Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-02
COUNTY COMMISSIONERSHIP
AND OTHER MATTERS


EUREKA, March l, 1873.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Among the items
OF local interest which I noticed in
your "Flue Dust" column a few morn
ings since, was the announcement that
another Richmond had entered the
list to do battle for the vacant seat in
the Board of County Commissioners,
in the person of Mr.. A. L. Titus. This
is all eminently just and proper, | sup
pose; and, though entering the arena
at the eleventh hour, / see no. tangible
reason why he should not acquire the
object of his ambitions His political
record, viewed from a local and purely
partisan stana- point, is, all things con-
Sidered, fair enough, and such as ought
to entitle him to the political considera-
ton of .
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE.
But Governors, like the Common
wealths they serve, are sometimes un-
grateful; and it may bethat the bucolic
gentleman who presides over the des-
TIMES of this one may not much care
~ 81 my iAiA wv u Ptot
erence at this particular juncture. But
while granting to MIR. Titus the right of
candidacy for either the office in ques.
tion or any other within the gift of the
taxpayers of Eureka, ! can not, if |
would, ignore the fact that he already
fills n political position which, in all
fairness, ought to satisfy the ambitious
longings of a less reasonable man. The
position of School Trustee is, however,
| believe, more honorary than profita-
Die on the Base Range, and, therefore,
less sought after by the professional
office seeker. But i'll view of the
PROSPEROUS PECpNIARY CONDITION
OF the handsome blonde who of1iciates
at the Richmond, it weald be an injus-
tice to him to harbor the suspicion that
his action in seeking the seat lately
filled by Mr.. OEerer has been in the
least II influenced by so I'M
worthy a motive. The same argument
will, / presume, hold good in the case
of each of his other competitors in the
race for the dignities and honors at
tached to a seat at the County Board
OF so conspicuous a geographical GEN.
ter as the capital of the Great East. L.
noring all mercinary motives then, it
is evident that the position IS looked
upon by the forescore and ten patriotic
gentlemen who seek it, as of more
value and Importance than would be
likely to influence any other person
than he who might hoIe to- render it
the initiatory step in the struggle to at
tain a higher and more coveted posi-
ton. Can such be the influencing in
eentiye which has impel!ed Mr.. Titus
to adopt the petition process as the II
most likely to insure success with the
gentleman whose b%roadhorn herds fat
ten on a thousand hills and whoappears
to lie not at all abashed by the wide
spread opposition manifested to his
third term aspirations? Straws in
dictate the current, and this straw,
launched upon the local political
stream, may fairly be viewed as hav-
ing a significance which only time and
the next Democratic County Conven-
ton can properly solve.
AMBITION
Is q laudable sentiment, and, "like
good name in man or woman" is,
when in%telliSently and worthily di-
rected, not alone necessary to a
successful career through life, by m
bling us bravely to combat the ever
recurring vicissitudes of fortune, but
one of the most potent weapons with
which to carve ones name upon the
scroll of fame and win for him an eX-
allied and honorable distinction among
the good and great ones of the world.
| The ambition which aims to do good
-, ,uy Srborn of lif, j.. u-nrth ~ nf rn-
! spect. We admire the ambition which
| subserveS the interests of ones
TRY, or which helps to- promote the
I we'll being, comfort and happiness Of
others. Though we nay differ from
him, we can not help bestowing our
heartiest admiration upon the man
whose ambition and intelligence are of
that lofty type which enables him
to mount above the tramnnelS of party,
ignore party edicts and eSchew the mar
row., mean and illiberal preiudiceS
| which would prevent him from Civ
ing his support to such public meas
ureS as would exercise a Salutary in.
luence upon public interests. DO we
| find the politician and party leaders Of
the present day thus a2tuated Is the
average place hunter moved by any
| such considerations in office? No; for
having once attained that, to secure
| WHICH he probably barriers every prin-
ciple OF
HONOR n DECENCY,
He soon sinks into the verieSt selfish
ness, and early realizes the importance
of applying the rule of "addition, d.
vision and subtraction, " in his inter
course with the jobberss schemers and
| public plunderers, who wax rich and
grow fat by their nefarious practices.
But the political pool is E filthy n at
best, and he who enters it without he
is as pure as Sir Galahad, is tolerably
certain of having his reputation pretty
Well smirched. Honesty, honor and
independence of character, are looked
upon as incompatible with the ways
| that are dark, to which he who would
he successful in either State or national
politics, as at present conducted in this
county, must resort. Corruption in
its worst form has invaded every
office and department of the General
Government, from the occupant of tte
White House down through the vari-
OuS praGpS Evau SanctiIV is rotten to