33,000
5,085,564
Added by Board of Equalization
137,000
$5,223,094
YEARLY INCREASE.
YEAR. ASSESSMENT.
INCREASE.
1871-2 $2,797,376
1872-3 4,597,080 $1,800,704
1873-4
5,223,094 626,014
WHARF RATES AT HUENEME ESTABLISHED.
Steamers or sailing vessels owned in port, of 100 tons or less, per year $25 00
200 tons or upwards, per year 50 00
All other vessels using the landing, per trip 10 00
Lighters or steamers used in discharging, of 25 tons register or less, per day 3 00
25 to 100 tons 7 50
On first-class freight, per ton -
2 00
On second-class freight, hay, light machinery,
petroleum, per ton 1 50
Lumber, per M 1 50
Shingles per M
15
Cattle and horses
1 50
Each single package
25
MACHINE SMASHED.
We have before mentioned the irresistible power of Frank Thompson and N. A. Covarrubias in poli- tics. Whatever phase of political opinion prevailed, Democratie, Republican, or Independent, they were sure to be elected. The first was a Republican, the second a Democrat. Both commanded, to a great extent, the native vote. No man could get an office unless he belonged to this faction. It does not appear that any undue means were used to influence voters. Personal popularity and ability to organize seem to have been the potent means to maintain themselves in power. When the project to smash the machine was started, it soon swelled into big pro- portions, some joining it for fun, some at the urgent solicitation of friends, some for a love of strife, and some from the mortification of numerous defeats.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
CALL FOR A JOINT CONVENTION.
As this was an unusual proceeding and seemed spontaneous with the people, the matter deserves considerable space in our history.
The following document was extensively circulated and signed :-
PEOPLE'S TICKET-CALL FOR A JOINT CONVENTION- CORRESPONDENCE.
To Messrs. J. Mayhew, C. C. Rhynerson, Eugene Fawcett, Cyrus Shotwell, E. S. Lowrey, J. A. Rich, James Hammel, G. H. Rodehaver, John P. Stearns. Chas. Fernald, John Dunshee, John Edwards, A. W. Russell, G. N. Collins, J. B. Wentling, L. C. Clark, R, Forbush, S. H. Linville, R. B. Ord, R. F. Stevens, E. R. Stevens, Charles Sherman, J. G. Edgar, A. A. Oglesby, Daniel Show, J. F Williams, John Reddick, N. Shrewsbury, J. H. Kincaid, A. S. Cooper, of Santa Barbara; W. W. Hollister, I. G. Foster, G. M. Garret- son, W. E. Foster, of Montecito; J. J. Olmstead, J. A. Blood, of Carpenteria; G. W. Lewis, F. Wincken- den, of Santa Maria; C. H. Clark, of Los Alamos, Captain T. W. More, G. W. Young, of Las Cruces.
POLITICAL CAST OF THE MEN.
SANTA BARBARA-Republicans: J. Mayhew, C. C. Rhynerson, Engene Fawcett, Cyrus Shotwell, E. S. Lowrey, J. A. Rich, James Hammel, G. H. Rode- haver, John P. Stearns, Charles Fernald, John Dun- shee, John Edwards, A. W. Russell, G. N. Collins. J. B. Wentling, L. C. Clark, R. Forbush. Democrats: H. H. Linville, R. B. Ord, R. F. Stevens, E. R. Stevens, Charles Sherman, J. G. Edgar, A. A. Oglesby, Daniel Show, J. F. Williams, John Reddick, N. Shrewsbury, J. H. Kincaid, A. S. Cooper.
LA PATERA-Republicans: W. W. Hollister, I. G. Foster, G. M. Garretson, J. O. Williams. Democrats: J. J. McCaffrey, B. A. Hicks, B. F. Owen.
CARPENTERIA-Republicans: S. H. Olmstead, J. A. Blood. Democrats: M. Smith, A. Ballard, E. Thur- man.
MONTECITO - Republicans: Col. T. B. Dinsmore, Silas Bond, W. E. Foster. Democrats: W. W. Haynes, John Ellis.
SANTA MARIA - Republicans: G. W. Lewis, F. Wickenden. Democrats: Joel Miller, O. H. O'Neil, J. M. Harris, R. D. Cook.
LAS CRUCES-Republicans: Capt. T. W. More, G. W. Young.
Los ALAMOS-Republicans: C. H. Clark. Demo- crats: James J. Holloway, Al. Stubblefield, John A. Green, John Conway.
GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned citizens and tax- payers of the county of Santa Barbara, being desir- ons of securing honest and competent county officers, and believing that party politics should be ignored in the selection of such officers, desire you to meet at the county seat ON THE SECOND SATURDAY IN JULY,
at the Court House, in joint convention, and nomi- nate a people's ticket, the nominations to be made in the following manner, to wit :-
The Republican delegation to have the first choice of the county officers, and the Democratie delegation to have the second choice, and so on alternately until the ticket is completed, and to make such arrange- ments in relation to the Legislative ticket as in your judgment may seem best, and we do hereby pledge ourselves to use all honorable means to secure the election of the officers so nominated.
