Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-09
RATIrYING.

in front Of his lodging-house in Virginia
City last evening. was not a complete
success. This opinion is net confined to
Republicans, hui il endorsed by many
Democrats present. The meeting in
question was called 10 order ostsnsibly
for endorsing the Bradley slate and bun
combe resolutions promulgated by the
chivalry wing OF the Democratic party
at Carson City last week. Everything
was cut and dried: the programme all
made out. and it wal expected by Mr..
Williams and the Democratic COMMITTEES
that the great unterriaed' would
stand in"
It worked smoothly at first. Mr.. Ellis.
Who wants 10 20 TO Congress, was the
frst speaker. His talk was listened to
by about sixty Democrats and 200 or
800 Republicans. who wanted to hear
his opinion upon the conundrun. "Can
one southsrnsr whip Ave lanksesl"
Mr.. Ellis spoke for an hour or more,
but nobody seemed to enthuse.
Next came another gentleman from
the sunny South" and more recently
from Her Majssty's Dominions in the
far Northern portion Of this continent.
Mr.. Kittrell evoked several cheers and q
good many yslls, which sounded strange,
ly familiar to Union soldiers vhs had
heard the same kind from butternut-
coated persons during the late "un
plsasantness."
Next came the present Democratic
Congressman. Mr.. Charles W. Kendall.
He announced his intention Of stand
ing in" and then proceeded to
do 30 in . manner at once
unique and interesting. He did more
than he agreed. lie not only stood in,
but ''waded" into the Bradley-williams-
Ellis nominations in a refreshing man.
nsr. He placed Mr.. Ellis astride Of the
back pay and anti-subsidy plank. OF the
Democratic platform. and deliberately
left him there, to get down the best way
he could. He read the Democratic rsso-
luton about regulating frsights and
fares on railroads, and picked tito pieces
with all the glseful earnsstnsss Of a man
who had determined to ''stand in"
He charged in upon the Democratic
doctrine Of State Rights As Justify as
did Mr.. Ellis against the Northern mud
sills who encountered old Pap Prices
army in Missouri some years since.
Mr.. Ksndall's remarks were not in
that strain OF fulssms adulation which
Mr.. Thsmas Williams and the Chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee had
hoped would be presented. He did not
sulogize the nominees upon the Demo-
cratic ticket in an enthusiastic anner.
He called them Bourbons, sscessionists,
and their platform a sham and q hum
bug. Although Mr.. Williams and the
aforesaid Chairman OF the Democratic
State Central Committee were well
aware that Mr.. Kendall told the truth;
they were both agreed that ii was not
the best manner Of ratiiying the said
slate and Nominees. Mr.. sutro also
thought so. So did Ellis and Kittrsll.
So also We presume did some Of the
sixty other Democrats who were list
ening.
Mr.. Kendall was interrupted. This
generally throws a speaker of his
guard. but it did not embsrrass Mr..
Kendall. He has addressed Democratic
meetings before. But this interruption
was OF no common kind. A Mr.. Kendall
was going on to eulogizs the Dem
ocratis ticket as Bourbon, and the
Democratic platform n a string Of
buncombs resolutions. q fraud and q
humbug. Q voice was heard from the
second story OF Tom Williams lodging
house. That voice was Democratic. also
authoritative. also passionate. Ii came
from the Chairman OF the Democratic
State Central Committee, and its utter
anes showed that the remarks OF Mr..
Kendall were not soothing to the propri-
stor Of the aforesaid lodging house. In
short, 1t told Mr.. Kendall that the meet
ing he was addressing was a Democratic
one; that il was called for the purpose
Of ratification. and that his style Of rsti-
flying wasn't suited to the high altitude
or to the occasion, and was particularly
displsasins to the gentleman who paid
for the music, wood, etc, upon that 90
casion. In brief, the Chairman Of the
Democratic Stats Central Committee re-
qussisd Kendall to dry up" I'VE are
not sure tina, this was the language used
by Mr.. Deal, but positive as to the i'm
port Of his remsrks.)
Mr.. Kendall wanted to ratiiy some
more; he was Jealous; proposed to
:" stand in" still further. and the crowd
seemed also to fancy this novel styl. OF
ratiiying. But the Chairman Aforesaid.
also the said lodginc-house keeper. also
Msssrs. Ellis and Kittrell were opposed
to any further sulogiss upon tho Demo-
cratic nominees and platform. Mr..
Kendall left the stand. and (sad to re-
lats) followed by nine-tenths Of the au-
dienee, went up c street so as not to dis
turb the regular Democratic meeting.
and ratified some more. This crowd ell
Unused. Mr.. Kendall .ulogizsd the
Democratic nominees and platform. and
when he landed one as Bourbon " and
the other As a fraud" the audience
seemed to enjoy it. He finished his
speech. but unfortunately the regular
meeting was long before tina, time abaA-
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