Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-15
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS ON SAL
ARY GRABBERS.

we - sANS
cratic readers aud also Of those jour-
nails OF this State which are disposed to
give credit to Mr.. Kendall and other
opponents OF the bill repsallng tho SAL
airy grab. to the following extracts
from prominent Democratic journals
at the East. They were provoked BY
the action Of tho Democratic Congress
sional caucus In nominating for Speak
err Of the House, Fernando Wood. OF
New York, = supporter OF and partici-
pant In the dirty steal. The sentl-
msnts therein contained will hardly
tally with those enunclated BY some
Democratic organs In Nevada. They
are recognized rs correct, however, by
nine-tenths o fthe c~itizens Of the Union.
The Cleveland tohio) Plaindealer says:
Now there Is no mistake about this
matter, at all-the Democratic party.
as q party, especially rs exemplified
by It's press, Is unequivocally opposed
to the salary theft. 1t will consent to
no tsmporizing with the scandal.
Messrs. Cox aud Holman, In taking
the stand they did against 1t, struck
the keynote OF the party sentiment OH
the subject. Democratic leaders who
20 counter TO that sentiment will be,
aud ought to be repudisted.
The Syracuse IN. ~ Courier says:
They have deied aud outraged the
unanimous sentiment Of the Democracy
OF the United States. However emil
nent the past services of Fernando
Wood to the country and his party, his
action In voting for and drawing back
pay rs a member Of the F~orty-second
Congress Is something neither to be
forgotten nor forgiven. The National
Democracy are OF n VOICE ncern
ing this measure. Ii the men whom
that party has sen to Congress have
chosen not to heed that voice, so much
the worse for them.
THE Utica IN. " Observer says:
We suppose there il no mystery con-
corning the manne In which this thing
was brought about. The Republican
managers promised certain Democrats
fat places Ia committees If they would
name a back payster for Speaker. Now
mark the sequel. The ~ thieves who
controlled tho Democratic caucus VIII
bs honored BY Speaker Blaine. u the
men who sought to be true to the de-
msnds Of their party, and refused TO
sell out to the other party. will be
snubbed. That Is the way the thing
works.
rmn Hartford (Conn.l Times says:
The Democratic members Of Con-
gress appear to have made a great
mistake In nominating for Speaker
| Fernando Wood. a back pay man.
Their political opponents. who passed
the back pay bill, and whose leader,
| Grant, made it q law, are trying to
take advantage Of this error vi the
Democratic members, AID actually talR
about repeating the bill.
Tie Albany IN. " argus says:
"They have placed themselves In
open hostility to the overwhelming
sentiment OF their party aud OF the
people. and do not represent either.
Their action must either be repudiated
or the people will repudiate the Dem
ocracy. They cannot be defended
and we are gratified to see that they
will not be-"
The Boston Post says:
I'VE repeat that they are not real
Democrats. aud have no real regard for
the welfare of the party. who have
mislcd the caucus into this ~irrevocable
error"
The Rochester IN. " Union and
.Adpsrtiser says:
"If they are Democrats they have
proven traitors to their trust, every
one Of them who voted for Fernando
Wood either in caucus or In the House
at the dictatlon OF CAUCUS, and deserve
the political halter"
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
"All Of those Representatives. for the
time beyond the reach ofthe people they
do notrepresent will be remembered In
the day OF reckoning as having helped
to honor official rascality."
We submit that our resunse Of the
record aud comments upon the at
titude OF Nevada's Representative In
Congress Is mild, ven tender as COM
pared with the scoring given him and
the class OF Democrats In Congress
with whom he afillates by the Eastern
Democratic Press.