Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-12
THE .sUN" AND THE COMING
CONTEXT.

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That Samuel J. Tldsn actually con-
templates appealing 10 the courts against
the decision Of the Electoral Commits
sion. becomes mere and more evident
every day. Ths bsst way 10 fathom the
intentions Of . leading politician Il 10
study he positions taken BY his pdnei-
pal nsvspspsr organs. By the drift Of
their sditotials. one may generally learn
precisely What b on the programme.
provided be IL vsrssd 81 al In the SCI
snes Of political logic. The best and
most conclusive proof that Tldsn
. to kick iH.ths traces ID to Be-
found In the fact that since the decision
Of the tribunal In the Florida case has
been made public. the Democratic papers
o. with n voice have raised = howl
against Justice Bradley. and boldly
accused him Of being Influenced In his
vote by partisan motives and not BY .
sense Of justice. The New York Sun.
the great organ and mouthpiecs OF the
sham "rsformsr." 10 . fair exponent Of
ito masters turs-ooas policy. In order
To pave the way and prepare the public
mind for the great contest in the courts.
Il has made . clean "Hop.' and nov
attacks tie sonstitutionality Of the Com
mission with . bitterness and malignant
persistsucy which IL all Dana's owl.
II il unfortunate for Tildsn that while
there was . chance for Judge Davis 10
b appointed on the Commission. the
Sun saw nothing to condemn In the bill
creating 1t. Indeed. Il rather favored
the passage OF the compromises. by
eommendi,g its spirit, and pa,ting on
the back those vsak-knssd Republicans
who supported Il. So that its bowling
now will have bot little effect on such Of
its readers a. have followed its edito-
rails. except 10 cause . smile Of
men, OF n stare Of Amazsmsnt at the
bmzsn inconsistency which II manifssts
In its treatment Of the greatest question
Of the country. twas not until Justice
bradley was named a the hfth Judge
that Dana and Tildsn came to the con-
cluson that the law ~ clearly uncon-
s,itutional. and began to pave the way
for the coming great fghtiu tn. Supreme
Court.
A the editorials Of u Democratic
contemp, rariss are mostly . mere re.
production Of ideas taken from the Sun,
and a. that paper il extensively quoted
a. the great Democratic authority. We
reprint q few extracts from that Journal
TO enable our readers to judge Of how
much weight should BE- attached to the
opinions Of . man like Dana, who can
swing completely around The political
and judicial circle in the abort space Of
twsnty-four hours. The extracts will
BE- found somewhat amusing as well rs
instructive. to the political student.
On the Gath Of January. before JUS
tics Davis had been elected United
States Senator. and while there was
some show Of his being selected as the
nth Justice, Dana wrote In the SIN as
follows concerning the proposed CON-
promise:
"This project 10 lotpsrfect, and 10 open
10 various objections. but taken " .
whole, u 10 perhaps the best that could be
obtained. and has Js great sssr'i If '.'a''"y
Pssee."
"whiie there VA no distinct propesi-
tion which could BE- acted upon - . basis
Of adjustment. tho people stood back.
They nov have come W the front. thrust
ABIDE the politicians, and inaist upon
compromise. Their will 10 irresistible.
Hereafter. should new trouble arise. there
will BE- ne alarm. because o mode OF
cancellation has been found which will BE-
perfected and made permanent"
One week later. on the 3lst. after
Judge Brady had been elected. In a
double loaded editorial. the Sun says:
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ssssrtcd Whenever its exercise has been
called into requisision' from The founda-
sas lime: and hss virtually deI.ssssa the
power Of making . President. for four
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