Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-10-26
A eAUzY DODGE.

w. R. Davis, the Democratic candi.
Edate for the State Senate from Lyon
county, has publicly stated that, If
Eelectsd, he will vote tor John P.
Jones for United States Senator at
the coming session. Now then,
the question arises, why msketh he
such . PROMISED The reasons arc
plain enough. 1t is not because he
! II in favor Of Republican principles.
It Is not because he OF. his party, in
Lyon county, are In fsvor Of return
ing Mr.. Jones to the United States
Senate. It is because he and his
party know that the Republicans
have . clear majority Of one hum
Fdred in Lyon county, and by. this
promise he hopes to win q few Re-
publican votes; he does not claim
to DO . Republican. He does not
claim to favor, indorse or believe In
any of tho principles of the Repub
licsn party; he does not promise to
nor will be support any measure
that will tend to perpetuate the
principles Of the Republican party.
On the contrary he il now, and al
ways has been, opposed to them,
He simply promises, for the pur-
pose of catching . few weak mems
votes, to support John P. Jones.
The time has come whom Republic
cans believe that it will be safer TO-
trust Republican to vote for Re-
publican United States Senator, and
Tor other little matters having Repub-
lican principles for their foundation.
In the language Of this Coast, "the
proposition is too thin" for 1t shows
on its face that Mr.. Davis should be
willing, for the sake of Hlhng the
poaition of State Senator from Lyon
county, to support man In OPPOSE
ton to his own party and ita prin-
ciples; man, whom the leaders Of
his party proclaim not to be oapa-
Bile of filing the position; a man
claimed not to be on par with an
ordinary attorney. Why is it that
Mr.. Davis, If he Is, As he is said to be,
. true blue Democrat, does not pro-
claim that he will be true to the prin.
ciples Of his party, and support Thos.
Il. Williams, II. K. Mitchell, A. N.
Hillhouse, or some other prominent
Democrat for the United States Sen
stea How does he reconcile it with
his conscience, to support a ticket
bearing the names Of L. r. Bradley,
Jewett W. Adams, w. E. F. Deal,
and British Columbia Kittrell-all
Democrats and true, and then turn
around and help elect Republican
like John P. Joness 1t would seem
to be better Judgment for a young
man like Mr.. Davis, who is just en-
tering the arena of politics, to adhere
to the principles in which he pro-
fesses to believe; because there is
q future for all men, and Democrats
do not forget, any sooner than he
publicaus, the men Of their party
who are not, 30 far as prominent
candidates are concerned, true to
their own principles. If, through
this bid for Republican votes, Mr..
Davis should happen to be elected to
the State Senate, and the Democratic
party should thereby have one ma
jority on joint ballot for United
States Senator, he would, as a party
man, be obliged to 60 into caucus,
and would DO obliged to support for
United States Senator the nominee
of his own party, or he would be
called upon to resign his seat. The
election Of William r. King, the
Republican nominee, will save Mr..
Davis from being placed in such .
disagreeable position.