The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-10-06
The coal.s Election.

Two.rEARs sso there was q general
election IN thii State. Neither party
had sufficient money to pay the legiti-
mate expenses Of the campaign. Yet
there was = Republican victory with q
majority last abOut ~ large as there
~as fonr or six ysurs nso. 1t was
square fight on principle. No corrup-
ti"n Was charged on either side. Is it
not ia tsemory OF that result that DEM
ocratic editors wcalJ COW seek To iuflu-
ences men against their better Judgment,
and which causes them to be willing TO
blTcEen the fair fame Of Nevada in the
e! es Of the world for the sake of win
ming pariizan triumph? Fortunately
there is no issue involving the Bonanza
hrn in the coming election. The plat
form is the declaration Of Republican
principles, and the ticket is composed
of men who have proven by long years
on this coast their right to be- trusted
Eate1Drise.
The Ehterpri'e, bsing filed With An
gelic innocence. derived from intimate
association with godly bonanza manip-
ulators. cannot understand how it hap.
pened thnt the election of two years ago
was square fight on principle" One
reason was that there was no Rcpubli-
can millionaire to be elected to the
United States Senate, md the bonanza
crowd argued that it was cheaper to buy
the Legislature, than it was to corrupt
and purchase the people ut lnrge.
These are also the reasons why the Re
publicaus Of the State at that election
had scarcely means to "defray the legit-
innate expenses of the campaign" Will
the Enterprise just step u couple Of
years further back, wheu Sharon's = head.
quarters were adjoiniag its sdneium sane
forum, and inform us as TO the ability Of
the party to pay its Legitimate expen-
SEES" on that occasion2 II that po-
liticAlly immaculate journal would con-
tinue the retrospection 20 the lime OF
the organization Of the State, il would
find that just prior to the recurrence Of
each Senatorial election. plethora of
Republican money, to cover ''legitim ate
expenses" was placed where ii was sup
posed TO do the most good, +" and not.
withs:nuding the efforts of Democratic
editors "to bIacken the fur fame of
Nevada in the eyes OF tho world by
warming the people against these patri
ouc corruptiUnists aud moral lepers,
unfortunately. their muchinations were
but too successful, and the State has
dearly paid for its recrcancy.
The coming election not ouly invol-
YES United States Srnatorship, in the
choicr Of which heretofore, money has
been the NIL potent factor, but also af-
fords the same corruIr ovcrshudowi ing
influence which debHuched the last
Legislature. an opportunity which it
will not DO slow to embrace. Thcs. un-
pleasant facts are quite as we'll Fnown
to IL large majority Of the Citizens OF
tho State AS they are to the pre-
sRmptuous, Oyerbearing bonanza or
gan. and the overilowing fund OF
rhetorical sophislry at its command,
will prove wholly inadequate to the
accomplishment Of its sinister designs.
Tho fact that it is bonanza organ,
body and soul, laboriug IN that interest
upon ail questions as between that
gigantic power and the people, is amply
sufficient 10 cause every man in the
State beyond the infected shadow, to
firmly set his face against its utterances.