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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
DEMOCRAT ON DEMOCRATS.

We quote as follows from the Eu-
reka Sentinel, the leading Democra-
tic paper of the Great East:
A private letter from Silver City
informs us how Lyon county was
carried for Bradley. The contest
centered in the delegation from Sill
yer City. Jewett Adams and the
Governors private secretary, Gar
rard, arrived there the night before
the primaries, and scattered their
money right and left. Not a dollar
was used on the other side, and not
withstanding that all Of the strikers
and purchasable material were
bought up for Bradley, he only car.
ried the day by seven votes. And
these are the men who are crying
out against corruption, and asking to
be retained in office on account of
their superior honesty!
The Sentinel is unjust on the DEM
ocrats of Silver. Although there
was a great deal of sociability, and
repeated visits to the saloons in con-
sequence, no attempt was made to
purchase votes. Had there been we
have no doubt but that the individual
guilty of such an outrage would
have been incontinently " bounced,"
after the most approved fashion.
Bradley carried this city because the
anti Bradleyites, supposing they were
in the majority, went off about their
business, and made no effort to poll
their votes. Yet, Notwithstanding
the remissness of his opponents,
Bradley only carried the city by
three straight votes.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
A Corrupt Absurdity.

"Verbum Sap" of the Carson Tri-
bune, would like to induce us to dis
cuss his personal record and character,
under the impression that we would
be afflicted with nausea, and foul
stomach. "Verbum" is right in his
impression and hence we decline the
task. We are satisfied to allow the
Deacon full swing because he is known
widely as a corrupt absureity. The
old male person, although in his
dotage, we hope will live long years
yet. He will go down to posterity
as the six-legged calf of the Nevada
press. Reno Gazette. .-
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07

-AN enterprising German editor
got an idea Of the sensational style
in which some of our papers adver-
tised their issues, and he tried 1t by
putting in his columns,in large type,
the mystical words "To-morrow
afternoon" 1t was on the after
noon of the next day that the en-
peror was shot, and the luckless
editor was arrested and had hard
work to convince the authorities that
be was all right. He is disguised
with the American system.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07

A MEETING If the Republi-
cans of Belleville and vicinity was
held last Wednesday evening, at
which it was "rcsolved, that our first
choice for Governor rests between r.
NJ. Daggett, of Storey, and p. E.
Connor, of Eureka" Three dele
gates to the State Convention were
ordered elected throughout the
county with instructions to proceed
to Eureka, and demand seats in the
State convention as representatives of
the Republicans of Esmeralda. The
other delegates appointed by the
County Central Committee, about a
week ago, and instructed to vote for
Connor, will also attend the State
Convention.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
notes were issued to keep the depart

4, Esfs
hotes were issued 70 keep the aepart,
ment gong until the Sherln could
sell out the shareholders OF the de-
funct banks and recover the deposits.
Finally the Government divorced its
monetary affairs from those of trade
and commerce, and established the
Independent Treasury. The disaster
was so complete that one cannot
point TO anv exact date when the
hard t;mes ceased The recoverv
ros in fact IN a aradpal re-craat;on
or.bo rr;,od ;ndnotr;os
aITnt;I 1s5e tba yoiuma % noror
~. 80 'no ,N taps-
lnon:y nv ga, u"soa s - ". IN
ooiuins " 'ne a''u"' antS VI Ca
pahoing 'raoe' pu! W tnat periou
specie began 10 gam iarSeiy on the
volume OF paper, ana the people learn
ing nothing from the painful lesson
of the past, enlarged the volume
of paper in proportion to the influx
of gold from California, until, in 1857,
the circulation reached $214, 200, 900,
which was far beyond legitimate
need, and then came the third great
commercial crisis Of our history
the panic of 1857. According to
Treasury statistics, the actual bank
circulation of that year was $214, ,7O8,-
822, and inside Of uwelvemonth it
shrank to S155, ,258 ,S44, contraction
of nearly $50, ,000,0 900. And during
the same period the total bank loans
shrank from $6S4, ,456, 900 to 533, 1885,
900, a contraction of over $3.50, ,00O-
600, which of itself reveals the suf-
fering of all business then. The
crisis was quick and sharp, and
bitterly felt, but our rich soil, fine
foreign market for one crude pro-
ductions, and the rapid develop
ment of industry under mild taxa
ton, restored property, and by 1860
the paper circulation had risen to
s2O7, 900, 600, almost as great as be-
fore the panic. Another panic was
imminent then, and only averted by
the outbreak of the war and the
suspension of specie payment by the
banks, December the 3Oth, 1861.
when the Government loans, first of
$50, 900, 900 and then of $l5O,0Oc,OO0
had been drawn by Secretary Chase.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07

