Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-04
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The day is near at hand when the
Union-loving citizens are to vote for their
choice for q candidate for Congressman.
The first and foremost qualification is
loyalty. Without this element, distinct,
positive, unimpeachable in the character,
the history of an aspirant, he should have
no shadow of show before the Union men
of Storey county. Conjoined with his
Unionism, the successful candidate should
be a man Of good habits, and he should
possess frst.class ability, and be well
known as devoted to the best interests Of
the State, as they are now recognized and
as they may hereafter arise, in the course
of the next Congressional term. Such a
person. in all respects, we have commend
ed to the Union party Of Storey county;
and before and since u endorsement Of
his aspirations we have heard a general
and, we believe, a largely p~reponderating
voice in his favor. We sincerely think
that no mar on this coast can do more in
Washington for the advancement of the
interests of the people he represents in the
Halls of National Legislation than Col.
Charles A. Sumner. Familiar as he is,
and has been from boyhood, with Legis-
lative life and action,-acquainted as he
is with leading men of the Capital, a resi-
dent of this coast of ten years standing
having the personal friendship of every
Pacific Representative in either Hall Of
Congress,-a fluent, sensible, eloquent
debater,-a man noted for his constant
adherence and self-sacrifcing devotion to
the cause of free republican Government,
with untiring industry and persever-
ance and unchallenged integrisy, he is
pre.eminently fitted for the place for
which he is now named. 1t is not with
any suspicion that Col. Sumner needs our
express words in his support that we write
this we are quite positive that the people
of the State-the vast majority Of them
have already determined in his nomina-
ton and election; nor do we think he is
liable to lose his prospects through any
unfair efforts made against him. More
than a sufficient number of State dele
gates are elected favorable to him to Sc
cure his nomination on the first ballot, i
Storey county gives him her vote. The
tale has been originated by certain IN
scrupulous and irresponsible parties that
Col. Sumner was opposed to the Pacific
Railroad" AS he well words his resort
on such a miserable accusation-"They
might as well say l was opposed to the
finding of another Comstock lead in Ne
vada." Some Of the warmest friends of the
Central Pacific Railroad-men owning
thousands Of dollars worth Of the stock Of
that company-are friends and supporters
of Col. Summer. A few worthy citizens
were for a time, deceived by this f%alsehood,
which was circulated with no basis what
ever except that such as lay in the hope
that it might injure him in the estimation
of men who would not come to a knowl-
edge of the very contrary fact, before the
primary was past. Fortunately, the I'M
truth, its source, and the persons to whom
it wa told, have been discovered.
1t is of more Importance to us than to
any people, that we should have an able
Congressional Representations We will
have such an n in Charles 4. Sumner.