Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-20
GOLD HILL :, SATURDAY. DEC. 30. 1878
NEW PARTY.

A NEW PARTY.
The Boston Advertiser, q staunch Re-
publican journal, from which We fire.
quently quoted during the Butler at
tempt to capture Massachusetts, last
Fall, and whose sentiments we have
often heartily a~pplauded. thus COM
ments upon the recent election In Bos-
ton and the success Of the peoples
ticket:
The election Of a large majority Of
the citizens union ticket for Aldermen
vindicates the wisdom Of the move
ment which brought them forward. and
insures a safe and honorable govern
ment for another year. Tho special
lesson, however, which It enforces, and
which the party ringleaders arc slow
to learn, IL that they cannot abuse
their power with lmpunity. They
may capture the party c~aucuses, and
I'LL ward and city committees and con-
ventions with their creatures. But II
they insist upon making unfit nomina-
lions, regardless, Of public opinion, their
success Is not worth a sixpence to
them. The great body Of voters have
discovered that IL IL as easy to repudi-
ate a regular nomination, provided It
Is bad one, as II is had no such in-
dorsement.
This "lesson" Is fast being learned.
and the result will DO to insure a bet
ter class OF nominations everywhere.
Partisan tyranny and bigotry have
been carried to a dangerous extreme
in the Republican party. In many
localities, the creatures Of ambitious
aspirants have captured" the party
caucu,es and put forth their nominees
for the support Of the followers Of the
organization with which they claimed
fellowship. The result has been dis
astrous, and the reputation Of these
creatures, thus foisted into Office, has
attached itself to the party through
the corruption and capture Of whose
organization they were nominated.
The denunciations hurled upon all
who dared to claim the sacred right Of
choosing their officials regardless Of the
dictation Of party managers, have re-
acted not so much upon the men
through whose bad faith this state of
things existed, as upon the party in
whose name and through whose In
fluence they achieved their dishonor-
able successes. Henceforth good men
must be nominated. and let US hope
none others will be elected. We are
not so welded to anypolitical organiza.
ton rs to forego our W or to deny
the right of others to select among the
nominees presented for election, those
who, In their Judgment, can be mos,
depended on to carry out the wishes Of
the people, and whose past record
gives credence to their present asser.
tions and ground for their claims to
favor. Neither do we claim rs infal-
lible the party with which we affiliate.
moi deny the right Of others to a
choice Of organizations to carry on,
their views, aud II no suitable nom.
inees are found In either Of the exist.
ing parties, to organize and form 4
new one.
What we do claim, and what we
most desire to impress upon u read
ers, is the utter inutility Of q new or
g~anization into whose ranks shall be
welcomed the political scabs and bum
mers who have latterly combined Ia
many localities to make existing par
ties odious, and whose secession from
the Republican and Democratic parties
leaves both cleaner In exact proper
tion to the number and influence oil
these emigrating members-and the
management Of which projected or.
ganization shall be intrusted to the
very men who have, both by word and
deed, c~onsplred and aided to cast dis.
grace upon existing parties.
a party Is composed as much Of men
rs principles-nay, more. Platforms
are Of no avail unless the principles
therein eaunciated can be effectively
enforced. We would rs soon trust a
hungry wolf with a lamb, q bag Of
gold to q thief, as a reform movement
70 the men whom we have now in con-
temptation. Whether or 1ot the Re.
publican party Is doomed to destruc-
ton, Of this thing we are convinced
1t will be no change for the better
should the control Of the National
Governmental the State Of Nevada
pass In the hands Of the very men who,
under the garb Of ieformers, are pre-.
pairing for u repetition Of the very acts
which they so unsparingly condemn
ia the Republican party, aud in the
preparation of which they have been
chief Instruments. In this view and
with the sincere belief that tho Repub.
lican party-witha all the disgrace these
men have heaped upon 1t, with all tue
odium accrulng from the acts OF dema,
gogucs and in which good men alike
with evil doors share the popular dis,
trust-offers today far better promise
OF reform demanded by the people
than can be reasonably expected from
a new party under the management oil
blatant howlers and unreliable as well
rs self-chronieled co~rruptionists, whose
personal and political history In them
selves negative the existence OF pure
motives or hope Of honest efforts at re-
form, we have refused to become al
lied with the lately projected reform
movement In Nevada. We reserve
the right ut any time to choose be.
tween old parties or aid to form a new
one, but until convinced that such
movement offers better government
nay guarantees tive shall consist
entity and earnestly pursue the path
which we have followed heretofore.
AN official dispatch from our Consul