The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-09-10

the peculiar weakness to believe hi
Office il only made for him. and that Il,
may reward his friends md worry LII!
enemies, and among his friends wcr,
very mnny doubtful characters. There
fore, this merit belongs to the Admins
tration Of Grant TINT il has by til,
greatness Of Its corruption shown tn,
necessity OF radical reform, even Il
the most stupid mind.
1t must he bitter pill for Air. Schurz
to swallow that Republican platform
which 30 snugly embraces Grnnt and
his Administration. Mr.. Schurz in OPP
posed to NIL manner of corruption in
office, 80 lie says, aud he endorses that
Republican platform. That RepuLli.
can platform endorses Grant and his
Administration, which, Mr.. Schurz says
is noted for tho GREATNESS vf it's cor
ruption." Hence, wien SIR. Schurz
swallows the pill made up by the Gin
oinnnti Convention, he directly admits
that lie don't know whnt corruption is,
nnd he can endorse it no we'll ns my
body.
IT is about tino the Republican
press should say no moro about the
discontinuance Of tho fast mail train,
and quit casting the responsibility Of
OF the Same upon tho House of Repre-.
sentntives, or ns they choose to style it,
tho Confederate House." Even that
bitterest of partira!, sheet, tho Chicago
Ister- Ocean indirectly throws the blame
upon the Senate, which insisted upon
making the restoration Of the frankinp
privilege an indispensable condition
to tho continuance of the fast mail.
The Inter Ocean says:
The bill re-enncting the privilege,
passed the Senate only, and that body
refused TO send the fnst mail section TO
the House, without that ms n rider.
The house refused to pass both and so
neither became law.
IL conversation with tho editor of
tho SRper STATE ex-senator Stownr,
passed tho following opinion upon our
nominee for Supreme Judge:
1 have known kirkpatrick for mnny
years. He IS one Of Gods noblcsl
works-an honest man. ITc is n pro.
found lawyer, modest and unnssum
ing gentleman. and can make the best
political speech OF any man in YOU
party II you wake him up. But politics
Is not his forte. Blackstone, CLitty
and Lord Bacon are his idols, and the
decisions OF the Supreme Courts of the
country his text books. lie would
make q popular, learned and unoxcep-
tonnl Judge Of your Supreme Court.
Senator Stewart is Republican, and
will probably take the stump for Hayes
and Wheeler.
II the Navy Department there is one
Isaiah Hnnscom, who il considered 4,
person entirely unfit for tho position
which he occupiesi 50 much SO thai
just prior to adjournment the Hous,
Of Representatives passed tho following
resolution regarding him;
Re'OIred, That Isniah Hnnscom,
Chief of the Bureau of Construction
and Rcpairs. Hnvy Department, IL un.
worthy and incompetent to hold Tint
position, and that the interests of the
Bureau, The Department and the Gov.
ernment require his removal.
Yet this incompetent person, by tho
grace OF u. S. Grant, still holds bis
lucrative Office. Certainly Mr.. Grant
wants good men in office!
AMONG the Supreme Court proceed
ings Of August tho 18th, the Carson
%iPpea! publishes the following regard
ing couple OF Elko county cnscs:
State w. JAS. johnson, OH appeal from
Elko county; argued and submitted.
State W. Nelson, on appeal from Elko
county, defendant convicted Of stage
robbery. The point in controversy is
whether the laying OF the ownership of
The property obtained by robbery is
properly hid In tho Indictment us the
property Of tho driver OF the cOach, in.
stead Of alleging It to be the property
OF the true owner, Wells, Fargo & Co.,
or the qualified owner, Woodruff, Ennor
N Co., stago proprietors. The robbery
occurred between Humboldt Wells und
Cherry Greek,
WHEN GrRnt entered upon his first
term Of Office in 1869, there we've in the
United States, 6i,207 Office holders.
Now there are between 50, 900 and 100.
OoO' Win: hos the country done that
it requires nearly double the humber OF
public servants TO attend TO its wants /
Nothing. Grant and his Radical Ad.
ADMINISTRATION have been simply using
every possible means OF securing votes
for themselves, und by increasing tho
Bread mid Iluttcr Brigade they have
materially assisted themselves.
EVERY man who reads the Lord.
Prayer and Ten Commandments know,
that tho Republicans should DO driven
from powcr.-Nrw York ETpre,:.
But how aro tho Democrats 10 find 4
out 2-~.SpriMgGcid Union.
Easy enough. Bibles arc nmona il,t
few articles Republicans wont steal.--
Worcester Press.
TIE Republicans urc losing many o
their nblcst cX-leaders. During n re
cent visit to tho western pnrt OF thi
State tho editor Of the Eureka .Scnfinr
learned TINT DIR. j. q. lIazlctt, tho las
Republican nominee for Governor O
Nevada, has declared for Tildcn nh,
Hendricks,
Coli a. q. ELLIS, in rcfuting ccriair
misrepresentation circulated cgains
Inn says:
Tint | Hm or over hnvo been mom