Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-29
Ipo1 sprou1Ar1oNs.

All the one-horse newspapers
throughout the State, including the
Virginia "Chronical." are In a state
of violent chronic conniption over the
withdrawal of Mr.. Sharon from the
Senatorial contest, and even the Enter.
prise continuesto be violently exercised
oyer it. Sharon has become, to their
dlsordered minds, a chronic bugbear,
and they keep conjuring him up In all
sorts of shapes, as though he were en-.
dowed with a peculiarly satanic fasci-
nation for them. They lay everything
that they don't like to Sharon. They
are inclined to lay all the changes In
noon. wind or weather to Sharon, ev-
identity considering him all powerful
In every respect. Although he has
withdrawn from the Senatorial CON-
test, completely and Internationally,
giving Jones the field and power to
win, yet these fearful. doubling Thorn
ases affect to believe that he or his
ghost will yet appear In some new and
more potent shape. They hug the po-
litic,l phantom to their breast IS
greedily as the old Democratic party
did the negro, and impelled BY about
the same object.
The idol of the Enterprise was once
Sharon; it bowed the reIerential head
and bent the suppliant knee before him
In vo'uble alteration for years; but
even as the Asiatic barbarians knock
their idols about by way Of punish
ment when they Imagine those limo
cents have d~ispleased them, SO does
the petulant Enterprise now, in It's own
peculiarly cratic way, try to punish
Sharon for fancied wrongs. The En-
terprise editor now worships at the
shrine Of his new-found idol, Jones,
to whom he has willingly become the
chief organ-grinder; yet, In the midst
Of his most reverential worshlpping+
the G.. o. G.. ever and anon looks
around apprehensively, as though fear
ing some unknown retribution from
his former idol, Sharon. The Chronicle
is more vascillating. like Horace Gree
lev, and has no well-defined and set
tied ideas In tho matter. 1t tries to
worship Jones. Sutro, God and Nam.
mon, all ut the same time. Jones was
its chief idol not long ago, but Il
soured on that Idol, after the manner
OF the barbarians aforesaid. and just
now ia assiduously hugying Its new
idol, Sutro, to its fevered breast: In
Its issue of yesterday it had the amusing
etfroutery In an editorial mentioning
other Senatorial candidates by way OF
Introducing Sutro, to say: "Sutro Is
the idol OF the laboring classes, and Is
withal the most formidable foe the
rings have ever spent their fury against
In vain. The question Of availability
against the Vaccinations Of the ring.
| will alone determine who shall be Sen-
ator." The editor. however. uninten.
tionally redeems himself BY conclud-
ing with the significant remark regard
lug these aforesaid candidates, includ.
ing Su.ro, Of course: bat we may
be permitted to say that. while some
of them may be available and alto
sether worthy of the trust, other'
would scarcely be heard Of In the fight,
even In the event of Democratic sue
cess" Sutro was formerly a good In
tluential Republican, but he has degen-
Grated to a Greeleyite, consequently
would scarcely be heard Of In the
fight" sure enough. Neither Is he
"the idol Of the laborlng classes but
only OF the Virginia Chronicle.