Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-07
NOT AT WAR WITH LABOR.

sutro's organ. this morning. in la
bored article upon the interest OF labor,
s.tsnpts vainly to prove that Mr.. Sharon
IL ii war with the interests Of working
men, and Is sndsavoring to dictate to the
people the manner in which and the per-
SON for when thar votes shall be castin
the csming election. Nothing which has
hsrstoiors smanAted from that dishonest
sheet can DO farther from the truth. Mr..
Sharon is . prominent candidate in the
ranks Of the Republican party for an Of
fee which is the gift Of the people Of
Nevada. He has q moral and legal right
TO aspire to this Office. and has also
. moral and legal right to secure
by all honorable means the success Of
tho party within whose lines he il work
ing and by whose support he hopes to
secure the Office be desires. VIM. Sharon
has ever been . consistent Republican
not Q chronic sfics-sseker. During his
residence Of many years in Nevada, he
has sought at all times the welfare OF the
Republics, party. and aided in every
legitimate manner TO secure its success
at the polls. He has the right, claimed
and enjoyed by every citizen OF his
republic to aspire to any official position
a~itai.abls by popular suffrage. and
neither stats nor Federal Constitutions
have a. yet bean 90 amended as to make
the possession Of wealth a bar to polt-
ical Prsisrmsnt.
It is, a. We remarked. claimed by Mr..
sutro's srgan that Mr.. Sharon il at wal
with the interests OF labor. The charge
10 - grave a. unioundsd. There is
not = public or private act OF MIR.
sharon's since his advent to Nevada,
many years ago. which will bear out or
even tend to support this charge. The
miners OF Storey county have never had
occasion to come into conflict with the
capital invested here upon the PROPOSE
ton Of a reduction Of their wages. The
only time when there was any excite
mont in this direction was whom. in the
construction Of the Virginia & Trsckee
Railroad. that company proposed to en-
ploy Chinese labor in grading and con.
strueting the road bed. The miners,
fearful. a. perhaps was but natural, that
this was intended to be the entering
wedge for the employment Of Chinese in
the mines, demonstrated with Mr.
Sharon as President OF the Railroad CON-
pany. and objected to the employment
Of this class OF labor within the limits Of
Virginia City and Gold Hill. Mr.. Sharon
heard their objections and instantly cos
ssdsd every demand they then made.
And that was the beginning aud end OF
labor troubles in Storey county.
II there be any man in Nevada
to-day to whom the Comstock miners are
under obligation, that man i, VIM.
Sharon. II to be the means Of furnish
ing steady employment at arst-class
wages to . large and constantly incrsas-
ing number Of working men DO a public
benefit. and worthy OF credit, to Vim.
Sharon more than any other citizen
OF Nevada, that credit is due. II to have
been foremost in developing the most
valuable property on the face OF the
earth; to have aided by pluck, persistence
and financial credit to make the citiss OF
Virginia and Gold Hin tn. ~ssl,hiest of
their size in the United States. and
the busiest in the known world.
be the act Of a good citizen.
to Mr.. William Sharon belongs his
need OF praise therefor. We do not
claim that Mr.. Sharon has done this
solely for the public good. nor that he
has. therefore. any right to demand slse-
ton from the people What We do claim
10, that he has interests identified, init
matsly 20, with Nevada and her people.
that he has shown himself to be fore
most in sasscity and business enterprise
among our citizens and that his aspi-
ration to represent this State in public
life, is based upon business qualifications
which ii cannot be gainsayed, have re-
bounded not alone to his own benefit,
but also to that OF every citizen and
property holder OF Western Nevada.
No man has claims upon tn. people for
Office; but as between aspirants for such
positions the public are, in seli.pr0-
lection. bound to compare and weigh
well the qualifications Of candidates
for their support. No man has any
right to demand election Of the people.
butt, is the duty Of the public to select
as public servants those men whs have
distinguished themselves above their fell
lows in developing and fostering the in
tsrssts upon which the State depends for
present and future prosperity. We say
II is the duty Of the public to select the
men best qualified to represent them.
And in so saying We do not mean that
such selection Is a duty owed to Mr..
Sharon or any sthOr candidate, but q
duty which they W to the State, the
County and themselves. We believe that
Of all candidates o before the peo-
pie. William Sharon possesses
psrior qualifications to represent q
mining community and mining State in
national legislation. We believe that
he is the best man named; the best rep
rsssntativs OF our interests; the most
thoroughly qualified to advocate them.
The Reno Crescent takes two columns
OF its valuable space this morning in
the atismp, to prove that Mr.. Sharon is
not eligible to election as United States