The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-09
TRIPARTITE ALLIANCE.

nothing else is talked of but Sharon
and Jones, and Jones and Sharon
Occasionally the names of Nye anC
Blasdel are incidentally mentioned
There is a bitter and u%nrelentins
warfare going on between Sharon anG
Jones, not only as opposing Sena.
tOrial aspirants, but as Comstocb
kings. Each of them. We doubt not
lays awake Of nights, raching his
brain for & corner" For a mum
Der OF years, Sharon had things
pretty much his own way on the
Comstock lode, and has made a
princely private fortune. Within
the last twelve months. however,
Jones has secured control OF several
mines. One of them, the Crown
Point, is conceded to be the largest
and most valuable mine ever dlscOy-
cred in the world. Jones has not
only this, and several other mines to
back him, but he is reputed to be
worth several millions of dollars be-
sides. These two money kings have
their ewes on the United States Sen
ate. They are both classed among
the slrewdest tinanciers on the Paci-
fic coast, and if the possession OF i'm
mense wealth was a necessary quail
ticatiOn for office, one or the other
would stand a good show 10 reach
the high place which now dazzles
their Imagination. While the pos
session of wealth IS uota crime when
honorably obtained. and while it is
very convenient thingto have lying
around handy, the people of this
as well as of the Republic,
will demand other qualifications.
We do not believe the people of Ne
vada can be influenced by Il moneyed
consideration in their choice for
Senator. The time has come when
a candidate must be endowed with
other qualifications than wealth. and
pomp, and display. He must stand
squarely upon the right side of the
great national issues which divide
and are dividing the American peo-
pie, and he must be found on the
side of the great revolution which is
now gathering its forces in every
section of the Union. \ barricade
of coin and gold bullion can not
withstand the waves of popular fury
which will drench the landand purify
the Government from the highest to
the lowest office.
T. the selection OF a United States
Senator, the question with the people
will not be, has he got money? but,
is he otherwise qualified? Is he in
sympathy with those grand princi-
Piles that SO vitality effect the interests
of the great mass of American people
and upon which the proud fabric OF
American liberty rests.
The contest between Jones and
Sharon is not only a spirited one,
but becomes interesting on account
of the strange bed fellows it brings
together. We had occasion hereto
fore to speak of the amicable rela-
lions existing between Governor
Blasdel and Sharon. 1t is now gen
orally understood, and we think cor
too, that Sharon, Nye, and
Blasdel have formed an alliance Of
fensive and defensive. Sharon's adj
mirers are jubilant over the idea.
They think that Jones viii fall an
victim +; that Sharon's money,
eloquence, and Blasdel's re-
combined, Will carry off the
prize. Money, eloquence, and re-
form the capital stock of the
concern. 1t is a query in the minds
of many as to which of the three, in
case of success, is to be Senator. To
our minds it is clear. If the Repub-