THE LYON COUNTY TIMES pub
fishes touching story of an old man
who toiled for years in the Boston
mill for SO per day, saved from his
small earnings enough to buy 100
shares of Sierra Nevada at 81 25, and
is now bloated bondholder and
hell bound monopolist with $4,000 to
his bank account. 1t is such in
stances of corruption, such backslid-
ing from the grand principles of COM
munism, such shameless detection
from the great party of honorable
labor and honest reform, that pro-
claim the necessity of such men as
Denis Kearney.-S. F. Daily Ex-
change.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
COMMENTING upon the

-CoMMENTINa upon the pres
ence in this city, on the day of the
primaries, of Lieutenant Governor
Adams. Mayor Belknap, and Private
Secretary Garrard, the Gold Hill
News says: 1--WE would simply ask
it the people of Nevada are content
to pay Lieutenant Governor for his
services as a ward politician if they
deem it wise to expend $4,000 a year
to furnish an ignorant old blockhead
of Governor with man of brains
to write his messages, and then allow
the brains which they pay for to be
used in the degrading business of
corrupting voters aud buying votes
for poor whisky :" The whisky sold
in this town is NOT poor. 1t is sup
piled by Thomas Taylor 4 CO., and
is blamed sight better than the leg
breaking rotgut peddled out in Gold
Hill. The News may abuse old
bradley all it wants to, and we shan't
find fault; but when it attacks the
quality qua Of our whisky we MUST pro-
fT'
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
THE Eureka Sentinel com,

THE Eureka sentinel comes
to us with 3S candidates announce
ments, the Silver State with 81,
while the Reno Gazette has 81.
The editor of the Gazette is evident
ly ashamed Of the poor show he
makes In this respect, and is trying.
with all his might, to invite other
aspirants to step to the front. He
has no cause for complaint, however.
The TIMES has not half the number
of the Gazette, although it has two
counties to work In, and it does not
complain. But, rather, il pities the
sordid office-seeker who fancies that
he can get elected without n judicious
use of the printers ink.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
.THEREwas a huge slaughter

-THEREwas a huge slaughter Of
candidates for county offices, in
Storey County yesterday; but who
the slaughtered are and who the
slaughterers, is not known as we go
to press. II the county went anti
Bradley,the candidates of that faction
won the nominations for the county
offices; while If the county went for
Bradley, the candidates of that fac
ton have won. But, in either case,
the slaughter was great, and corpses
are numerous to-day.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
-WHENEyER any office in

-WHENEvER any office in Ne
vada, from the modest one of dog
catcher to the dignified position Of
Governor, becomes vacant, every
Nevada journalist abandons all other
considerations of life and devotes
himself to proving that his rival is
the most competent candidate in the
State. BY this manly course he sue
cessfully avoids criticism of his own
merits and scoops in the benefits of
the office for himself.--S. +. Daily
Exchange. -
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
SATURDAY. SEPT. 7, 1878

A STEAMER loaded with excur-
sionists sunk, when off Barking, on the
river Thames, in England, last Tues
day, and over $50 persons were
drowned.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
PROCEEDINGS
- ---Of The
REPUBLICAN,
County Central Committee.

HNHE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMIT
Il tee of Lyon county, Nevada, met at the
Courthouse, in Dayton, Saturday, August 81,
1873. Present: Vim. R. King, Chairman;
Patrick Henry, Joseph Munckton John W..
Grier, proxy and j. r. Shaw.
On motion John w. Grier was made Secre-
tary; after which the following resolutions
were adopted: va
Resolved. That the Primary Election for the
purpose of electing Twenty-seven (27) Dele
gates to the Republican County Convention be
held a fHlf . + 7
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
THE COURTHOUSE. IN DAYTON,
---ON---
Thursday, Sept. IL, 1879,
At the following places ;

