Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-06
>voRxINa-MENs CANDIDATE.


OF all the candidates before the peopl
of this county, from among whom tn
people are, tomorrow, to select thei
county officials, there is but one, for an!
office of any importance whatever, Wit
comes from the working class, or whit
presents anysubstantial basis for an appea
| 10 the support of that class of our citi
gems. That candidate is JAMES NJ. DAY
He comes before the people without the
endorsement of any conclaye of officer
makers; neither convention, nor commit
tee, nor party caucus have issued their
fat commanding or licensing the people
to vote for him. The committees and
conventions ignored the laboring class
in toto in their selection of candidates fol
every Office of emolument or high re-
sponsibility. In their parcelling out Of
Offices, they acted toward the working.
men after the style of the celebrated
Liberal Dick" of whom tradition says,
"he killed bull and gave the horns to
the poor" The convention and commit
tee candidates of all parties and factions,
nominated for Office of profit, men who
are already well supplied with a liberal
share Of this worlds goods, accumulated
in genteel trade; men whose fair hand
are unso.led and unhardened BY contact
with the rude implements of labor. These
well to do candidates were supposed, by
reason of their wealth and position" to
have vast Influence" which would give
strength and responsibility" to the tick
cts which were honored by their names.
We hear upon the street, that Mr.. So
and So, can control hundred votes in
this mine, and fifty votes at that mill
Is this so, working men Of Storey: Are
your votes to be controlled by the hfie'
and hundreds: Are you the born OF
bought thralls and slaves that these men
call you, when they talk about control"
Whence comes this right, or this power
to control votes: How is this control to
be exercised: It occurs to US, that under
our theory of government, the control Of
every mans vote. is vested: in himself;
that his own conscience is in that mat
ter his sole dictator. It shameS us, and
it casts foul slur on the very first prin-
ciples of a free government, to hear men
talk about this man or that man coatroi-
ling hundred votes here, and hundred
votes there, as though men vested by the
laws of the land with the attributes OF
citizenship, could be driven hither' and
thither like droves of sheep or hogs and
sold to the highest bidder. 1t is stain
and a stigma on the high character
of American citizenship and an
insult that should be resented by every
man that considers himself free white
man. Spot these men who boast tina;
they can control your votes by the mill.
full and mine-full, and learn them the
singing lesson that they can do no such
thing. Learn them that each and every
one of you is free-thinking. free-acting
citizen, subject to no control save that OF
individual Judgment and private con-
science. The political wire-workers Of
-. 10y hsva >ean II 20 ignore you in
-...- y m. their nominations !;
.-. .as~a 1f. y"y. can in turn ignore
- .ls;nri-y 9f the men on their
...s-.s $40 good euough men, but you
.ssra ao' consulted In their selection, and
yoa Car coasui; your own Inclination to
..9..as. / TIE polls. lac candidate
,r0-a aano We have mentioned, JAMES
u. DAY, We have said, comes before you
without; ,ta imperial seal of any Conven-
:ion. tie steps :orth from your ranks,
and c,fs for your votes; he does not de-
A.ead them. lie is one of you, he feels
fox you and with you, his cause is his and
his cause yours. He has sho,cn his friend
ship and his championship not with mere
cords, but with deeds that have borne
good fruit for your benefit. One month
ago yesterday, the laboring men of Storey
county rose up in united and stern revolt
against the unjust oppression of wealth
and power. and made their Just and
righteous demand of "a fair days pay fo,
fair days work" When thar vast as
semblage of working men moved on lis
way toward Virginia. the names of two
men were on the tongues of all; two Su-
perintendents of heavy mining claims who
had stood up manf1lly and successfully
for the just demands of their fellow-w work
men. The example of these two heavy
companies gave a moral force to the work
ing mems movement that cannot be over
estimated. The effect which it produced
is too well known to need recapitulation.
One of these Superinteud nts was JAMES
VI. DAY, of the Yellow Jacket. JAMES
VI. DAY is now " out of job" by reason
OF his sympathies with justice and the
working-meu. He presents himself be-
fore his fellow-miners and respectfully
asks them toextend to him a,helpiug hand,
and place him in situation where he can
freely think and freely act as their friend
without the fear OF being dishonorably
discharged from the service"