Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-08-22
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 20t

MR.. EDITOR The sensation of the
day in this burg IS the "Dance OF
Death" Now, you will very likely
inquire, "what in the mischief is the
Dance of Death9" Well, l will an
swer: 1t is a publication issued by
one of our printing houses, the au-
thorship of which is variously charg-
ed to RuIofson of Bradley & Rulof-
son, Harriet, his son-in-law, Bierce of
the Argonaut, Frank P,xley, and
Others. 1t is broadly written, and
would better serve the work of the
Devil than any good Christian. 1t
has for its object, the destruction of the
round dances of society, and is so bad
in its character that people marvel
why its sale is not prohibited. OBJ
scene in Its character, how any good
citizen can endure it is the wonder of
the multitude. Many who know
nothing about dancing have taken it
into their heads that there must he
something in it, aud many others
wonder how young girls are to re-
main pure if sucl, works are circu-
lated. But, as | do not wish to in
crease the sale of the book, perhaps
it is as well to say no more about it.
Perambulating about town, it. is
quite interesting to note how much
one can gather from contact with
those from your State, or from those
having interests there. Being pres
ent at the Cosmopolitan, and during
q conversation with some half doz-
en-, the matter of your next Site
election came up. Candidates were
talked of, and general programme
laid out for future reference. Upon
the Democratic side, Jerry Schooling
was til )ught to be the most promis-
ing candidate for gubernatorial hon
ors. He is known to be honest, good
natured, and being negative in his
character, would command the solid
vote of the Democracy. Jewett Ad-
ans, cx-Mayor Currie of Virginia,
John G. Fall Of Eureka, and A. G.
Ellis of Carson had their admirers.
But when the Republican candidates
were presented, there seemed to he u
greater number of aspirants. Judge
Hawley of your Supreme Court; Ho-
bart, present Controller; Minor, pres
.ent Secretary Of State; jim Haynes;
Kincaid, Superintendent of the Ju-
liza mine; ex-Judge G. N. Harris OF
Carson; Tritle, Geo. A. King, Batter
man, c. c. Stevenson, Postmaster Ad-
kinson of Virginia, Cleveland of
White Pine, and ex-senator Jerry
Moore; all these had their adherents
and supporters.
As Hawley rendered Tom Wren
material support in the convention
which nominated him for Congress, it
is we'll to suppose reciprocity will
come in when Hawley's name c'mes
up before your next State convention
for Governor. Should such a state
of things eventuate, Hobart will be
u candidate for second place on the
ticket, with the hope that Hawley
will defeat Jones for United States
Senator, and he Hobart succeed as
Governor. Two requisites for success
are required now-a-days in political
contests, viz; personal magnetism
and gold. You and your readers can
judge whether H.wley or Hobart
possess the first. Well, as to Lieuten-
ant-Governor, there was no name
mentioned, except perhaps Harry
Mighels of the Carson Appeal.
Ex-senator Dickinson for Controll-
er seemed to be great favorite,
while your worthy Superintendent of
the Mint had the inside track for
State Treasurer. Charley Varian of
Reno for Attorney-General, and Ben
Brown Of Virginia Tor SurveyorGen-
eral, were quite prominently talked