At IL o'clock, noon, for the purpose Of
electIng six (6) Delegates to the Republican
State Convention, and nominating
One State Senator, tN
Three Assemblymen,
A Sheriff.
Treasurer, tNr .f =
An Assessor, t-i4i s- ai e,slft tl.-a f-a
County Recorder.
A District Attorney.
A County Clerk.
A Public Administrator,
A County Surveyor,
Superintendent of County Schools,
County Commissioner tlong term),
A County Commissioner (shprt term),
Justices of the Peace and Constahles for
the various precincts, and s~ s.t1....rs.
School Trustees for the various districtS.
Resolved That the Delegates to the State
Convention be authorized to meet the Dele
gates from Esmeralda county at such place as
may be mutually selected for the purpose
of nominating District Judge for the Third
Judicial District,
Resolved. That the test at the Primary Elec.
tion shall be as follows:
Are you citizen of the United States
and of the State of Nevada, and will you be
lawful voter at the ensuing election?"
Ibid you support Hayes and Wheeler atthe
last general election; or would you have done
so II you had had the opportunity and will
you support the nominees of the Republican
State and County Conventions"
Resolved. That these proceedings be pub
lshed in the LYON County TIMES, and that
the Sutro Independent copy.
On motion, the Committee adjourned to
meet at the call Of Chairman.
wv t11 wR. KING. Chairman.
JOHN W. GRIER, Secretary. I'd
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-07
Monday, Sept. is, 1879,


VuNHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
IL Stockholders of the SAPPHIRE GOLD
AND SILVER MINING COMPANY will be
held a. the Office of the Company. $50 Pine
street. Room 81, San francisco, on MONDAY,
9th September. 1873 at 2 P. NJ.
PETER ROBERTSON, Secretary.
National Republican., 1878-04-20
POLITICIL NOTES.

THE Iowa City Republican raises the ques-
tion whether the iuw! on the new silver dollar
isn't ill.eagle. We should say it was
The only Administration paper in Washing
ton is dead after short aud sad career. There
is now no live newspaper Of that line Of poll
tics --CiacilH,t TimSs.
SENATOR ANTHONY, Of Rhode Island, is the
oldest member in uninterrupted service in the
Uuited states Senate. lie has been there
right along for nineteen years.
THE blnody shirt" has become the peculiar
property OF the friends Of the Presidents
Southern policy. They use it to frighton
tmid Northorners.-U Utica Republican.
New YORK paper says that Sam Tilden
has applied for rooms AZ the Stewart Women 5
Hotel II is to,be hoped that the application
will be favoutby received. Sam would soon
be king ola thousand subjects, all Of the
gsntler sex.-SodUsky Register.
IF the proposed income-tax law Is passed,
the present Congress will have taken long
step back ward. mora unjust unequal and
obnoxious mode OF ievying taxes has never
been rssorted to in this country, and nothing
National Republican., 1878-04-20

ses,36sioS b. snuss t.cency.A M,
Hon, Die como skement u the r5essnt -,
Jon of Consres$ there Npve hesn hlnost
daily announoj1Asnts q senstor CoSK-
LIMOS purposss elsipe 70 public diseds-
sion of the leadih national topics, Of the
day, and yet he Ms rarely broken silence
in the Senate Chamber, except in an incl
dental and discunsive way. So soon as 1t
has been discovered that predictions in re-
gard to his intentions had not been full
filed, then came food Of abuse and jeers,
such MS are seldom justified by the most
reprehensible conduct. He had offended,
not by his much speaking, but by his con-
sistent silence. .u
1t is new feature in representative life
If Senator or Representative in Congress
is not guaranteed in the simple right Of
speaking or keeping silence, as is his
pleasure, and as his better judgment and
sense of duty may direct Senator CoNK.
LIMOS reticence has been represented a.
the result Of timidity, If not Of cowardice
while no man, no matter how high or low
in public position OF confidence, has any
right to sit in Judgment upon the moving
powers of his own heart and mind. He
was severely censured, even to ridicule, be.
cause he did not deem it expedient to break
silence on the silver question, and that, too
in many instances, by those who knew
when thus engaged that they were doing
the Senator rank injustice and themselve,
no credit by their course. So in regard Il
the policy Of the Administration. 1t is not
an unreasonable conclusion, unde
all circumstances, that Senator CoNK
LISG's sympathies are with the Republican
party in its differences with the Admins
tration, but that fact clearly established
gives no license TO individuals or the public
press to indulge in criticism upon his course
even if he preserves the most profound
silence in public on that question.
| Those who know Senator CoNKLING best
know full well that he never hesitatcs t,
| give his sentiments and views to the coun
try when, in his judgment, the time for hu
to speak has come. He is never timid, but
aims to be discreet Cowardice or hesitation
form no element in his moral or mental or
ganization when the path Of duty is opened
plainly to his view, and it is no part of wis
dom for him to break silence except wheI
duty calls to the effort.
National Republican., 1878-04-20
THE RIGHTS OF SENATOR'S.

