Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-11-01
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LETTER FROM KsN;LTDS.


HAMILTON. Oct.. 3lsf. Isl.
EDITOR S~TSffNEL: When | WAS 4
boy, one Of our plays was 10 lap up
from Il standing position, see with
both hands a bar placed horizontally.
tuck the .eci eve lie head, byuea;h
the bar, keeping fast hold with the
hands. and return to the Standing ro-
>i;ion again. This could lie done by
skiilful performers, either forward n
backward. and was ca.lei "%~Ijnnin-
the cat.' Any now a day politician
would, in performing the feat, feel
like being turned inside out. III fact.
there i something ahout tie trick,
when neatly done, that is no; unlike
freeing the skin from the far end, and
then pulling i, over the head. tail and
all, of the Old cat; hence the name.
But then, Whatever Disguise the poli;i-
can may for the moment assume be
can hardly remain ilcoq. Both his
motives and l.i> form are trauspa-
rent. 70 skin the Old cat, politically,
l. beyond the >hIli'y OF ordinary poll
tician>. and a. tie work has to be be
gun at the same end a. that OF tie ca.
most men decline to assist, owin!.
doub,loS>. totiIe old partisan secretion,
and offensive odprS which d. mostly
enIana e an | rXldlp from such pus.e e
rior expo~it.onS. Think. then, q, eli
Gems OF White Pine, / VIVA; de-rada-
lion YOU are expected TO lend your
selves,
Are We more or less than strings of
suckers, that oar diguit.e, rs Ane9i-
can independent ciizens. must lie thus
in~u! ed? II i true that a. Independ-
ent> we are quite free OF old pari>a
ship, but is our first power to mani
fest itself only in aiding some supple
political scrub To make "A more tolcra-
hle ~olfactorv appearance in plblic?
No; let The spotted politician, the po-
lutod Aux~ter for Office, probate him
SELF for a time and a hall lime, befor-
asking brave Indel endent> To aid in
changing his spots or in erecting AN
ornamental pluHiage upon parts ONLY
noted for 4 too frequent exposure TO
public c%onlemna .on.
You know. Mr.. SENTINEL, how in
ten~cIY independent am. All the
county Of Whie Pine are aware Of the
fact. Ny TWO associates understand
tie assistance / have rendered in put
ting a ticket in the field. But whIl1
proud of u efforts, still we fear i
vi! take a full generation of time be-
fore TIE ar9aou> lahor> we have Ier-
formed in behalf Of the freedom of tho
people viii be 4 qrecia'el. Meantime
~e are charged "i.h iiarins tatnperei
With tile people, and tia; il va not a
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ua' organized. and iec;ured, and sir
rad, and warned against everything
but pure sroEIaniety. And further
there are !ho-e who persist in think
ing mr. and my associates not 50 un-
selfish - we claim 10 be. Even the
W. j. y. PAS >oufed N Us, and in an
D. il moment raised his hand in anger
against n Of Us. More than this |
hardly have the heart - commune
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IT, what enI are we drifting, No
If haze done more to elevate pubic
uf3 ais than We have; none have done
more To secure a free expression OF
public q, iHion, aud tie u. L. y.
knows this fact. And i. sloHlI lie
aware that Id i not been for rs, il
would NJ today be in the field a So
iicito- for pubic favor. Il is aware
ij.>t when il stopped over. ard the
hand il took in the card Of cH.-throat
pledges published by lie Democratic
{ ~tnlidates. And what check, after
UGH detection, 10 request the Inae-
pendent party. organized by rs, 10
proceed against is oHm cteatur~ under
a law which zee introduced INTO tie
Legislature Darsei'es. and voted for
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