We, the members of the Republican Central Com- mittee, endorse this movement.
C. W. Leach, Chairman. S. R. I. STURGEON, Secretary. J. MAYIIEW, W. E. FOSTER, A. L. LINCOLN, P. J. BARBER.
We, the members of the Democratie Central Com- mittee, endorse this action.
HI. H. LINVILLE, Chairman. J. F. WILLIAMS, RUSSEL HEATH.
This petition was signed by J. C. Hamer, Peter Davis, Eugene Fawcett, J. P. Stearns, E. T. Gourley, John Dunshee, C. S. Shotwell, A. W. Russell, J. H. Summers, Robert Bently, J. W. Hough, J. Phelps, C. Fernald, J. M. Short, I. B. Pierce, Eugene Knapp, R. M. Dillard, N. Shewsbury, H. B. Monges, John H. Neale, Robert F. Stevens, G. H. Rodehaver, J. H. Cline, J. B. Wentling, James Hammel, R. K. Sexton, HI. P. Stone, J. W. Kezer, J. A. Rich, C. C. Hunt, C. Pierce, J. N. Reddick, J. Hanford, J. P. Hamilton: German Senter, Edward Ivison, L. Syalzer, A. A. Oglesby, D. F. Oglesby, C. F. Merithew, L. T. Hig- gins, E. H. Seriminger, James Mix, Jos. Joyner, Eli Rundel, Seberne Steele, Lafayette Steele, Rufus Beale, John Budden, J. B. Perkins, E. S. Paddock, Joseph Sexton, Thomas Malloy, J. O. Williams, R. Stillwell, W. M. Butler. J. M. Garretson, I. J. Foster L. Allen Key, W. W. Hollister, S. L. James, Ramon J. Hill, O. L. Abbott, J. J. Ellis, J. Faulkner, T. Hos- mer, G. Pollesena, H. H. Severns, R. W. Smith, G. C. Packard, Cyrus Kinney, W. Fellows, P. Hamilton, E. Robinson, S. Bond, Thos. McKane, Thos. Woohead, J. Swift, G. W. Thomas, Wm. A. Hocking, J. W. Van Wacter, J. W. Eames, S. B. Brinkerhoff, J. B. Ashley, Wm. A. White, W. II. Woodbridge, J. T. Richards, J. D. Parkinson, J. T. Holmes, II. C. Pat- rick. S. M. McCaw, J. Huntington, C. E. Alvord, John Saunders, Jas. H. Swift, HI. Raymond, Jas. F. Morris, A. T. Jones, Harry Camp, A. J. Bryant, T. R. Clark, J. A. Buckinham, S. Leitner, S. Goddard, James Joy- ner, W. H. Stanwood, J. C. Fairbanks, G. M. Phil- lips, W. A. Way, J. M. Newcomb, G. White, R. D. Miller, F. W. Kent, D. Show, James M. Rogers, T. T. Wasley, G. W. Williams, Joseph Pierson, John C. Rendall, J. H. Kincaid, E. Bodie, D. Sullivan, J. A. Blood, Jr., W. H. Johnson, J. A. Simpson, C. H. Paddock, John Kurtz, G. N. Collins, D. W. Thomp-
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son, P. N. Newell, W. S. Barrett, J. J. McCaffrey, J. Park, B. F. Pettis, W. W. Martin, R. M. Benfield, R. P. Tucker, I. T. Martin, L. Bishop, Norman Butts, B. F. Owen, S. Rhodes, F. B. Brown, E. H. Penfield, J. C. Kays, H. H. Rust, F. Smith, J. A. Greene, D. B. Ferrill, H. Panry, B. Heisler, C. E. Sherman, W. F. Brechtal, J. H. Wyat, C. C. Swift, J. P. Neal, S. T. Tilley, C. J. Freeman, W. F. Weeks, S. N. Dimmick, Henry Clifton, Walter Prosser, Peter Bur- man, C. B. Bates, C. Walker, B. Gutierrez, Mortimer Cook, H. W. Salzman, John Edwards, Clarence Gray, E. H. Moore, S. Shoup, Chas. C. Smith, James E. Orr, C. H. Eason, F. W. Frost, E. B. Boust, S. D. Staats, Israel Miller, A. G. Edmundson, J. L. Barker, L. W. Moore, W. E. Hart, W. F. Russell, W. L. Stafford, Julius Ecfort, Samuel Staddon, H. Buck, J. Rosenberg, J. V. Hart, W. F. M. Goss, E. H. McCul- ley, R. B. Canfield, Wm. Nelson, D. D. Marris, G. W. Voreless, R. J. Barnet, A. S. Cooper, F. Bisby, W. Broadstone, C. W. Graham, F. E. Bartlett, J. W. Hamilton, C. Smith, C. E. Ablett, J. Heacock, H. M. Herrick, Edward Orr, B. A. Hicks, S. P. Stow, J. W. Cooper, W. F. Mitchel, W. P. Ball, T. M. Hicks, F. E. Kellog, J. W. Orr, A. J. Barker, H. H. Hill, G. P. Hearick, B. H. Rider, J. Howard, Arza Porter, W. C. Stratton, H. W. Ganony, H. W. Hart, Patrick Ferron, P. Bronshee, C. L. Russell, C. H. Kelton, L. N. Smith, W. H. Fowle, B. T. Dinsmore, A. L. Titus, John Cross, J. M. Smith, James Logan, D. D. Criter, A. Doty, Robert McAlister, L. W. Ormsby, W. S. Callis, Henry Benson, B. F. Sea, John Cone, L. H. Warner, Lewis Stark, J. W. Shoultz, L. Lananty; R. G. Pardee, S. H. Olmstead, A. S. Barkley, Capt. Billy Myrick, James A. Blood, I. B. Wall, Thos. A. Cravens, J. R. Thurmond, R. L. Obari, B. Norris, M. Franklin, M. Yrab, J. Franklin, H. C. Richardson, J. L. Crane, N. D. Smith, John Nidever, Thomas Callis, Charles Peterson, Geo. Ferrill, John Benn, F. Thompson, W. McElhenny.
