Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-07
THE LEGISLATIVE T1cKETa

Now that the Republican and DEM
ocratic parties Of Storey county have
made their nominations Of candidates
for members Of the Legislature. the
nominees are supposed to come right
nm. face to face, before the sovereign
people-the voters at the bsllot-box at
the next election. In politics, an as
pirant for office occupies two positions
One Is, when his abilities and claims
are canvassed before delegates to q
nominating convention. and in the
presence of that assembly Of supposed
wisdom and Judgment. The other po-
sltion Is, in the presence Of the masses
of his party, the men who do the vot-
ing at the ballot-box, and who are very
ant to s~crutinize a mans abilities, fit
ness and capacity, equally we'll, II not
better, than men are who simply place
In nomination the names Of candidates
for the suffrages Of the people. We
have examined the lists Of candidates
of both political parties for the Legis-
lature, and, so far as we know the men,
we are free to confess that the Repub-
licans have a very good. average ticket,
In point OF ability for Legislative ser
vice, some Of whose members come
before the people with a record Of con-
siderable and honorable legislative
experience. acquired in this and
other Pacific States, while on
the other hand, we fail to detect the
name of = single candidate who has the
least experience or knowledge Of the
business Of ~law-maklng. There may,
possibly, be one or more men Of legii-
lative experience OIL the Democratic
ticket, but II there are any, we have
failed to see them OH the surface In
this State. The Democratic Conven-
ton, thinking perhaps that there was
d~isaffection and trouble within u
party, have thought proper to
~"snatch, bald-headed," several late
Republicans, aud place them upon
their ticket as full fiedged Democrats.
without any why's or wherefores, In
order to create what they may have
thought a breach somewhere In the
rank and file Of our party, or perhaps
TO give responsibility to some portions
Of their own questionable ticket. But,
bless their charitable souls, we have
plenty of good Republicans LEFT, and
could spare them rs many morevand,
II hard run, We might spare them
enough to make a new deal, and fur
nish an entire new ticket. Our party
IL strong aud powerful this Fall; we
have a full and plenty to spare, and
better material than they have In their
party to make candidates Of. The only
difficulty with our party is that we have
not got offices enough to satisfy the
ambition Of all the smart men In 1t;
and when it happens, as 1t sometimes
does that q mans claims are over
looked-owlng MORE, perhaps, to his
/, own native modesty In not letting his
ambition be known to his best friends
he falls from Republican grace and
joins the enemy, 1t is nothing particrl-
larly new nor astonishing. 1t Is the
fate of politics that such things should
happen and, consequently, the DEM
ocrats having taken under their pro-
tecting wing several Of our good-ns-
tured Republicans here In Gold HILL
making them promises Of election In
November. 1t Is altogether their own
Individual business, and none belong
ing to the Republican party, who have
candidates OF their own to elect. Our
advice to the members Of our party is
to vote their own ticket. and let the
Democrats do the same for their own
nominees. If our platforms anu prin-
ciple, r right. and our candidates
have Endorsed them, rs they certainly
all have, then It behoove. the members
OF the Republican party to support
their nominees. II is better {" rote for
a merk hroher on The right platform than
10 rote for a roiiticN enemy on q 'erong
platform.