The late attempt TO lay at the door of
Senator C0NKLING q contraband presenta-
ton or utterance of views and sentiments
relating to the national situation, and the
readiness with which the public press has
seized upon the occasion for comment, criti
csm and censure, shows that in these lat
ter days Senators of the United States have
no rights that editors, reporters interview
ers, aud correspondents are bound to re-
spect 1t is evident that in this instance
Senator CoNKLINu's confidence has been
grievously abused, no matter whether his
views and sentiments are correctly or incor-
rcctly reported in part or in whole. That
ia not the question, The thing is n
grievous fraud and wrong, mas
much as the Senator is rep
resented as having yielded implicitly and
cheerlully to an interview Of hours, when
In truth nothing of the kind had occurred.
In this instan e, the most sacred rites Ol
hospitality have been violated to make q
sorry exhibition Of spurious enterprise, and
that guest who would resort TO such m cX-
pedent for petty advantage should he cars-
fully watched in passing through the halls
of the home Of his host, lest u correct in
ventory of oyercOats and hats, after his de-
parture, might be interlered with. The
wretch who perpetrated this wrong is
known and his nam. has been given to the
public, and he should be held in detestaton
by every decent man of either political
party
This incident has been made the occasion
of jeers, censure, and abuse in too many in
stances TO afford portion OF tns peDi~s
press any refuge under the mantle or fair
National Republican., 1878-04-20

THE Southern Democratic journals are
generally or as class in favor of the income
tar imposition. They believe its practical
working would compel "rich Yankees, who
"are living on the boarded gains of the war, "
TO pay money into the Treasury for the set
tlement of those s2Oo,OOO,OOO of Southern
War Claims. The intelligence and energy
of the average Southern Democrat are now
combined to raise money for that purpose,
and they appeal to Congress to adopt this
great imposition in something after the style
of the following, which we extract from
recent editorial in the Nashville american:
at Is no credit to the East that its capital
lists offer such opposition to a measure so wise
and just and equal Offering fair equipoise to
the tobacco and whisky tax of the West, and
still leaving the tariff bearing most heavily
on the West and South"
The American studiously conceals the fact,
or ignores it, that the tax on whisky and
tobacco is eventually paid from the pockets
of consumers Of those luxuries, and the fur
ther fact that the tariff, as it now exists,
amounts to a protection of Southern indus
tries-a protection for which Northern con-
sumers of Southern products pay roundly.
National Republican., 1878-04-20

NJ NJ q "A n
short of the pressine ovsspowsring kh %
Of war for salvatioh couh hays jus1hed }he
passage Of the first sct.-ss~Saay Reeier
mer, according TO % ipdication8 viii be te-
snendously increased By the rsfis Kxpositlon.
Ohio visitors will all be home for the October
elections, however. At least IL they are not
they ought to be.-sprinafeld (ol Repnolie.
IT begins to appear that Mr.. Grow will
have a very fair showing In the western part
Of the State, In the matter Of delegates. This
will be an attcstation Of respect for character
and past services, but will not probably result
10 preventing tho nomination Of Nh. Hoyt on
first ballot.-PittsoSrg Gazette.
THE capital and telling speech Of Hon. Mar
tin !. Townsend, published in the Journal the
other day, Is attracting no little attention.
The Detroit Post and Tribune, in speaking Of II
at some longth, says IL was q SHARP, witty,
and brilliant speech, and fairly on the right
side" -E't f."" r
| JERH BLACK has sued General Belknap for
IS, 600 for his services during the impeachment
trial. Next he will he suing Tilden for his
efforts In his behalf for the articles that were
printed In the North american Reriep ought to
have been more effective than arguments In
courts.-Ner York Commercial hdcertiser.
ANOTHER slap In the face for tho New York
Times. Its Washington correspondent, who
| was nOnlnhpeu iOr Consut-kenofsi ~ VIZ ivy
Of Mexico. was rejected by very emphatic
vote. This argues that the Times isn'tas much
Of q favorite with Republican Senators as 1t
might be.-Nep Jersey Freeman.
BOB TooMBs refuses to make any "Decora-
tion Day" speeches this year. Bob Is sensible.
Oratorcul efforts Of this kind have been, Of
late. mostly twaddle. If man doesn't know
which side was right in that contest, he doesn't
| know enough to interest an intelligent audi
ence.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
A PERSON by the name of Tyson, operating
centrifugally from Washington city, Is food
ing the country with circulars urging the
general adoption of the whipping-post as a
punishment for minor crimes. Stand firm,
little Delaware" is his watchword. As q con-
sumer of postage stamps ho may not be living
in vain.
SOME of the Democratic papers are perpe-
trating funeral Jokes over the fact that one
of the members of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee is named sexton.
We hope our opponents do not think us such
brutes as TO refuse the Democratic party de-
cent burial. And how could we give it that
without Scxton2 We think Indiana will
do her duty.-Utica RspuLlicdn.
The Cincinnati papers say that Mr.. Hal
stesd's sudden flight to Europe was to escape
from the personal responsibility Of longer
standing sponsor for Senator Matthews. He
has stood up to the rack we'll in times past, but
Matthews performance on the Pacific Rail.
road bill was too much, and the discouraged
editor--so Archbishop Sands says-folded his
tent and fled from the wrath to come.-Ciere'
land Leader.
National Republican., 1878-04-20

