Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-24
ANOTHER JOSHUA.

And now comes MeMeans, mounted
o, hin pale war horse. charging fran
ticslly 10 the front. and to the rescue.
His liable armor Is cinchsd around him;
the hsarss plumss nod from his stove
piys helmet. and a. he reins in his gal
Ian, charger, he raises aloit his long dis
s.c,ing knife and commands the two
crsa. luminaries Of the Political heavens
the Republican and Democratic par
tiss-to stand still! Through his her
aid. the sutro Dependent. he issues his
proclamation this morning to everybody,
calling for a general. immediate and i'm
pstuous locking 10 his standard. He
does not consider the country safe; and
il willing to nave 1t. Says he: Rise
up. 70 pseplsl Can ye not see that the
political controllers Of this country are
corrupt and not safe 10 trust with the
rsins Of povsri The good Doctor hsld
the same opinion several years ago. du-
ring war time. The Democratic party
came nearest to suiting his political pro-
clivitiss, but even that has o gone out
Of his iastidious estimation, and he SEALS
for q new deal. That party did not use
his friend Mitchell right, and the cpl
dsrmis beneath his wig becomes As
hsrcsly irritatsa thsreat. as II the wig
were q blister psultics. Calmly. through
his gritting teeth. he thus refers TO the
matter:
'Iwould now respectfully AK II sober.
thinking. honest men can give their con-
tenancs 70 such means as were used to
defeat Mr.. Henry X. Mitchell at the late
primariesi II they can. permit me TO ask
again, what standard OF moral ethics
have they been educated undsrp shame
upon the man. II he dare claim the high
prsrogativs OF being q man. who Will
willingly ledge . damning fAsehood
against an innocent nsighbor. for the
purpose Of bolstsring the a OF any
man who can be so lost TO every moral
virtue ~ to countsnance the aet!'
Evidently the Doctor does not snthus-
iasticaily favor the triumphant Williams,
and, he does not propose to let the thing
rest thus. He goes on with a most stir
ring appeal to tho Independents Of Ne
vada" and he says OF them:
.sYou have seen the effects OF the
'.iron bsdstsad." the rack. the wheel.
the lacsrating pineers. the thumb
screws"
One would suppose he was calling on
q lot Of State Prison ~convcts. or ire
qusntsrs Of similar institutions. Any
how he requests than to arise in the
majesty Of thar power. shake Of their
lsthsrsy and save the country from
rings. monoPoiiss and all that sort Of
thing. which IL grinding them to powder
under heals Of iron. Exactly what the
good Doctor is driving at Is difficult to
understand from reading his proclama-
ton. It has q decidedly QuiIotish flavor.
the very expressions and ills he talks
about sIisting more in the fsvsrsd i'm
aginAtion than in any sort OF reality.
Nobody IL very s~sriously ground down,
and troddsn uponin this country. There
are no rings CALLING anybody very
badly. money. good wages and similar
desirables are plenty. and the worst ring
or monopoly threatening ruin or trouble
TO anybody. 10 the great sutro monopo-
lining swindls, which, Of course, must
also be included in the Doctors recount
I'd catalogue Of dreaded missriss. He
frankly declares that he is not cali
ing upon the people to elect him
70 Office; in fact, won't. accept
Of any. Mitchell said the other day
that he asked and would have nothing;
therefore, the Doctor must have mount
ID his Rosinaats and started out like
Don QuiIots on 4 sort Of aprivats wind
mill raid. viii McCutchan be his
sascho Panza7 Meanwhile the two
great parties. Republican and Dsms-
cratic. stand perfectly aghast with pant
ing expectation. wondering what the
Doctor Will do next.