The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-11-06
A Few Thoughts coae<rnias virxisia CITY.

recorded. would Be OF 10 snail interest 70 the
general public. II IS there that Senator's, Con-
1 gresS,nen. Governors, and hcnored rulers O.
! the people are made ard fashioned. ready 20
wear with blushing humility the robes Of au-
thority thrust upon them by the dear oonfd-
/ ing people. About these days the process of
l ineabatIOn has begun which Is expected 70
hatch Governor, Justice Of the Supreme
Court, = Member OF Congress. and a full
/ board of State officers States are now being
made IL the inner temple Of the BAnk Of Cali
fornis, and underground wires are being
stretched thersfrum 20 the uttermost confines
OF the State, that it, viii may be known and
its edicts obeyed. Many Of the shining lights
Of Rsiicalism, who are not of the inner circle
have long been waiting and trembling in the
| anxious hope that the throbbing electricity
pulsating along the wires that lead out from
the Bank, would carry a summons tn them to
hasten up 10 the Mecca OF their hopes. that
their names nigh; be enrolled among the
elect but as many are called. and few are
chosen" much disappointment has ersued.
as sill Of the great men Of the State could not
be provided fo- without a very liberal increase
of official places. The Bank has made its
slate, and there nov remains no alternative for
those whose names are no; upon it bu: to re-
tire TO the genial shades Of private life Tha,
the retired list embraces many names hereto
fore high in the confidence of the party. We
are not permitted to doubt hut which. for
good reasons, we nov withhold. Il Is barely
possible thatthess victims Of the Banks cruel
Ia~r.a ma
to thwart the purposes Of their late masters :;
but, as all of them were eager to get upon its
roll Of honor, We doubt very much whether
there remains sufficient independent man
hood among them 10 make an open tiuht
In convention next Summer. But whether
ihey 10, or not, viii make 40 difference. as
their fate Is sealed, and the decree has gone
forth that the places that have known them
50 long viii know them no mo:e forever. 90
These disatiecI-d patriots are now load in
their denunciauon Of crushing monopo!ies. %
and soulless corporations" and many Of
them are beginning to hint, vaguely, il is true.
that possibly white men have some rights
that piggers and Cinnamon are bound TO re-
spect.
In the late unpleasantness," which oc-
CURED in Storey county, between some eau
casion miners and band Of Chinese labor.
ers, who were IN the employ Of the Bank the
disappointed brigade sough; TO emb.oL the
Bank with the miners, by urging the Bank TO
call upon the military power Of the National
Government 70 protect its Chinese lAbo-ers {.
but the Bank and its counselors we've not 10
De caught n that way. as such a COcAlC,
would have smashed the slate into iniu!tes!-
NAL fragments and enabled the outs 10
have won a substantial triumph, in the CON
ysnt:oI, over the Bank. This dodge was
seen through and a council of war was called
q: which il was resolved that q com--oruise
must be made AZ all hazards Il the Bank
would maintain Its power and defeat its wily
adTersaries. Sharon. who Vas ~ the BAY
Was te!egraphsd for and fastened home. and
Ike 8 SkllltUl general, rs he =. resolved UPON
the policy of mutual concessions and psare
in preference TO reserved rights and war H
posted down 10 Gold Hill 4. a miners meeting
was called; Sharon addressed them. in ULir.
promises were made that no Chinese labo-ers
should Be employed in the mil q, belonging
10 the Bank and none should be worked on
the railroad in sight O: Gold Hill. The re-
suit o: tins maguauimoUs proposition was
that three cheers were given Sharon. and
three more for the railroad. and consent
given that Chinese might work anywhere on
the railroad below American Flat. Thus Sha-
ron and the Bank tnumphed, and their foes
were foiled in their attempts to embroil the
Bank with the Miners Union Of Storey county.
The foregoing is but bare skeleton. or
outline, Of the political situation Of Storey
county, and the moves being there made
to foist upon the people OF the State a
full-hedged complement of State officers at
the next election. As new developments
are made from time TO time, we will keep our
readers posted as to their nature and purport
and may make some personal references
which will be both interesting and instructive
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