Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-08-04
A POLITICAL FOLLY.


itself two years ago in the political
e&mpaign still finds resting place
ia th- bosoms of certain pure poll
siciaas and honest pleheian voters IN
washee county. These persons have
caught the tendency of the hour, and
propose to organize. Organization
means party, and fealty to party and
individual independence is quite as
impossible as the title "Indepsndent
party is contradictory in term.
The uniting together Of tree think
ing voters and in6del politicians for
concerted action had its origin con-
temporsneous with the Granger move
ment, and was fitting corollary to
tina, association of intelligent hus-
bandmen. But although eonnate and
arising from q common inspiration
Of general brotherhood and new
awakened honesty, the Independents
have quite subsidized, while their twin
organization hourishes on, in spite OF
suudry ascending secretaries Of pur.
chasing bureaus and certain lsmenta-
Bile failures of men in high places to
observe the sacred welfare of their
constituent many. Senator Booth Is
now the most conspicuous relic OF the
defunct party. Like proJectilethat
has been sent aloft to soar among the
clouds long after its propelhng force
has expended itself and died
away, the Senator is now describing
his little parabola at Washington
while the party that projected HIM
into Office with the force Of their sui
frages has entirely disintegrated and
dissolved away piecemeal. Scarcely
a vestige now remains of II In Cali
fornia. Senator Booth stands forth
result, while the outlines OF the cause
are scarcely traceable. There is
always correspondence between
cause and effect. The cause In this
case was ignoble, and so ended. Can
we carry the parallel to Washington
aud apply 1t to Boothl He has not
been conspicuous in Congress and
has rather fallen short Of what was
expected of him. But all this Is
good way from Reno.
The Independent party in Nevada
two years ago was so totally ignored
at the polls tina, we scarcely thought
there would appear any sporadic
Gases of independence in the party
sense) ever again. We believe the
leading man on the ticket poiled
something like 400 votes. Being
very popular Throughout the State,
he attributed zoo of these TO personal
regard. Su,ro, the Assyrian, came
down like wolf on the fold (his
cohorts all cleaning with ill-gotten
cold), and gobbled the party in the
interest of the tunnel before ii was
well Matched out. Had il not been
for this unfortunate circumstance,
Lieutenant Governor Hatch might
have received 500 votes. 1t was also
a melancholy circumstance that the
mem ,ers of the new par y were for
the most part poor men, who were
generally on the make. Some Of
them were honest, Of course, but We
speak in u general way. The honest
ones were soon disguised with the
proceedings and became inactive or
withdrew. But even this is some
distance from Reno.
If the people Of that little prosper
Gus town by the Truckee want hon
est men TO fll the county offices Tin
which really national political preju-
dices should not be allowed to APP
pear let them attend the primaries
and see that the right sort OF nomi-
nations are made. If both parties
make failures in this respect after
such attention to duties at the initial
and most important point. then the
case is hopeless /, and forlorn hope is
no more than a dream. The New York
Independent conference had good
effect at Cincinnati. There was some
reason in it, for all its members were
not voters at Cincinnati, All the
voters of Reno are suffragists at the
primaries, and in those that power
lies. To form an independent party
il to merit and meet with ridicule.
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