Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-10-13
FAMILY JARS.

Last lnursuay tne great uutetliueu
Democracy of Storey county were to
have grand ratification meeting at Vir-
ginia. Big wood piles mot Sharon's)
were set blazing, torchlights cleaned,
transparencies beamed, brass bands
banged, and all the usual pomp and cir
cumstance of a great political gathering
was there-al but the people, who ap.
pear from the reports to have been
somewhat ''sca'ce." The Enterprise
places the number present at from two
TO three hundred. Probably the Enter
prise is little produced; so will give the
Dems the benefit OF the doubt, and say
about fonr hundred, which. after all,
was slim gathering for town of the
size OF Virginia, with all its neighboring
towns. However, we are not going to say
much about the size of the meeting. No
doubt the Denis did their best, and We
will give them credit for good intentions.
The meeting went on, though the Enter
prise says that Col. Ellis threw wet
blanket over it at the start by making a
long, rambling, argumentative address
Then came John r. K,ttrell. The indie
pendent (not good authority, we ADMIT
says that he handled Sharon withou
gloves. Talking about unceremoniou
manipulation, the Carson Appeal per
forms the same disinterested Office fol
Kittrell, and rather abrades the curicle
of our versatile friend. However, to do
Kit justice, the Virginia papers say that
he hammered away in good style, and,
like trunkmaker, if he did not do much
work, he made a vast amount Of noise,
got some cheers, and, like Dickens Mr..
Veneering, made fair showing, though
all he said was nothing but sounding
brass and tinkling cymbals" Now came
the fun of the evening. Since the State
Democratic Convention our worthy
Congressman, Kendall, has not felt like
the embodiment of saccharine sweetness,
or bloomed like rose in June. Iu fact.
Kendall has been little huffy and Sore
headed about that salary grab resolution
in the Democratic platform. He bded
his time, secured the opportunity to
speak, and then he let the boys have i,
hot and heavy. Hs knocked the
platform into smithereens, upset
the candidates, and then paid
his respects to the secession element of
the Democracy which SO arrogantly at
tsmpts to ruin the party. Kendall talked
in this style for q while, and the Bour-
bons were astonished. They did not
know what to make of it; but finally,
even their stolid faculties began to ap.
preciate the situation, and then Kendall
caught it, Turn him out" "kick him
outl" and all sorts of outs were the cries.
The rage, din and numbers of the crowd
were too heavy for Kendall, and he went
off to finish his little piece from a dry
goods box farther up town. After Ken
dall's exit, the Dem quieted down and
tried to have good time, but it would
not do. Kendall was the Mordecai in
their gate, the fly in their ointment, and
after feeble effort or two from the les
ser lights, the Dem s like the Arab, fold
ed their tents and quietly dispersed We
are sorry for them-dreadful sorry. We
would like to see them dwell together in
brotherly love, SO tina. when they are
sent up Salt River in November, they
could comfort each other, even like
Moulton did unto Beecher. But if they
go on this way, they will be like the
Kilkenny cats, nothing will be left but
''-oi ." ,.oas moral to be drawn from the
Virginia meeting. is that the Denis are
not harmonious. They are divided and
distracted by dissensions and heartburn
ings. There are too many malcontents
among them who will not stand that Car
son State business. 1t was doubtless
neat piece of work, but in their enthusi-
nsm they loaded the old ship of Democ.
racy little too heavily with secession
ballast, and behold, when the storm
came and the sea rose, the crew mutinied
and down went the crazy old craft, I'M
wept, unhonored and unsung, and there
let her stay.