Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-20
,uG ASri.soxxLsxe NESTING.

puE ANTl.sONKLsxG MEETING.
The telegraph did not furnish . very
full report Of the Cooper Institute
gathering. held for the ostensible pur.
rose of rebuking Senator Conkliug and
the work OF the Rochester Convention.
We obtain from the Herald fuller par
srulsra. A string Of verbose resolu-
we're adopted, mildly indorsing
sbs President aud containing only an
implied condemnation of the Rochester
Con vsntiou. The meeting seems to
have been feeble IN lone and lacking
remarkably In enthusiasm. Even the
spsseh of Nj. Curtis, which was the
chief feature Of tho meeting. and the
attraction which drew the audience to-
gssher, wss ~ lame - It could well DO
On such IN occasion. Heidi not repel
the viudlctive assault made on him by
senator Conkling, nor did he makes any
direc. sllusion TO that gentleman from
the beginning TO the end Of his speech.
lila remarks were an argumeniative
v~indication Of the policy OF President
Hayes, and on the civil service branch
III it the argument was success
fui. It IL not only true that the Re-
publican National Convention prom
ised . reform Of the civil service,
hut that the Republican party has
constantly made pledges In that direc-
ton during many years. MIR. Curtis
il therefore perfectly justified in main
tanning that the party 10 bound by its
pledges TO support the President In
that part Of his policy. IL seems to us
that the argument does not hold equal
y good In relation to the Southern
policy. The whole drift and tendency
Of the Republican party has been in
the contrary direction. Even Mr..
Curtis himself chimed In with the cry
against Q solid South, on which the
Hayes was conducted last year,
and did not there seem aware that ap.
peals TO sectional jealousy and hostility
were . reputation Of the National
platform. As the party did not inter-
pref the platform in that sense during
The canvass: IS 1t poured scorn on
Democratic advocacy Of the very poll
cy which Mr.. Hayes has adopted,
and as Mr.. Curtis himself was in
perfect accord with Mr.. Blaine on
that point ell through the canvass
and we believe also during tho win
ter, when the " hole party was stout
~ maintaining that Packard and
Chamberlain elected rs we'll as
Mr.. Hayes-we do not sec how MIR.
Curtis AN very well complain Of Re-
publicans for holding OF to the same
views which he publicly advocated up
TO the 4th Of March. In . mere party
view Mr.. Hayes does not stand on very
strong ground. The strength Of bis
position consists in the fact that his
policy is right in Itself. and that it Is so
vital to the public interest that he is
justified In rising above all narrow
party considerations. President Hayes
needs to educate his party, rs Disraeli
educated the English tories, and his
supporters do him no service when
they attempt TO blink the inevitable
conflict between the new and the old
ideas. Mr.. Hayes has . battle to fight
and win against hide. bound Republic
can prejudices. the growth OF twenty
years, and he must accept the conflict.
1t is idle and foolish to pretend that he
hss not made . great advance beyond
any ideas the party held last year.
81
THE San Francisco Examiner talks
about Mr.. Sharon shaving purchased
his seat in the Senate from the Radical
Legislature of Nevada. That Is the
old SANDER over again. 1t is very con
vsnient for the press and people to lay
all sorts Of wickodness at the door Of
the Legislature. The truth Is that l
Mr.. Sharon did any buying at all. II
was from the people Themselves at the
polls. He had no opposition In bis
own party. and the Legislature being
two-thirds Republican, all pledged to
his support, he went through without
an effort. The Republican members
were committed to him by the CONVEX
lions which nominated them, prior tc
their election, and months before the
copysning q. the Legislature at Carson
We do not believe Sharon spent . dol
lar improperly In his canvass after Il
was transferred to Carson. There was
no occasion for Il. He had succeeded
In siectiug hia friends to the Isgisla.
turs, and having . clear neld he wa
az course chosen Senator. He used bis
money on voters 1t the polls and moi
on their representatives in the Lsgisla-
tlire.
The EatesPrise having accused the
Morning Appeal Of being in bad CON-
pauy. In opposing President Hayes.
tha ANIMAL retorte forcjbly. ~ follows: