Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-11
TWO WAYS OF INJURING A PARTY.

There are two prominent ways OF
successfully injurlng and destroying a
party. One Is to allsw a set Of pollti-
cal trlcksters to obtain foothsld In and
manage Its affairs, and the other 10 to
defend this bad management when
brought to light. Either Is effeetual.
Our contemporary this morning sees
fit to approve, not to say laud, an APP
polntmeut which has been condemned
by every prominent Republican jour
nal 10 New England with the solitary
exception OF one owned In part and
controlled by Gen. Butler; an APP
polntment made against the protest OF
both the Republican Senators Of Mas
sachusetts and seven out OF her eleven
Representatives; an appointment
earnestly objected to by nearly cv-
cry prominent business firm In Bos-
ton /; q nomination confirmed by =
small minority Of Republicans, aided
by tue yea Of every Democratic Sena-
tor present when the vote was had;
an appointment urged and forced up
OH the majority OF MASSACHUSETTS Re-
publlcans by a minority which, to say
the least, Is not the representative OF
the best class OF our party.
TO our view OF the case, II makes no
difference whether or not this man Sim
mons 10 honest, capable, etc. There are
thousands OF Republicans In Mas'a-
chusetts fully as we'll qualified rs he.
The fact that the sentiment Of nine
ten,hs Of the Republican party In that
State Is against him, seems to us to
have been sufficient cause for the with
drawal Of his name. The question APP
peared to be-Shall this nomination
DO withdrawn or the Republican ma
jority In Massachusetts, outraged? As
we said. every Republican paper Of
any prominence In New England pro.
tested against this appointment. This
| was done before the nomination was
confirmed. Il looks to us as II thore
were some rights due the party, as we'll
rs to politicians who manage 1t. 10
our judgment /. appears that a consul
tatlon Of the wishes Of those who, from
1856. have c been loyal, both to
country and party, would have beea
In good taste. 1t has been proved,
over aud over again, that the class Of
p~artlsaus who surround and aid Mr..
Butler Ia the furtherance OF his ambl-
tlous designs are not representative
Republicans In Massachusetts,. That
they reflect neither the honesty, NOR
ality, nor the sentiments Of that Com
monwealth. They..have been repudi-
ated moro than once, and will DO
again. 10 our mind It seems not only
right, but emlnently polite to recog.
nize the wishes Of the majority In 4
party, especially when that majority
has been consistent in its support OF
the party before aud after 1t achieved
Its successes and came into power.
We believe there Is no surer way
to weaken = party than to refuse recog-
milton to Its better element In the dis
tributlon Of appointments, unless 1t be
to stupidity refuse to recognize mis-
takes and persistontly eulogize what
the sober sense Of all thinking men 70.
CARDS rs wrong. There arc no perfect
men In the world. The President Of
the United States, In his exalted POSI-
tlsn, Is liable to make mistakes. 1t
seems to us the shesrest folly to at
tempt to apologize for or cover up such
errors as the appointment Of this man
Simmons. Its effect Is apparent, and
Its repetition let US hope not probable.
The Republican party In New Eng-
land and to a largo extent Mas
sachusctts Is New England - can
not afford to outrage the ma
jority OF her supporters. Yesterdays
election In New Hampshire adds force
to this assertion. It Is better to con-
fcss error and make reparation than to
cover up, or boldly flaunt 1t In the
faces Of ones friends. As with indlvid.
uals so with parties.