Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-08
ruE SENATORIAL CHESTNUT.

BOLD HILL. . . Y o. low
the SENATORIAL CHESTNUT.
sutro's 90, 900 organ in Virginia City
this morning denies that there Is any
affection among the Independent clique,
bu. says that three Of its members have
bol,sd. One Of the three thus accused
Of detection is the Tennesssesn explorer.
Elliot, Who issued the first proclamation
If the p~urists. He succeeded in gain
ing considerable publicity tho main OBJ
;est aimed at and everything went
swinminsly until the great bore re-
turned from Warrington. Sutro has
more money than any othcr Indepsnd-
emit in Nevada. and a. ii was acquired in
q peculiarly easy. IL not businsss-lks
manner he 10 disposed to use 1t seme-
what freely. He accordingly started q
circular publication in our nsishborine1
town, and at INC procesdedt to "cap-
tur." the incipisnt Independent organ
zatien. To do this his first msvs was to
discrsdit Elliott. In his hrst phantas-
msssrii harangue at Pipsr's Opera
House he took occasion to dsnounce the
then leader Of the rsformsrs in the
wsrst language at his command. He
said that Elliot RAJ on the foor OF
the House last Winter lobbying
against the Sutro-Nsglsy attempt
to freeze out Comstock miners.
and then he mentioned "ds Bangk
Wing" This was enough. The
entering wedge had bean used. and
hsncsforth Sutro. in his own opinion,
was leader Of the Dolliss. But shortly
afterward Mr.. sutro found that he had
unwittinsly popularized his intended
victim. He found that knovl-
edge Of the lsttsr's labors against his
(Sutro's) swindls had helped instead Of
injured Mr.. Elliot. So he interviewed
"~snarisyow" and at the convention
which met soon aftsrward at Carson
City. succeeded in introducing q fire
brand which destroyed the usefulness Of
that conclavs. Since that time there
have been two wings OF the Indspsnd-
ents in Western Nevada (thsrs are none
In the Eastern part Of the Stats). one OF
which IL engineered by Sutro and Deacon
Lewis Of the Crescent, and the other by
Elliot and his friends. They are bitter
ly opposed to each other on the tunnel
question, but heartily united in the main
object Of their being. to-wit: the search
for spoils. Elliot. according to Sutro's
organ, wants to be Congressman, and
Sutre to be Senator. The other offices,
such - Governor. Controller, Treasurer.
etc.. are to be divided up pro rutd. the
only serious difficulty thus far o
tered bang the excess Of offices over the
number Of Independents. This Is,
however. to be rsmedisd by giving the
most energetic W or more positions.
II any one doubts the truth OF this vs-
rscious narrative Of facts, lot him reflect
upon the history OF this so-eallsd Inds-
pendent movement during the past four
months. There are good men in the
State Of Nevada who from honest con-
viction have cut aloof from all existing
political organizations. But they are
none Of them to-day training in either
OF the two wings we have described.
They were long aimee Disguised with the
utter holiownsss OF the so-callsd reform
atory movement. The plain objective
point Of the whole business is the defeat
Of the Republican party. To do this
Sutro travels about the country exposing
his asinins a~bsurditiss. Elliot issues
his circulars and attempts to organize
any existing disaffsctisns, and Snsrlsyow
spews out his bile in i~neIhaustibls foods
over the columns Of the Crescent. AL
are agreed upon two propositions. First,
that they want something; and second.
that TO get 1t they must defeat the Re-
publican party. which has refused to
give IL them. Sutre wants a subsidy OF
Ss.000.0 900 and the Neglsy amendment.
Elliot wants to be Congressman. and
Lewis wants-a dose Of "blus IN ass
and some castor oil. Behind all three
10 the willy Thomas H., who wants to be
Senator. and who Is using these poor
dupss-or II not dupes. most infamous
prstenders-to defeat the election OF =
Republican Legislature. And II. by any
possibility. success should crown his ef-
forts. the delsctsble monkeys who have
clawsd his senatorial chestnut from the
Are. will have the next two years in
which to cure thsir paws. "For this
are We doctors"