The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-24
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

q Reform party. Many old Repub-
licans in this State can appreciate
the force Of one of the reasons as
signed for disgust at the present
managementofthe Republican party.
Eating dirt" at the feet of their old
antagonists, who have crept into the
organization to carry out personal
objects, IS not confined TO the Cali
fornia Republicans. Horace Gree
ley saw something of the same sort
in Texas, and subsequently saw the
result in the Fall election. The
writer says:
"This should be the rallving cry of
the Reform party, that il, if we are to
have one. The old genuine Republic
ans are being driven out OF the party
of progress and reform and made 10
eat dirt by the buShel every day; and
| for one. at least. will not submit TO ii
any longer. Only look at such men
Is Greeley of New York. Trumbull of
Illinois. Schurz of Missouri. FeutOn Of
New York, Ferry of Connecticut,
Logan OF Illinois, Spencer of Alabama.
Spraeue OF Rhode Island. Upton of
Nebraska. and West of Louisiana.
that now stand ready to jump stiff
legged into a new Reform party as
against the present rotten Admlnlstra-
ton; and there is no doubt whatever
in my mind that in case the Demo
cratic party will fOregO making Il
Presidential nomination for the com
ing campaign, the good and true and
substantial portion of the Republican
party will cut loose from Grant and
set up an Independent Reform party,
which Democrats a. honest reiormerS,
can support; and if thiScan be brought
about. and place the leadership under
such men as | have named, and men
OF that stamp that are in the old
Democratic party, and augmented ny
the vote of the party. it will sweep the
country like a whirlwind. and land al
honest Republican. George w. Julian
Will fill the bill, if satisfactory 10 the
Democrats, and they are part and par
Gel of the Labor ReformerS and set
tiers who have already Endorsed him.
! could name many prominent and
eminent Democrats who fully indOrse
the passive policy; such as John I.
Hoffman. John Quincy Adams, Mont
gonerv Blair. Voorhees, of Indiana.
Judge stephen }. Field, Senators Cas-
serly and Stockton, =. J. Tiiden. and
many others, cordially approve sucha
programme. and I now beg of the
California Democracy to speak out in
thunder tones
The Republicans of Nevada are
now in a condition similar in many
respects with that of their party
friends in California in 1867. They
are d~emoralized and embittered
against each other, broken up into
cliques hating each other with greater
intensity than they ever felt for the
Democracy. Much of this feeling is
attributable to purely personal an
tagonisms growing ont of past feuds;
but some of the differences are of
deeper origin Gen. Grants admin
istration, as ii has affected this State,
has not been popular with the party
that elected him. Much of this dis
satisfaction results from the manner
in which the Federal patronage has
been distributed. \ certainmeasure
of dissatisfaction must always attend
these appointments, but in Nevada
there has long been a greater pro-
portion than usual. All these ele-
ments combined have brought about
a condition not at all favorable for a
concentrated, enthusiastic movement
next year. There is a general de-
mand for something different-a new
order of tbiags-anew deal. Reform
must come from some quarter. The
corruption, imbecility and favoritism
of past years cannot be repeated
here, and any party which under
takes toprolonSit its existence witho ut
roofing out these corroding, degrad-
elements viii find itself in the
There IS an instinct at
work throughout the Republican
organization of Nevada that is the
forerunner Of revolt. 1t demands