Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-16
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.

To EDITOR OF THE GoLD HILL
NEWS: will you have the kindness to
answer two or three questions which
I will PROFOUND to You. viz: What
are the politics Of the Virginia caros.
icie1 My wife and I differ. She con.
tends that It la Greeley paper, aud
In proof Of It called my attention to
its lssue Of the 18th instant. admit
that siie had the better OF mo until its
i~ue Of yesterday. when Il came out
strongly a. a Grant paper. Now, Mr..
Editor. I wi.h you would settle this
difference between my wife and me.
She Is tor Greeley, while I am for
Grant. Woman like. she will not take
my opinion as law and gospel, but OBJ
stiuately adhere> to her own convic-
lions. Every day We have a tiff over
1t. she asserting chat the Chronicle Ia \
Greeley paper, while I Is firmly de-
clare that 1t l. a Grant paper. We
have finally agreed to abide BY your
decision. The second question Is Has
Jones Sbandoued the Idea Of being =
candidate for tho United States Sen.
ate? II he has. I aud many Others
would like to know 1t. The third
question i+-When will he return to
Gold Hill? Now. there are 347 Of Us
who have been waiting some two or
three months for hlin to- return ;
twenty-three Of them. I have diL
covered by talking with them, are
after the same position that | am.
viz: to be made tine-keeper OF
the Crown Point. or somu other
mine, while the balance ofthe number
expect to obtain lucrative positions
fiom him. II he All give IA all sltua-
tiolis where the salaries r high, and
the dutira light, we will sustain him
tor the United States Senate; II he
cannot give u all positions, let him
come down with the coin. Should he
fall to recognize my splendid abilities,
| shall feel constrained to 20 for
Sharon. | am not particular whether
[ go for Jones or sharon. am. as my
name indicated q soldier Of fortune and
light OH the side which psy. mo the
higher price. Hurrah for Sh-. No,
I will not hurrah until he or some Of
his friends "see me-" The fourth and
last question l. this: IL there any
truth In the rutnor that the editor Of
the Enterprise. In n sudden and uncon-
trollable fit Of indignation, at the non-
arrival of Jones, has Knocked the three
column sian Sing article headed We'll
come to Jones" into "pi?" l have
read Ia the Gold Hill News so FIRE.
iuently OF thar somewhat noted article.
that | shall be disappointed II 1t Is not
published. VIDE.
Dua.Lp DAIoETTY.
VI the Free Lancers.
In reply to the frat question con.
tained In tho above communication.
We will frankly say. It l. too heavy a
conundrun. We give It up. For a
definite reply to the second question
we refer him 10 Jones himself as the
only II able to answer. A. to when
tones will return to Gold Hill, We can
only say that he still continues to be
coming. The Information, however.
given with this question. We cousider
WA poor policy to announce just at
present under the circumstances. II
/. rather OF a stsSgerer. Jones re-
lulres To be a msn Of nerve a. we'll As
coin, to ON up from his retirement
aud face that hungry 81. No wonder
the poor fellow has st,id away 60 long.
Yet this 347 our friend mentions Is
only the few he happens to know Of.
That /, but a small part Of theui-s
mere sklrinishinS purity to the main
army. NJ. the Enterprise editors
three column article, n We stated a
day or two sluce. has just been reset
and renodeled ready To b. launched
forth In sdulatory shovelsful all over
Jones Ms .oon rs hs arrives. We have
again Just received reliable intelligence
that Jones Is coming. Jones - the
coming man."