Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-10
A JONAH.

The latest returns from the election
Of delegates to the Republican State
Convention of Massachusetts, indicate
that Butler will DO defeated by a deci-
sive majority. and that Gov. Wash
burne, present incumbent Of the Cub
ernatorial Office, will be renominated.
This Is encouraging to all who desire
the success Of honest government and
n prolongation Of Republican suprem-
acy in that State. No more disas-
trous blow to the party could be
struck than the nomination OF Butler,
and there Is no: a doubt but that II
such an event should occur, tho Re-
publican party would suffer a defeat
worse than its recent disaster In Cali
fornia. The Butler movement In Mas
sachusetts has nothing to recommend
It to honest men,. Its leader Is the
type Of a personal, corrupt and ambi-
tious demsgogulsm which has latterly
done much to render the name OF Re-
publican distasteful to candid, hon.
ost men. The campaign was opened
and has been waged In the approved
and practiced methods OF the sect Of
politicians Of whom Butler Is leader.
No Issues of moment 10 the people OF
Massachusetts, have been discussed, no
reforms planned and made known,
and no remedies for existing evils de-
veloped By tho contest. The speeches
Of Butler have been those OF dema-
gogue. Personal spite and vlndictiye-
ness have been vomitsd forth, and the
patronage of the Government used to
secure a nomination at the hands Of
the Republican party. The opponents
OF Butler In sheer self-defense have
been compelled to resort to animad-
version aud personalities In other
words, to "ight the devil with his
own weapons" throughout the CAM
palgn, aud the result Is a personal
warfare, the bitterness Of which was
never before equalled in Massachusetts.
It would be n fatal blow to the
party II Butler should succeed. Honest,
careful, moral and conscientious cleo
tors would not, could not b. forced to
support a man Of such record and pres
ent status as a leader Of their party.
They realize that his success means
that the most ambitious, the most un-
scrupulous and the most untrustworthy
nre hereafter to represent the Repub-
lican party. and rule the people Of
Massachusetts. They SEQ that his suc-
cess will fill the offices Of that State
with a class Of corrupt and treacher-
Gus politicians who believe TINT the
Government is the property Of q sue
ce.sful party or clique, and Is to DO al.
ministered In their personal Interests
instead Of being carried OH for the
benefit OF the people. They know
that the supporters Of Buffers aspi-
ratlons are the riff-raf, the scum Of
the filthy pool which he now floats
upon; and that they are. If Butler
succeeds, to be rewarded with fat Of
ilces for their d~evotion-not to good
Goyernment-not to the principles OF
the Republican party, nor yet for their
W ftness-but to the personal for
tunes and for their adherence to and
labors for the triumph Of future plans
for more elevated aud responsible po-
sitions to which Butler isa prominent
aspirant.
The personal character, the past re-
cord OF this nan are bad. They dis
grace the party to which, for selfish
purposes, he claims to adhere and
belle the pronounced principles Of
popular reform and honest Govern
ment to which the Republican party
Is pledged. The better people OF
Massachusetts, revolt ut the stigma
which the success Of such a man would
place upon the history Of that proud
old Commonwealth, and 1t Is evident
they are thoroughly aroused and ear
nestly working to avert the calamity
and disgrace Of his nomination. All
those journals who desire the success
Of the corruptlonists and those So
called Independents whose desire to
break up the Republican party, Is
only equalled by their longing fol- the
spoils which would perhaps In such an
event, fall into their hands, are anx-
ious for the success Of Butler In the
convention. But the true and sincere
Republican. who, faithful to the doc
trines Of the party desires Its preser-
Walton and representation BY a better
class Of men, will rejoice heartily v
the defeat Of Butlerism, not only In
Massachusetts, but everywhere. The
Republican party Is carrying a load OF
evil which has we'll nigh worked her
ruin. She has latterly been managed
by a class of political thieves whose
chief efforts have been to rob the Gov
eminent and pocket the plumber.
Such men will ruin any party. They
are political Jonahs, the lepers Of
politics. aud must everywhere be cast
overheard or banished. It Is the only
hope Of party success; more than
that-it Is necessary to the per-
manence of Republican Government.
TuE fifteen and a half millions
awarded this Government at Geneva
were yesterday paid into the Treasury
by Secretary Fish In n bond. The
bond was skillfully printed with a pen,
being = fac smile Of the printed form.
Upon being duly executed 1t was
photographed and then sent to Sec