Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-04

| olOer well OetWeeo now anu tnc stA
of November the two tickets placed
] iu the feld By the respective parties
| OF this county. 1t may be we'll be.
fore considering the tickets to look
at the parties themselves and estimate
the issues and differences between
them. The Republican isa rami6ca,
ton Of the great party Of the nation,
fully 10 accord with its principles OF
government. 1t is q party composed
OF the veterans who stood by the
Union during those years Of trial
when every energy Of the govern'
ment was taxed in an effort Of self
preservation. Those too Who en-
b,sced the holy principles Of oppo-
| sition to human slavery for long
years before that struggle nov COM
pose its strongest element. In short.
the Republicans of Lyon county are
legitimate factors in the great po-
litical organization of the country,
and their principles and purposes
are we'll understood.
The other party in this county will
not bear so favorable an examina-
ton. If it were composed exclu-
sively of Democrats we should know
exactly where to fiud it and what to
expect oft. Composed as tits, how
ever, of various Heterogeneous ele-
ments, its purpose must remsin I'M
certain. There are no issues in this
county between the parties that do
not extend beyond the county lines
until they compass the whole State
and the whole nation. 1t is the
greatest folly to assume that there
are any such issues. And, unless
upon that assumption, it is difficult to
conceive of any reason why Repub-
licans. Neutrals, Soreheads and SO on
should ally themselves to the De-
mocracy in this county and not else
where throughout the country. We
may safely defy anyone to show an
adequate reason, even the shadow of
a reason, unless on the hypothesis
taken by THE TIMES in several for
mer issues. That hypothesis is that
the Democratic allies in this county
are men who have been disappointed
in politics or who are natural Nissen-
tiers. That there are natural dissen-
tiers in politics, everyone Is aware.
They compose a class OF persons
who, should the Democracy by some
chance get into power. would in
marvelously short time be arrayed
against them. They are naturally
sn,sgonistic to everything in which
they themselves cannot figure with
more or less prominence. They are
against men who have outssripped
them in business and are in the legiti-
mate enjoyment of their honestly
gotten gains solely because they
have been successful. Envy of
course enters largely ints their COM
position. They are opposed to men
whose popularity has carried them
into office at several consecutive
elections. These are the natural dis
senters who have deserted the Re-
publican ranks TO go over to the en-
emy, and those are the reasons, and
those only, that they found tor going.
Again we may safely assume de-
fiant attitude and challenge them to
show any others.
The Sorehead is So we'll understood
tina, il were superfuous to diagnose
his a.lment. Ii has been of so long
standing that it is chronic. At sew
eral successive nominations or cleo
tons his uapopulari,y has defeated
hlm, nor has the balm of An expected
reform within the party soothed his
sorrow, or the salve of possible ulti-
mate triumph healed his yawning
wounds. He has in moment of ex-
ASPIRATION and sslf-disss,isfacsion
severed the bonds that so long bound
him TO principles that were congenial
and has embraced those that he hated,
in the hope thereby of getting pre-
ferred place. II this is not the exac,
case, then what is the exact easel
The foregoing is . picture Of the
party that Republicans have to NEE,
in the field this fall and defeat We
hope the fact that this party en-