The Convention met in conformity to the call, July 12, 1873.
Eugene Fawcett was made President and R. F. Stevens Secretary. After the President had stated the objects of the meeting, he appointed W. W. Hol- lister, A. S. Cooper, A. A. Oglesby, and Silas Bond Committee on Resolutions.
A set of resolutions was adopted favoring economy and reform, and a stricter accountability to the con- stituents; that the laws should be construed for the benefit of the people; condemning the back pay steal; asserting the right of the State to control franchises, or the right to regulate fares and freights of char- tered companies, and in favor of taxing evidences of indebtedness.
A motion to assess members and candidates brought Colonel Hollister to his feet, with the offer to stand half the expenses himself. J. P. Stearns assumed the other half.
Nominations being in order, it was determined that the nominations should be alternately from each
party, the Republicans commencing first with Clerk. B. C. Langdon, H. P. Stone, and S. H. Olmstead were named, and received, respectively, 12, 27, and 6 votes, Stone receiving the nomination.
W. F. Russell, J. H. Crane, H. H. Linville, and T. H. Cravens were named for Sheriff, and received, respectively, 5, 2, 23, and 15 votes, Linville being nominated.
F. W. Frost was nominated for Treasurer by accla- mation.
R. M. Dillard, J. F. Williams, and J. H. Kincaid were named for District Attorney, and received, respectively, 11, 12, and 22 votes; second ballot, 14, 7, and 24 votes, Kincaid being nominated.
J. C. Hamer was nominated Superintendent of Schools, E. R. Stevens for Surveyor, and C. E. Alvord for Assessor.
A People's Committee, comsisting of five Republi- cans and five Democrats, were nominated. Republi- cans-W. W. Hollister, G. H. Rodehaver, J. Dunshee, E. Fawcett, and J. Mayhew; Democrats-R. F. Stevens, J. J. Edgar, A. B. Williams, A. Bailard, and R. I. Barnett.
OPPOSITION TICKET.
The nominations not being altogether satisfactory, a meeting of discontents was held the following Monday, to put another ticket in the field.
It was called to order by Clarence Gray; C. E. Huse was Chairman, and C. Gray, Secretary. A committee, consisting of Fred Wickenden, T. Wal- lace More, Thomas Hope, U. Yndart, Clarence Gray, Col. W. W. Hayne, and Mariano Rodriguez, was appointed to draft resolutions and report the follow- ing Wednesday, to which time the meeting adjourned.
The Democrats, or some of them, at least, did not seem to be satisfied with the results of the "People's Convention," and made a call for a separate conven- tion, and issued the following-
ADDRESS.
" GENTLEMEN: Impelled by an earrest desire to reform the many political errors and abuses which a strict observance to party tactics has thrust upon our State and county, the Democratic and Republican parties, acting through their respective organiza- tions, met August 9, 1873, for the purpose of nomi- nating a Legislative ticket.
"This invitation came from members of the Repub- lican party, and was acceded to by the Democracy with the express understanding, nay, pledge, that their party should not be ignored in the selection of the candidates. The Democracy, with that spirit of compromise and concession which has ever charac- terized its action when the public good was the paramount object in view, met the Republicans in good faith and with a deliberate determination to do nothing which would hazard or in way retard the success of a movement having for its object the attainment of such desirable results. This Conven- tion has seen fit to place in nomination for Senator and Assemblyman from this district two gentlemen, both of whom are Republicans, allowing the Democ- racy no position on the ticket. This we deem a violation of the agreement upon which we entered
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
the people's party, and in view of the fact that a United States Senator is to be elected by the next Legislature, and of the good faith which has been shown us by the so-called people's party, we believe it to be our bounden duty, as Democrats, to separate ourselves from this organization, and to place in the field a ticket which will be true to Democratie princi- ples, and which the Democracy of this Senatorial District can support. To this end we cordially and earnestly invite the Democracy of this district, to- gether with all other good, conservative, patriotic citizens, to rally to its support.
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