Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-07
ANDREW JACKSON HATCH.

This i the gentleman who "a Put
up for the independent slaughter in
this State. The organs of the hide
pendent> appealed daily to the rank
and file 10 "s;and in for Hatch. a. j;
WAS especially desirable TO te>. the
strength Of the new party in Nevada.
They did stand in." and behold the
result. Mr.. Hatch received ne votes
outside OF Washoe his home. >.orey,
Lilo. Eureka and White Pine. In
this county he got 50 votes, all told: in
Elko something less. and still fewer in
White Pine and Or,n>bv. A. 10 the
result in Storey we are not advised.
vet we would he willing to wager
something that the Indcpendeut
strength there did not aggregate fry.
In Washoe county the Independents
fused with the democrats. and the ,a;-
ter placed no ticket in the field; -,
owing to this foolish circumstance. Nh.
Ila;ch had everything his own way II
Wa>hoe, with a large number Of Hea-
ocrats TO back him. The re>u.. va
about ECO votes for Hatch-ju>t enough
TO jeofardize the success If JeHet
Adams. ard make it possible tor
Bowman 70 Slip in. And this
brings is to the point we have feeH
driving at. namely: the strength Of The
new party in Nevada. Taking The
vote ea>t for Hatch As the basis, It can
no: be shown that the reformers az
cre-atcd more than 300-a sorry show
ing for >utro and the rest. who made
50 much noise. And yet, in the broad
light ofday and in the face Of these IN
d>putab!e figures. Sutro's ergan, the
Reno Crescent. and the Sacramento
IH5oR have the hardilood TO maintain
that The independents achieved a sig
nal victory in this State last Tuesday.
Nor do these reform oracleS stop here.
They even claim that they were in
strumentaI i'll bringing aboutthe recent
great Victories in the East. Let us see
about that. We will take the State OF
Missouri for example. They had an
independent party there. 1t coalasced
with the Republicans. The Democrats
O a brilliant victory; and Yet the
Sacramento onion tells us it was the
independents who dill it. Let us see
about that also. Fortunately We have
The proof right at hand. The follow
ing article from the Pike county Iovt
reads As though it was especially in
tended for Lewis. Mills, McMeSn>,
Ferguson and the rest of the reform
leaders in Nevada; yet it will serve TO
show Just how much the Independ-
cnts ha TO d. with the la:e success in
Missouri:
In looking over the field in this
county, in Il plain. practical WAY. If
any Democrat 10Y a~tliliating with The
Independents can show II why he
i there. or for what purpose he longer
remains with the Press Ring, headed
by Jamison, Dyer. Downing and
r0mpany-a ring that has eaten up
Whatever of virtue or sincerity the
movement was believed to po>Se>>-he
= a wiser and more o,nniScient Demo-
Graf than any that has belonged to The
party for 4 long time. No. the WhO.e
thing is a farce. a fraud. and a hum
bug. If there are ten Democrats in
sympathy with the tadpole movenl-nt
who are not h~ypocrits, played-oui
politicians, weak-minded politicians,
whose ambition. like the virtue of the
courtezan, won't bear tempting. the
record Of their names does not make
plain the fact. We do not desire Il
single them out one by one We
have determined to fight this cam.
paign through TO the end, if we
could, without personalities; but We
ask Il readers to think of As many a,
they can, to find out their a~n;ecedent>
and analyze a little of their history
and then answer TO their WI con
sciences the question we have asked
tan they lay hands upon one who, OF
his W merits, could he elected TO any
office in the county? Ii so, name him
Can they lay hands upon one who ha'
not somewhere and at sometime sough
office and been defeated either in con
ven:ion or before the people! If so
name him. Can they lay hands upor
whose moral character is any bet
ter than his neiyhbor's? who would b,
trusted any sooner than his nei-hbor
who is more honest, or more re
Specialize, or more constellation thar
his neighbor? If so, name him, tina
we may lift him up as a leader anon.
men, and do homage to a character III,
like of which has not been seen since
the crucifiXion.