Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-06
A MANLY DEFENSE.

At grand Republican mass meeting,
held in Virginia City on Saturday last,
William Sharon appeared snd made
bold, manly and most satisfactory reply |
to the charges, accusations and.reyilings
with which he has for months been as
sailed. Mr.. Sharon, among other things,
said:
He had been made the target for
Islander and vituperation; but 1t was
matter Of congratulation for him that his
calumniators were mostly imported from
other communities for the purpose by
those who sought thereby to pro-
mote only their own aspirations TO
office. He had crossed no mans path
and slandered no mans character. He
was satisfied that the miners and work.
ingmen understood him. He was
charged with being rich man, but was
that a crime? He had obtained what
ever means he possessed from the store
houses Of Nature, and not by wronging
any human being. He had never kept a
man waiting for his wages and had never
offered one less than he asked, although
he had employed thousands for years.
1t was true that he came to Nevada with
out money, but he possessed the conf.
dence of men in California who backed
him with millions, and that confidence
he had never lost. He came when the
first flash of prosperity had faded frou
the Comstock-when the Woodworths
the Lents and Hursts and McCrarys, an
others, hesitated, and when men doubte
whether the great vein was true tissul
or not. He had not faltered. He ha
been the friend of the laboring mine
and when the SHOWS of Winter obstructe
the roads, he had hired thirty soldier
to guard across the mountains the gol
with which to pay the miners, that the
might not be kept waiting or suffering
for their pay. He had sought to gain
wealth for those who trusted him ant
for himself, it was true, but he had alsC
sought to advance the interests of the
whole community, to build up its wealth
and prosperity, and make men and wo
men happier and more prosperous.
These words have the right ring an,
show at once how undeserved have bee
the vile and venomous assaults that fl
SO long have been continuously mad
upon Mr.. Sharon, at the instigation {
such men as Sutro, Williams and Others
However, those fellows have shot thei
bolt. They have had their day. As Nj
Kittrell said, they have made their littl
speech, and that is all the good it ha
done them. The voters of Storey, Orml
by, Douglas, Lyon, Lander, White Pint
Eureka, and other counties, have al
swered, and their verdict has been i
favor OF men who, in their turn, wer
known to be favorable to Sharon. W
rejoice at the vindication that Share
has received at the hands Of the people
1t will compensate him for all the villain
GUS assaults made upon him by men VIII
knew that their charges were untrue an,
their vituperation undeserved. We ais
rejoice, not only at this evidence of up
proval on the part of the people, bu
also that their approval will be tn
means OF giving Nevada worthy an,
faithful representative in the nationi
councils; one we'll calculated to earn th
respect and regard of his compeers in IL
United States Senate, and also to pr
tect and advocate the interests of h
constituents. As we said last Apr
with Sharon and Jones in the Senat
Nevada will be represented by a "b
team" that her sister States will n
find easy to match.