Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-30
INJUSTICE TO MARK TWAIN.
uew he Ras fsr Gevsrnor OF New
York and Discovered that He
WAS . Deubis-Dyed Crimiunt.
lrro. SKETCHES ny a,nr TWAIN.

IrEoa sKxrcnrs ny MARX ryAIS.l
Afew months age ] was nominated for
Governor Of the great State Of New York
TO run against Stewart l.. woodfsrd and
John T. Hoffman. on an independent
ticket. somehow felt that I had one
prominent advantage over these gentle
men. and that was. good charartsr. IL
was easy TO Zee BY the newspapers that II
ever they had known what II was 10 bear .
good name. that time had gone BY. II was
plain that In these latter years they had
become familiar with all manner Of shame
full crimes. But at the very mement that
I was sxalting my advantage and joying In
a In secrst, there was a muddy uniercur-
. n Of discomfort "riling" the dssps OF
my happiaess-aHd that was the having to
hear my name handled about In familiar
connsctisn with those OF such people. ]
grew more and more disturbed. Finally l
wrote nv grandmother about IL. Her an
swer came quick and SHARP. She said
"You have never done enc single thing
in all your life to be ashamed of-not one.
Look at the newspapers-look at them and
comprehend what sort Of characters Wood
ford and Hoffman are, aud then eco II Won
arc willing to lower yourself 10 thoir level
AMI entsr q public canvass with them
II was nv very thought l did not sleep
q single moment that night. hut after all.
/ could not resede. l was fully committed
and must e on with the light. As was
looking listlsssly over the papers at break.
fast, I came across this paragraph. and ]
may truly say I never was 30 COMPOUNDED
before:
PrRIunr. - Perhaps. now that Mr..
Marx Twain is before the people ~ . can.
| dilats for Governor. he will eondsscend TO
explain how he came to b. convicted oil
| perjury BY thirty.four witnesses, In Waka-
wax. Cochin China. in 1863. the intent Of
which perjury was 10 rob = poor native
| widow and her helpless family Of . msagrs
plantsn. patch, their only stay and sup
| mort in their bereavement and thsir desc
lation. Mr.. Twain owes IL 10 himself, ~
| we'll - TO the great people whose sufiragts
he asks. TO clear this matter mp. Will he
Dc itp"
1 thought I should burst with amaze
ment, such a cruel. heartless CHARGE
MAYER had seen Cochin Chinal never
| IHu mtlIu VI NAhtWAh htoa saf'" !.
| plantain patch from 4 kangaroo did
| not know what TO do. was srazed and
helpless. let the day slip away without
| doing anything at all. The next morning
the anne paper hal this-nothing mere;
.ssiaSIricASr.-Mr. Twain, u will he
observed. 10 suggestively silent about the
Cochin China psrjury.'
fM.a.-During the rest Of the campaign
| this paper never referred 10 me in any
| other way than ~ " the infamous perjursr
TWAIN
NsIt came the Gai,n, with this;
"wASrED To KSow.-wm the new can
didais for Governor deign to explain to Ger
tain Of his fellow-citizsns who are suffer
lug TO vote for him y the little circum'
stsnce OF his cabin mates In Montana
| losing snail valuablss from time to time,
until at last. these things having boon
invariably found on Mr.. Twain's person on
in his '"trunk" newspapers he rolled his
trapping. inl. they felt compsllsa to give
| him . frieadly admonitisn for his own
good. and No tarred and feathersd him and
| rode him on . rail. aud then advised him
TO leave q permanent IN the place
he usually occupied in the camp. Will he
dc thisy
Could anything 10 more deliberately
malicious than that Hor never was In
Montana In my life.
AFTER this. this Journal eustomorily
spoke Of me as Twain. the Montana
thief."l
I get to picking up papers aPprehensivs-
ly-much 40 one would lift = desired
blanket which no had some idea might
have . rzttlssnaks under II. Ons day this
met my eye;
.,T,ru Liz NIurpi-By the sworp All.
,l.,i,. Of Nicb,sl O'Flapagsn, ESQ, Of the
| Fi,. POINT. aud Mr.. XII Burns and Mr..
| Jabn Allan. Of Water street, II Ia estab-
iishsd th,t Mr.. Marx Tvain's vile state.
man, ,h., tbs I.ment.d grandfather of our
nobls ,,snJsrJ.Lear.r, JsLn T. hoffman,
wa ancod for highway robbsry, is a
Lru,.I and cr.tuitous lie, without a single
.hsdov Of foundation in fact. II is dis.
he.rtsuinr 10 y%irtuous men 10 sse such
| shameful means rssorted 10 10 achieve 20.
| litical success a. the attacking Of the dead
in their graves and dsnling their henorsd
names with SANDER. When we think Of
the anguish this miserable falsehood must
csuss the innocent relatives and friends of
the deceased, We are almost driven to in
| gata AN OUTRAGED aud lnhHlt1u DuDllc 10