Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-06
He Gave Himself AWAY.

certain candidate on the Monarel ticket
was csnvassing the various pre- incts of the
county the other day in his own behalf II I.
! common tlinS for candidates to do. and 10
attended with many friendly greetings.
Smiies. potations. etc. and mas . tendency
TO make business good. IL would be a goo
thing, perla.,s. If we had some candidates
going about constantly seeking for the pat.
ronage OF voters aud patroniz.ng the bars the
while rasy are al Interesting genus. these
candidates an 1t this season Of the year it il
proveroiai VITA the II .ver to stand on rides.
There Il a certain lirycnes, about them that
so'ue'imes eSte ids to Their ass ciate-, until at
length You illalas' cr1yl largely in their
caps, rlis is siinply one feature Ut a politi-
cal cau?.iga, mi perhaps a.: the most OBJ
1ectionable one, either. campaign any where
without whisky woal be like u Fourth of July
without tirecrackers, and campaign in Nevads
without lots of whisky would be a. dismal
aud tncogruous rs promenade concert with
ont music or ladies'. None of Us, happily,
will perhaps ever live to witness SO gloomy
spectacle. But all this is Quite aside from
tho main point Of this item which is that
the certain candidate mentioned in the sec
'ouu ine from the beginning visited the Eu-
SSa Mil in his rounds oi the county
those with whom he was most intimate it
seems were not present, and in order TO a.
'coinpilsh III some measure the object Of his
Wall he wrots note TO one of them as fol-
lows:
"Friend Ton: rhey are pushing my party
20 hsra that sin Obliged TO leave nothing
uadone ia my own behalf. have been as
sessci within an inch of my life (o- rather
WITHIN an inch Of the end Of my pursel by
tne central Committee. aud So am not Left
suincie2t residue of cash TO deport myself
among the boys as | would like However,
a. am determined to beat Keith if the same
lies IN the cards ask you, in the name of
our past friendship. TO exert whatever iutu-
ence YOU may have among your companion
Workmen In my behalf ! understand thst
heith 10 very strong IN all the precincts and
realize the necessity for calling into INV ser
vice all those OF my friends that | can rely
apon. lnasmuch as We came out in the same
snip; and are originally from the same coun-
" trust You will be true TO me in this
emergency. have little hope of election, 10
tell you the truth, bat desire TO redace my
opponents majority as much as lies in my
power be cautious tn your endeavors for me
Tor am told tast your precinct is u Repabli-
can stronghold, and that the id scouu-
dreis are going against me strongly
Confidently and hopelessly Yours"
The person TO whom this note was address
- did not possess the advantages of q SUI
perlon education. II would require no very
exalted type of knowledge to interpret its
meaning, but he WAS unequal 10 the task.
His early education was not so closely At
tended to ~ II might have been. He was not
well versed III the mysteries OF letters. In
short, he could not read. The note WAS there
fore turned over TO third person for inter
probation, TIE third person being Repub-
iican, and liking iua, cured it, and yesterday
laid IL ON our taole. II Is with some little re
luctance that we make it puolic properly this
morning. The emergencies of the time, as
well as keen desire 10 present for geAerAl
perusal whaleyes promises entertainment or
instruction, demanded that We should do II
Together with being very tidy hit of cornpo-
sition aud rather entertaining rvautng withal,
i, re1tscts the inward feelings of the Aon.rel
party IN this contest These Mou.rtl cand-
daies-;hese unfortunate victims OF reckless
ion-whllc not 10y ANY means 10 be
voted for, are by all means To be pitled.