Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-07
TIRE POLITICAL. PHEEoIENA oE
THE T.WE-.
The Re MT in Nevada.

without ;at'.l 'pnilIs Gtlr 1't4-f''.t ana
creed a. Republican and scrgsu;;sriHg
10 the f,lsehco,is ard iaI~e is.ues which
seem to have prevailed against our parry
in the east We can -e:er 70 70 legitimate
or acceptable reason for the recent po-
litical catastrophe il Ohio. Massachu-
sets, New York. and. qaite probably. IN
PENNSYLVANIA. And yet We cannot ig-
more the fact that fa.sehcods and false
issues are a vital force in rolitics-the
vital force, IN fact. whici! the champions
Of tine principles must he constantly
rrspGred 20 resist and suhjugate or be
themselves overtLrown. 4 state Of at
fairs which places 4 Democrat IN tie
Gub5rnatorial chair Of Massachusetts,,
and enables Tainmany SacheIn 10 de-
feat C neral Dix by majority Of &c. eco
votes ia New York is matter for the
p-otouniest investigation by the student
o. political causes and events. "Refor-
nation" has certainly assumed a remark
able AMI UlwoEtel guise when. in lis
name. Republicans make the way clear
fer a Democrat to achieve the chief mag
istry Of Massachusetts, and return Ma
thqniel p Banks to a seat il Congress.
We rather suspect that in the old Bay
State Malignant Hypocricv, draping her
cauut limbs in the garments of Reform.
has conspired with tie Democracy to
effect a result which, by fairer and less
spurious means, cOull not have been &C.
complished. 1t is strange freak of
Reform which is illustrated in New
York by the election of Samuel J. TIL
den. Tweed's pupil and first LieuteDan',
to the Governorship of that great CON-
monvealth, "A strange retormatory
movement. indeed. which promises to re-
Eeve Blackweli's Island of the presence
Of The Boss restore the droopin.
hearts and euiacia;el wallets of tie re-
tainers of Tammanv, anu open the doors
of Sing Sing 70 Edward Stokes. No
patty with true reform for its motive
could defeat Dix with Tillen.
Ii the Republican Party, as = Nation
al organization, has gone down, i fur
nishes the frs. instance on record OF the
destruction Of 4 well-grounied political
party hy = simultaneous assault q en-
bodied false hoods and slam !ers. Second
cd by the Efforts Of that TaIty's defeated
ansagonist:-Ard when we speak C: the
Democratic party as "a defeated ANITA
goaist' vemaln 10 convey tie idea @. :.
party who's, destructive ilcas haze .cHg
since been abauGonsi-or disavowed-
and whose predictions art purposes
were reblked AMI arrested when tha T.
billion VS. ba;tlel out Of existeEc=. w
do ne: believe that the Republican par
~ has lost i. power, fully IS W. rrco--
nize tte fact that it Is much more na.u-
Ia that party ot organized dsurayity
like the Democratic. should b, in o.ii-
nary times. the soyeEL:n, fo-c, in an
elective government. The principles
which unierlie and govs-n Republican
sct;on AMI which are so fundamentally
correct. AMI at the same time dame
trically opposite in nature ana tendency
to the tenetS Of the Democratic faith,
possesstoo much vitality AMI ;!ls:r apy.i-
cation Is too much needed for ;Leir su-
precedence to be tolerated. As 10 re-
form n minor matters, : II to come
from IA combination OF Northern Dem
olras and Southern White Leasu.rs:
Are we to ezpec: increased prosperity
from results wl-icl point TO an inaate,l
currency anu which even now. have de-
Prec;ated our credit IN Europe: Is the
restoration TO power of Tammany Hal!
to he regarded as good omen:
No. this is the ''otf year" in National
politics. The year 1873 Was the same in
its relationship 10 the politics Of the Pa
cife Coas. that 1874 is 70 the politics Of
the Atlantic States. The sudden gus. Of
Reform" which blew Newton Booth TO
power III our sister State, Lad barely
enough force left to enable Sutro and his
tic get their s:nugslers' craft |
a9oat, and it died away so completely as
10 leave them at the mercy Of the drift !
Ing tide. Indeed. in Nevada. as coIzpa-
ed with the result Of four years ago, the
Republican par:y's achievements this !
rear indicate renewed strength and in