Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-08

The Republican meeting last night
was quite largely attended, the crowd
consisting of probably between four
and five hundred persons, a goodly
proportion of whom were Democrats,
who were attracted there by MIR.
Fitch's reputation as a speaker. The
stand was handsomely decorated, bon.
fires were lighted in the street, and
everything, except a band of music,
provided that was calculated to give
life and animation to the meeting.
w. II. Davenport was elected Presi-
dent: w. Doolin, d. II. Shipley, w. b.
Harrub. II. Donnelly and ID. b. I'M
mel, Vice Presidents; and w. j..
Smith, Secretary. After a campaign
song by the Cornish Giee Club, the
President, in a few appropriate re-
marks, introduced the speaker of the
evening. Mr.. Fitch, when he came
forward, was greeted with a round of
applause from the Republican portion
of the audience. He prefaced his adj
dress with a few conciliatory remarks,
disclaiming any feeling of bitterness
or rancor towards the Democratic par
W Y lllffItOtIS VI It's IOlIIiilIoS,
ing that it was not his intention TO in
dulge in any vituperation or inve3tive
towards either-a promise which was
hardly verified by his subsequent re-
marks. The speech, which was by
no means devoid of finely rounded
sentences, brilliant passages and rhe-
torical bursts of eloquence, character
istic of the speaker, scarcely, upon
the whole, came up to Mr.. Fitch's
former campaign efforts. Such. at
least, is our opinion, which we believe
will be indorsed by a majority of those
present, who have heard him upon
previous occasions. He appeared, in
fact, to share the general de-
moralization of his party, AMI
to realize that IL was uphill
business. attempting to smooth
the ragged edges OF the last four years
of Republican rule, or to reconcile it
with the contradictory theory of ire
form within the party" The major
portion of his address vas the old story
of the bloody shirt, which is in fact, so
far a. we have been able to discern, the
only stock i'm trade that Republican
speakers and journals have had to
work on during the present campaign.
1t is true he told the story well, and
embellished it with all the skill of an
accomplished rhetorician, and 1t was
listened to with an interest similar tn
that experienced by a person while
reading a well written work of fiction
containing a questionable moral. He
made it as clear as mud that Mr.. Til
den must necessarily have been in
completely with the Tweed gang, be-
cause it was through his efforts that it
was broken up and its chief consigned
to a felon's cell. He had the good
sense to omit the perjury racket, but
came down like a thousand of bricks
on Mr.. Tilden because the Sheriff of
New York permittei Tweed to escape
from his custody, although he failed to
explain why the Governor OF the State
should be held responsible for the acts
of Il Sheriff elected by The people of
his county. lie made numerous as
sertious and charges which were not
justified bv the facts. n which he
never would have made had he been
dividing the time with a speaker of the
opposite party. Some of them we're so
Inanifestly absurd as to provoke smiles
upon the countenances even OF men,
bers of his own political organization.
The meeting passed off pleasantly and
the audience was well entertained, but
in n party sense it cannot be accounted
a success. We doubt il a single per
sun left the meeting with a stronger
to vote for Hayes and
Wheeler than when the speaker com
nenced his address.