Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-09
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or agitation 10 over they viii
70 gradually yet completely
separate. each assuming it, normal con-
iition and relative positio, according to
density, weight etc. Alcohol, however,
will hold varisus materials In apparent
" complete and harmonious solution.
yet just let . little water or other foreign
or discordant element get into the mix
turs. and . complete separation 10 the
result - before. These simple chemic-
al experiments illustrate the past and
present brief history OF the Independent
party or clique at Virginia City. At
thsir very first meeting for organization,
they shook themselves up together after
. tolersbly harmonious style. but the
party" WAS so small that 1t was al
used up in the election Of officers. COM
mittsss. etc., leaving the rank and file
to join and fall into ranks. This little
''army OF oticsn'' were al good friends
OF ours, and knowing the interest va al
ways took in thar welfare. although the
proceedings Of the meeting and list Of
o~ficsrs. committees. etc.. was to be
kept q sacred and profound secret, they
Inadvertently and naturally furnished
the same to rs. and We a naturally pub
lishsd thsm. This prompt. simultans-
Gus and innocent rush into print was
the immediate cause Of Disagreement
and separation. Senator Jones once re-
marked that millions OF dollars might be
used in political anancisring, and yet
nobody be corrupted; therefore let It
not Be said that w corrupted anyof that
little band Of Independent officers. That
va may have inadvertently violated
their confidence in publishing that list
the very nsIt day. We shall not dispute,
and our grief at tho disastrous
result is the only apology we
can offer. The ingredients Of the party
we're all ambitious opposites badly
mixed. and separation vas simply the
natural result. In abort the party got
disosnbobsratsl and went 70 quarrsling.
At the nsrt meeting the question was
angrily discussed As to who was the
traitor. Each held on 10 his pockets
and regarded his nsishbor with dis
trust. and finally, from some uncompli-
msntary prejudice which they conceived
against the personal appearance Of Nc
cu.chan. they concluded he must Be the
wolf in cheap clothing. the Judas, whs
had betrayed than. They made Il very
hot and uncomfortable for poor Nc
Cutchan. and closed thar ears rsmorss-
lessly against his earnest and truthful
protestations Of innocsnss. Our ipfor-
mants felt obliged under the circum-
stances to have . ~scape-goat to swear the
blame upon. and most zealously did
they pile II upon poor Mccutehan. We
have NO doubt that they would have
martyred McCutchsn, in some way, had
he not come to Us for relief and vindica-
| ton. In ancient timss We have eaten
salt with McCutchan and would not
quietly see him forced TO eat dirt now,
so We magnanimsusly furnished him
with a "charactsr''-so to spsak-a sort
Of document. signed by all the News
| Office dignitaries. from the chief editor
to the devil. tssiiyins that MeCutchan
did not furnish rs with the traitorous
information Aforesaid.
There could Be no more brothsrly AZ
f~iliation after this-no more shaking up
tosether-but the party kept splitting a.
long az there Was . splitter left. Even
the s~utroscops which was brought in to
try and fuse the scattering fragments to-
ssthsr only served to confuse things
still worse. sutro was q foreign els-
msnt which could only produce still
moro complete discord and separation.
Even sutro's paper. the Independent, re-
pudiated the fragments, and the frag-
ments re~pudiatsd svsn the name OF
Independent" And now the fras-
ments all kick at each other. collectively
and individually. and all kick at their
political originator. Elliott. who, like
. good missionary. came preaching
among them and would have gathered
them together like chickens under his
political wings. but they'd SEQ him
blowed first. And now McCutchan
comes smiling 10 the front and assumes
proprietorship and command OF the
party Al rsoompsnss for what he has
suffered in its behalf. on the principle
that virtue In Its own reward" Nc
Cutchan and the sutro Independent are
eating salt together aud trying 70 put up
9 job on the Democracy or somebody
else. Elicit has our most u~nmihgstsd
sympathy. for all the disgustsd fras-
msnts Of the disrupted party look upon
him a. responsible for everything which
vent wrong. He il now the scape-
grace. and McCutchsn r~sioicss thsrsat
with peculiar JOY. The tables to-day
are turned fat over on top Of Elliott, as
witness the following perhaps written
by the jubilant McCutchan himsslf)
which We copy from the editorial in the
Independent Of this morning. That pa
per devotss considerable space to de-
n~ouneing Elliott as . sors-hssd. polit-
cal trickstsr. fslsihsr. traitor. and all
that sort Of thing. We extract:
Mr.. Elicit has bean the discordsnt sls-
msnt in the ranks Of the Independent
party since its frst organization. His
ambition has bean to be . candidate for
Congress on its ticket. but failing in this
or rather becoming convinced that he
could not accomplish il, he has bosn Sc
crstly sndeavoring TO break IL up and
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