THE Hon. HESTER CLYMER, of Pennsyl-
vania, will have competitor for the nomi-
nation to Congress this summer in the per-
son Of one PETER WANNER, staid and re-
spectacle citizen of old Berks, and Bour-
bon Democrat Mr.. WARNER Is out in a
card advocating rotation in Office, and
thinks that Mr.. CLYMER should now retire
and give place to Mr. wASNER. Perhaps
Mr.. CLyMER is apprehensive of danger to
his tenure, surmise that may account
somewhat for his "bolting" propensities yes
terday.
National Republican., 1878-04-20

ABOUT this time, according to the politi-
cal almanac, look out for screeches and yelis
and snortings and cavortings in the Demo-
cratic press to the effect that Republican
tithe-gatherers are assessing and collecting
moneys from Republican office-holders. Be-
hind this rabid demonstration, however,
look out for a wicked design to deprive the
Republican party Of legitimate sinews for
the coming campaign, thereby ensuring a
Democratic victory this fall, and eventually
the displacement Of these oppressed, as
sessed, and down-trodden Republican office
holders by high-toned, immaculate, Civil
Service Reform, anti-Machine, Southern
Claim-Agent, Bourbon Democrats.
National Republican., 1878-04-20

THE confession, or evasion Of facts, of the
ex-Ku-Klux convict, sHoTwELL, of North
Carolina, portion ofwhich we printed yester-
day is beginning to attract attention the coun-
try over. SHoTwELL is the first man ofpromi-
nence in the South who has betrayed the
secrets of the Invisible Empire" although
much has been learned of them through
the work of detectives. 1t seems that some
of these refined, high-toned, and chivalrous
assassins down in North Carolina are quar-
Ielling among themselves;hence suorwELLs
exposures Murder will out p
National Republican., 1878-04-20

THE Great Scandal-fears Of tho revival
Of which have lately been enter
tained-is happily on the wane again.
The Hood-gates of its filth have been closed
for the present, and the demorafzing cur
rent is stemmed. That indescribable and
unaccountable taste for the nasty and the
corrupting, from which very few human be-
ings are entirely free, compels otherwise
respectable newspapers to print the details
Of such affairs as they are developed, under
pain of being considered behind the times.
For these reasons the moral newspaper
reader, the fathers of families and those
who take proper interest in the moral well
fare of communities will continue to shud-
der with fear as they open their morning OF
evening journals until this seemingly in
terminable scandal has been finally ban.
ished from public sight. That it will be
thus banished is as certain as that wise
though inscrutable Providence affiicts hu-
manity with scourges and plaques, but
never permits them to become chronic.
National Republican., 1878-04-20

IT Is stated that ex-Secretary Of War
BELKNAP employed three lawyers to de-
fend him in his impeachment trial-MATT.
CARPENTER, MONTGOMERY BLAIR, and
JEREMIAH $. BLACK. He settled with the
fist two for their retainers and counsel fees
to their entire satisfaction. Mr.. BLACK re-
fused to take what CARPENTER and BLAIR
took, although CARPENTER requested and
advised him to do so. 1t is currently re-
ported that BELKNAP arranged to pay BLAIR
and CARPENTER $1,000 each. BLACKS suit
for $1,000 will be contested. BLACKS SER
vices in the case were of the peculiar kind
that would entitle him to receive pay from
the Democracy. But he's too sharp to begin
suit against bankrupt concern.