Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-29
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which assumes to b the official organ
and mouthpiecs Of the Democratic party
Of Storey county and Of the State OF
Nevada, being owned BY Tom Williams,
and controlled by him principally to
his own selfish political schemes
and aspirations. and knowing full well
that no word againsthim wouldbe allow
cd in its columns.I gladly avail myself OF
your kind and liberal permission to
publish this communication in Jul local
paper, the GoLD HILL News. Through
this Republican msdiumship I desire to
say . few plain words to NY fellow
Democrats on the present political stu
alton. and about Tom Williams in par
ticular. No sane Democrat will deny
that in the present political campaign
our fight has been most blundsringly
managed. and all through the selfish,
narrsw-mindsd manipulation Of this
nan Tom Williams. He has been a
standing candidate for the Office Of
United States Senator for the past eight
years, and every time he has led the
party to defeat. He il doing 80 again.
He thinks this time that the great and
~well-sarned popularity Of Governor
Bradley will carry the ticket through
triumphantly, and secure his election to
the United States Senate. His individ-
ual success is, however. all that Tom
Williams cares for or works for. He
thinks he owns and runs the whole
Democratic party. and evidently thinks
its sole aim should be to vote for and
elect Tom Williams United States Sena-
tor; and he would rather have the lsgis-
lativs portion Of the ticket pledged to
him and defeated, than to zee It win for
somebody else. BY reason Of his noto-
riously great appropriately, Tom Williams
has always been q damaging incubus 10
the whole party, yet he will always be
intruding aud putting himself forward.
TO the exclusion Of better and more pop
ular and capable men. His Senatorial
longings have become . chronic disease.
knowing that there were other Ssna'
torial aspirants, u party leaders pre-
ferrsd the Crawford plan, Of letting ev.
cry man casting Q vote at the general
election. signify on his ballot his
preference fer U. s. Senator, and who
svsr should receive the greatest number
Of votes would be the one whom the
Legislative delegation should be instruct.
oil to cast their votes for as the choice OF
the party. This would have been salts
factory to the other sspirants and their
friends, and avoided the discord and bit
ter feeling sngendsrsd at tho primaries;
but the ambitious, greedy. selfish VIII
liams would not allow this; and by
means Of his money ,~infusncs,an and proI.
les, he defeated this plan in the County
Central Committee. Thus, too, he car
ried the County Convention at Gold
Hill; and in order 10 more fully clinch
and secure the legislative nominees. he
wrote the following resolution himself
and rushed it through the Convention :
Resolved, That this Convention does
recommend THOMAS H. WILLIAMS
70 the Legislature Of this State as q gen.
possessing the qualifications nsc-
sssary to fitly and ably represent this
Stats In the Senate OF the United States.
and that each person nominated by this
for the Office OF Senator or
Assemblyman shall. by the acceptance
Of such nomination. DO deemed to stand
to vote for, and use every honor
able means TO secure the election Of said
WILLIAMS TO succeed the Hon. VIM. NJ.
Stewart in the United States Senate.
Thisiron-clad pledge, OF course. binds
those legislative nominees to vote for
yet to-day were that rssolu.
ten 10 be put again to vote, q majority
OF the delegates would vote II down.
No one but Williams would have been
mean enough to have sxactsd such an
pledge from his party.
sharon, with all his alleged tyranny,
would not and did not ask that OF the
Republican legislative nominees; no
other Senatorial aspirant throughout the
State, has sIsctsd such q pledge. Still
meaner than that-williams On the
morning OF the primary election. pro-
ourod AN article to be published in Mr..
Sutro's paper, the Virginia Independent,
charging Mitchell. his rival for Senator
ial honors, with being in the interest OF
the Bank ring. thus bringing certain
to operate against Mitchell,
and securing his defeat. When II was
subsequently, discovered that Williams
had ~treacherously compromised the
party by forming q selfish CO.
alition with Sutro In order to still fur
Their secure his Senatorial chances, q
petition, asking the Central Committee
70 rescind that resolution binding the
legislative nominees to vets for Will
was circulated and unanimously
but Williams succeeded In cap
and supprcssing 1t.
The name Of L. 7. Fex Of Gold Hill,
was placed upon the ticket as one Of the
State Senators from Storey county. A
more popular man could not have been
there. Mr.. Fox 10 q fine, ster-
ling, old.line Democrat, consistent and
who has always fought well the
Of the party here in Gold Hill.
even in its darkest days Of advsrsity;
but, finding that his nomination was
to the above humiliating res
psnnod by Williams, he respect
iully declined the conditions. His honest
manhood would not allow him TO be thus
made usa Of. and the Tom Williams
brand and collar put upon him without
his consent, therefore he demanded and
finally procured the withdrawal Of his
name from the ticket. BY what right
did williams then proceed to substitute
he name OF +. l.. Aud for that Of Fox?
Why did he not select a Gold Hitler in
stead Of q migratory eaipetbaggsr. com.
paratively unknown here. Could he
not trust any Gold Hill Democrat to 20
DOWN TO Carson and vote for Tom Will
Such action is unprecedented.
Ono Of the Senators by right should be
rom Gold Hill, and this right the other
parties fully recognize and ap-
p~rsciate. Gold Hill 10 . town OF live i'm
portancs, and we want u representative
IN the State Senate whose homo Ii here,
who fully understands u local require
nents and interests, and not q mere
TOOL TO vote for Tom Williams. Such
is a direct insult to every citizen
Is well AZ every Democrat in Gold Hill.
v;ll MT bavs our riohts tins IGNORED