Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-10
JoSH NM nLAxD.

One Of the most striking examples OF
the extent to which partisanship will SO
In its efforts to undermine an adversary,
Is furnished by the treatment which
Senator Jones has received al the hands
OF the Democrrtic journals OF this State
since his return from Washington.
There seems to be a determined effort
ON the part OF such influential sheets
as the Eureka SeIiiAel TO take from our
Senator the honor which Is his just due.
and a. 1. would not be safe to attack his
record in the Senate Chamber, to wipe
on. that record altogether. We are now
gravsly told that Senator Jones was not
the author Of the Silver bill at all and
that the passage Of the bill was not due
to his efforts by any means, but hatthe
honor, such rs II is. belongs to Richard
p. Bland. a Missouri Democrat. We
have long been accustomed to campaign
tricksry and Misrepresentation Of men
actively engaged in politics. but this last
stroke OF the Sentinel and its followers.
Is 30 mastery in its utter baseness, that
IL strikes sven the. boldsst dsmasogus
| with amazement.
Il has been customary. heretofore,
when a candidates record cannot be To-
Ultimately attacked. for opposing parti-
sans to ignore 1t altogether. That. II
not quite frank and sincere. Is at least
recognized As honorable among poll
ticians. But to att empt to tear the
laurels from q statssman's brows and
place than upon another party. and to
do this by deliberate calculating false
hood, is neither honorable nor allowable
in even tho most heated political con-
test. There 10 a line beyond which gen.
tlsmsu will not so. even for the sake Of
running q political opponent. and the
Democratic journals which are now
seeking to give the credit for the passage
OF the Silver bill to Bland OF Missouri.
have passed that line. They may feel
secure from the condemnation OF their
readers. on the ground that Democrats,
a. q rule. know nothing OF current his
tory. except as 1t is given to them through
the columns OF their party papers but
they will not escape the just eensurs Of
the thinking portion Of the community.
Who will recognize aud instinctivsly re-
coil from. this glarins exhibition OF
party baseness.
The silver bill. as II passed Congress,
Is known as the Bland bill, and this fact
Is seized upon to give color to the asssr'
ton that 1t Is a Democratic measure.
originated by . Democrat. The simple
fact Of the matter is. that Richard +.
Bland. Of Missouri. introduced 'the bill
in the House OF Representatives. and
Senator Jones. instead Of introducing
new measure in the Senate. accepted III,
Bland bill. a smbodying the principles
which he had spent years in elucidat'
ing. The reading men Of this nation
know. aud the editors OF these Demo
cratic journals know, that the Bland bill
was but the capitalization OF Senator
Jones' silver report ; that but for thu
exhaustive statistics presented by tina
report. and gathered by the expenditure
on the part Of our Senator OF n private
fortune, the Silver bill never would hav,
attracted attention beyond the Rocky
Mountains. II was the facts and figure,
Of senator Jones that met the gold ring
Of Wall street and worsted il in the
hght. II was Jones. and not Bland
whom the Eastern papers attacked will
their vitupsrativs editorials. becaus,
they knew that Jones and his figures,
aud not Bland. were the powers tina,
they had to fear. The victory. such as
IL was. belongs TO Senator Jones, and
and there il no man in the country more
willing to accord to him the honor than
this same Richard p. Bland. Of Mis-
sour.
II our Democratic friends have any
thing TO urge against the record Of Sena.
tor Jones. let them produce 1t, and We
promise to meet the issue fairly. But
we protest against this u%ngenerous at
tempt to wipe out q record which they
fear on account OF its manliness and
strength before the people. II Is a con
tsmptibls mode OF initiating q campaign,
and will certainly recoil upon its origin
stors. Even the average Democrat viii
recognize its baseness. and despise tn,
party which is forced to fall back upon
Il for strength.