The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-10-25

and Blennerhassctt.
notwithstanding that the speaker
came unheralded, and that it was not
known until late ia the afternoon that
he was going to address the citizens on
the political issues of the day, the
Court house was we'll filled last evening
with an intelligent and enthusiastic
audience to hear
JUDGE KIRKPATRICK,
Who upon being introduced to the au-
dience. said that be and his opponent
were personal friends, and that he
held Judge Leonard in the highest es.
tesn. A discussion of the issues of tho
day was delicate subject for candi-
date for the Judge of the Supreme
Court. but he would endeavor to avoid
debatable ground. and deal only with
indisputable facts. The masses have
very little control over the machinery
of party. When GRAFT said, "Let no
guilty man escape" had the masses of
the party been at the helm, they would
give tia meaning. AS it was, Bristow
was the only man who tried to stop the
tide of corruption. People of all par
ties rallied around him. He was the idol
OF the people. who said. here is party
that for once in the history of the world,
has been able to purify itself. He was
driven ignominiously from tho Cabinet,
and, although the choice of the people,
he could not get a respectable vote in
the Cincinnati Convention for Presi-
dent. Those who had been convicted
of defrauding the revenue. were par
doned by the President; Belknap. in
dieted by the House, was acquitted by
the Senate, though none dared to deny
his guilt. The Republican party now
makes the same promises of reform it
did four years ago, Then. as now.
they accused the Democratic party of
intent TO repeal the Constitutional
amendments. The Democrats to
prove their sincerity went outside of
their organization aud selected one of
the advisors of the Republican party
for their standard bearer. No one
could say
HORACE GREELEY
Would reinslave the negro or recognize
the rebel debt; but the people said we
are promised reform within the party,
and they took the leaders at their word
and reelected Grant. The civil service
commission through which reform was
to be accomplished was disbanded i'm.
mediately. and now. at the end Of four
years. we have the same question press
ing for solution. Now we have
8. J. TILDEK
For our standard bearer who, to use the
language of an eminent Republican
orator. has a record as reformer. He,
too. like Greeley, is being vilely
slandered. He took campaign ISLANDERS
against men of either party with great
allowance. The people of New York,
where Tilden resides and is best known,
elected him by majority of SO, 900
over Governor Dix. one of the most
popular politicians of the State, the
man who uttered the electric words /:
IF any man attempts to haul down
this flag. shoot him on the spot"
Why ? Because they wanted reform,
and Tilden's course against the Tweed
ring had proved him a reformer. The
Canal ring, which plundered the State
of millions aud which was passed un.
noticed by Dix, was broken by Tilden,
and has endeared him to the people.
He did not question
GOV. HAYES
Honesty or patriotism, but notwithstand.
ing. he did not believe that he or any
body else within the Republican party
could purify it, Gen. Grant is a brave
and firm man. but brave and firm as he
is, he is weaker than water in the
hands of the rings. and he is utterly
incapable to keep the Administration
free from the plunderers. The rings
nominated Hayes against Bristow, the