The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-08-24

It vas q motto Of the Democratic party
in its better days. There Is nothing in
Democracy which requires concealment.
Il meant, at the time. q reference merely
to arrangements for the establishment Of
sDemocratic paper in an interior town
of Ohio. In later years. it had a new
meaning. under a changed aspect Of pub
lie affairs. As things stand to-day. the
Republican party occupies the ground
formerly held as Democratic. 1t is the
party of the people, governed by the will
Of the massss, is representatives in Of
fee shaping their course BY the known
preferences of the voters at large. There
is to-day nothing fair, nothing worthy to
be espoused as a party sentiment, which
requires any coneealment. And SO. we
thus publicly state some propositions
and allude to some matters which are
at the same time the private affairs of
the Republican party and the general
public affairs of the community rs well.
A great deal has been said here about
the Bank of California; about its connec-
ton With the politics Of the State; about
its prominent part in the appointments
Of the Republican party. Some have ad-
vocated, in the interest Of the party. ar
emphatic r~snuaeiation. q public washing
and wringing ont of the skirts Of the
party, fs6m all contamination Of Bank
influence. What that Bank influence is
we have pefes realized. The form and
pressure Of that influence has never pho
tographed It's counterfeit preseptment on
the lining Of our vestments. We are
guilel@s in that much-whosesoever be
the fault. But, what Of men are
We, to set up an obstacle out Of material
not essentially hostile, merely at the
bidding Of uncertain friends and unfail-
ing enemies, II were a belittlng Of the
great party. as its good name and conse-
quence are in our keeping. TO set up for
il a fight like that. The Bank Of Cali
fornia is a corporation under the laws.
Its agents are unaceommodating Ito a
deeree) With the money we have dug out
of the mountains. They ask security for
loans-ae bad men-but others do the
same; we can not quarrel with a corpora
ton: we can not afford to engage . cor
poration warfare beside the political
issues now engaging our attention. 1t
would be Improbable. and would not be
dignifed. A political party must have
some dignity, where the expense Of the
dignity is on its enemies. That is STRAIT
egy. Let MISUNDERSTANDING
industrial elass-support rs. If they can.
The fight is a good one. and we can afford
to divide the honors up amongst q great
many men.
The candidates for Governor are look
ing about. We do not see how the Bank
Is interested directly in our Governor
II it is, it must be more for the
name of being successful than for the
essence aud benefits Of success itself.
Haynes, Of Douglas, is here-canvass-
ing, we understand, for the Governor
Tritle, of Storey, was here q
few weeks Ago.. Tritle is understood to
be the Bank candidate Haynes, we
presume, is anti Bank We take this
for granted, by noticing who some of his
are. We would like to see all
that dropped; and the interest Of the
people of the State looked after, a it is
and that requires that the Bank have
its proper rights respected and cared for,
and that no political party array itself as
peaceful. l~awabiding citizens, |
whether corporators or private, insulated
property holders. who obey the laws and
pay their taxes. We do not like the po-
sition understood to be occupied by Mr..
Tritle-as the Bank candidate '-neith-
err is that q good position imputed to Mr..
Haynes-if eorrect-'an anti Bank We
are not running o Bank nor an anti
Bank party; and hope to make the party
as it stands show fairly as the party Of
the people.