August 28, 1974 (8 pages)

Earl Waters Back to issues . .:While President Nixon’s resignation has brought a tremendous sigh of relief to most all candidates vying for office this November, their problems are far from over. The Republicans can be expected to benefit most by having the Nixon lodestone removed from their campaigns. Yet it was also a quagmire for. the Democrats. For Nixon had many defenders and sympathizers prior-to his final solution. Had he remained in office the Democrats stood to lose many votes by continuing their attacks upon him. * Most candidates in both . parties now hope for ‘that which Nixon was continually wishing; that the Watergate issue would go away and the country could get on with other business. For Watergate was not a Republican Party conspiracy and few, if any, of the regular Republicans were involved or had any knowledge of the ions and the cover up. . And most Republicans were just as appalled as all other good citizens as the plot unravelled. It was unlikely that, even had Nixon not resigned, the Watergate affair would have greatly affected. California’s congressional races and even less likely that it would have had much influence in the legislative contests. California voters have consistently demonstrated more ‘concern with the individual candidates and issues than party affiliations. Still the threat of public reaction to Watergate and Nixon was promising to endanger Republican chances to capture at least two state offices, that of governor and __ lieutenant governor. This was partly due to Lt. Governor Ed Reinecke’s unfortunate involvement in the web of Watergate investigations but more to the rhetorical emphasis on campaign reforms and clean politics indulged in by Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in his campaign for, governor. — Throughout the primary these problems. But, Nixon’s resignation now changes things. Excepting for _ the trials pending of those being charged with criminal offenses, Watergate and its related matters are. . The public: can now return to the immediate problems both. at the national level and within the state. So, no longer having an issue which was a_ fortuitous distraction for some candidates “and an embarrassing one for others, the office seekers will now have to face up to such matters as unemployment, costs -of living, crime, and .adequate health care for all. -Those are the hard issues which candidates like Brown have been ducking and which candidates like Flournoy have been battling to bring into the campaigns. These same issues will now confront the congressional and legislative candidates. And it will depend upon how well they can field such questions as to whether the voters will elect them or not, rather than which party designation they are wearing. : One of the hurdles the incumbents will face is the antagonism to those in office during periods of hard times: This extends to Democrats as . well as Republicans. And there have been some signs that this antipathy is stronger than other years. It may descend more on the state legislators than the ssmen due to the recent expose stories on excessive fringe benefits, especially the retirements, voted themselves by the legislators. A BLAZE ON Highway 20 near Ridge south of Grass Valley destroyed three Old Homestead _ Safe and Sound ?— * Road Friday afternoon. It was one of several fires in acres Western Nevada county. campaign, Junior Brown smokescreened the real issues confronting state government Keeping your home in good.rewith the Watergate scandals and : . ves Se a repair (or making modernizing ror pape bos aay fe slenued improvements) is about the best to continue using those whipping investment you can make. boy issues as a convenient means to avoid getting into homefront problems. ; That this was hurting and when a low cost home improvement: loan is available at campaign for governor of MLB to help you do it now, there ‘from ryan polls pte opi A isn't any. excuse for not starting, : . Se eight yearasan : : ss is there? Pepats , 3 plete detachment from the Nixon administration he, like all cans, was feeling some See us at MLB today and get that planned project underway tomorrow! of the splatter. concentration of the media on ‘Flournoy’s efforts to focus at§ = MEMBER F.0.LC. More devastating to his ; : events transpiring _in tention on the serious problems GRASS VALLEY « NEVADA CITY Pe campaign was the intense cr : BS Washington. Because OTHER LODE BANK involved in the race for governor PLACERVILLE © SONORA * FOLSOM oe were escaping . the public’s ROSEVILLE. + TWAIN HARTE » ALTAVILLE et notice, Further, it frustrated his CAMERON PARK “3 a S attempts to pin his Democratic sa -. = arte? opponent to any positfons” on”

Earl Waters Back to issues . .:While President Nixon’s resignation has brought a tremendous sigh of relief to most all candidates vying for office this November, their problems are far from over. The Republicans can be expected to benefit most by having the Nixon lodestone removed from their campaigns. Yet it was also a quagmire for. the Democrats. For Nixon had many defenders and sympathizers prior-to his final solution. Had he remained in office the Democrats stood to lose many votes by continuing their attacks upon him. * Most candidates in both . parties now hope for ‘that which Nixon was continually wishing; that the Watergate issue would go away and the country could get on with other business. For Watergate was not a Republican Party conspiracy and few, if any, of the regular Republicans were involved or had any knowledge of the ions and the cover up. . And most Republicans were just as appalled as all other good citizens as the plot unravelled. It was unlikely that, even had Nixon not resigned, the Watergate affair would have greatly affected. California’s congressional races and even less likely that it would have had much influence in the legislative contests. California voters have consistently demonstrated more ‘concern with the individual candidates and issues than party affiliations. Still the threat of public reaction to Watergate and Nixon was promising to endanger Republican chances to capture at least two state offices, that of governor and __ lieutenant governor. This was partly due to Lt. Governor Ed Reinecke’s unfortunate involvement in the web of Watergate investigations but more to the rhetorical emphasis on campaign reforms and clean politics indulged in by Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in his campaign for, governor. — Throughout the primary these problems. But, Nixon’s resignation now changes things. Excepting for _ the trials pending of those being charged with criminal offenses, Watergate and its related matters are. . The public: can now return to the immediate problems both. at the national level and within the state. So, no longer having an issue which was a_ fortuitous distraction for some candidates “and an embarrassing one for others, the office seekers will now have to face up to such matters as unemployment, costs

-of living, crime, and .adequate health care for all. -Those are the hard issues which candidates like Brown have been ducking and which candidates like Flournoy have been battling to bring into the campaigns. These same issues will now confront the congressional and legislative candidates. And it will depend upon how well they can field such questions as to whether the voters will elect them or not, rather than which party designation they are wearing. : One of the hurdles the incumbents will face is the antagonism to those in office during periods of hard times: This extends to Democrats as . well as Republicans. And there have been some signs that this antipathy is stronger than other years. It may descend more on the state legislators than the ssmen due to the recent expose stories on excessive fringe benefits, especially the retirements, voted themselves by the legislators. A BLAZE ON Highway 20 near Ridge south of Grass Valley destroyed three Old Homestead _ Safe and Sound ?— * Road Friday afternoon. It was one of several fires in acres Western Nevada county. campaign, Junior Brown smokescreened the real issues confronting state government Keeping your home in good.rewith the Watergate scandals and : . ves Se a repair (or making modernizing ror pape bos aay fe slenued improvements) is about the best to continue using those whipping investment you can make.. boy issues as a convenient means to avoid getting into homefront problems. ; That this was hurting and when a low cost home improvement: loan is available at campaign for governor of MLB to help you do it now, there ‘from ryan polls pte opi A isn't any. excuse for not starting, : . Se eight yearasan : : ss is there? Pepats , 3 plete detachment from the Nixon administration he, like all cans, was feeling some See us at MLB today and get that planned project underway tomorrow! of the splatter. concentration of the media on ‘Flournoy’s efforts to focus at§ = MEMBER F.0.LC. More devastating to his ; : events transpiring _in tention on the serious problems GRASS VALLEY « NEVADA CITY Pe campaign was the intense cr : BS Washington. Because OTHER LODE BANK involved in the race for governor PLACERVILLE © SONORA * FOLSOM oe were escaping . the public’s ROSEVILLE. + TWAIN HARTE » ALTAVILLE et notice, Further, it frustrated his CAMERON PARK “3 a S attempts to pin his Democratic sa -. = arte? opponent to any positfons” on”