Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-07
HrLLuOrsE FOR SENATOR.
A strong Enforcement from q Snn
Francisco Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3, 1878.

San Francisco, June q, 1878.
r.5.. ~ 9-ssrt- eip. gnis morning |
read an extract from the SENTINEL, i'll
which you lamented that there was no
prominent Democrat who was available
for and sought the position Of United
States Senator from the State Of Nevada.
You named several who had been actual
or possible candidates. Among them was
General T.. II. Williams and Col. II. l..
Thornton; both, you stated, had become
permanent residents of California, and
were therefore disqualified. You then re-
ferred to H. X. Mitchell, and Col. Ellis of
Carson, but without expressing any great
enthusiasm in favor of either. You then
concluded your plant by again expressing
regret at the untoward situation of affairs,
in which no Democrat of sufficiently good
standing and reputation could be found
who would make a satisfactory candidate
for the Democracy of the State of Nevada
to support for the United States Senate.
Now, Mr.. SENTINEL, it is always a good
deal easier to pull down than to build up,
and to find fault rather than give timely
and prudent advice; SO, therefore, | feel
loath to ~criticise your remarks or condemn
| your Judgment, but in the present instance
/ can not help thinking and saying that
you have not examined the field with much
care, or else you surely would not have
drawn the conclusions you expressed.
Why, right in your own town, is a gen.
tleman who, ever since 1864, has been
| identified with the Democracy Of Nevada;
who fought its battles with ability and
perseverance; who shared its fortunes,
whether for veal or woe, and has contrib
uted in no slight degree to whatever vic
tories have ever been gained in Nevada by
the supporters Of the Democratic cause.
| allude to A. NJ. Hillhouse, who is a gen
tleman whom the Democracy Of the Silver
State may put forward as its candidate for
the National Senate with just pride in his
conceded ability and unstained record, as
we'll as entire confidence, that if elected
Senator he will represent the people Of the
State in which he was elected, and not
neglect his duties and his constituents, Or
sneak into the wretched condition Of a
hired attorney for the railroad or any
other corporation. There are many con
ditions which would render the candidat-
utS VI Mls Ililiiioucc peculiarly ucCtptdble
to the Democracy Of Nevada. First,
among which may be noted, thai he is .
man who is of and will represent the body
of the people. The course Of the day,
both socially and politically, is the tenden-
cy to ignore the welfare of the people in
aiding the schemes Of the corrupt corpora
tons and apeing pseudo aristocracy which
has no other claim to consideration thar
brass and conceit, combined with none,
sometimes honestly, but in most cases ac
quired by d~isreputable means. In Cali
fornia this lamentabie condition Of thing,
has obtained so strong a hold, that it is a.
least doubtful if it can ever be improved
Here money and the railroads rule til,
coast. 1t is no use to talk about character
ability, integrity Or long service. If yor
have money you may have q chance. j.
you have not means then you must go or
your knees to the railroad men, and like
any other dirty courtesan. ask them il they
will not oblige you by making use Of your
dishonored carcass, and offer to fetch and
carry just as may suit the whims or inter
ests of the dignitaries Of Mob Hill Al
any rate that is what is done, and it is nv
belief that at this present moment the
men who claim to control the destinies oil
both the Democratic and Republican par
ties of this State, are as much the hired
and paid servitors Of the Central Pacific
railroad as the poor brakeman, who, for
scant wages, daily risks life and limb for a
corporation, the managers Of which a@e as
callous and constituencies as the engines
they say they OWL. In Nevada a some-
what different state Of things has prevail
ed, though it is called the rotten borough
of the United States, because it is charged
that Sharon, and Jones, and Stewart, and
Nye purchased their way IN the U. S, SEN
ate much in the same style that a drover
buys cattle. Whether this was their motto
! do not know, and do not care to dis
cuss. Nevada for a long time was con-
trolled by Republican politicians,
and it is we'll known that that
class of people are only actuated with the
purest principles Of disinterested patriot-
ism, because in the glow and feryor of that
commendable frame Of mind, they found
they could steal to the best advantage. 1t
was therefore nothing but natural that the
highly moral members Of the Legislature,
whose ELUSIVE loyalty was continually bub-
bling forth in resolutions, ETC., should en-
brace every opportunity Of improving the
shining hour. Whether they did or
not, whatever anybody knows, nobody
now cares to examine. What every Demo-
crat does care about, however, is, that for
once an honest and capable man should
represent Nevada in the Senate Of the
United States. No doubt it would be a
great change for a United States Senator
from Nevada to know that he represented
the people Of that State, and not so much
capital which he, or somebody who owned
him, chose to invest in the speculation. II
would also be o great change to have a good
| sound Democrat in that position, who
would vote his vote and say his say, not
like the noisome catspaw Of a railroad cor
pcration, or the creature Of so much capital
embarked in hazardous speculation, but
like . man, a good citizen n y sennd
Democrat; as an agent who feared only t.
| do wrong, but knowing his duty, was de
| termined to righteously perform his devoir
even though every canting corporation too
| or bloated Republican maw-worm yelled il
| chorus. Just such a man as will do this Il
A. NJ. Hillhouse. There IL no shoddy OF
Confederate brigadierism about him, He
| wears no corporation collar, nor has the
railroad money or skill enough to buy she
material or make him wear its manaoles.
| As / said before, he comes from and is OF
the body Of the people. True old Jackson
Democracy is his political pabulum. He
comes from the broad p~rairies Of the old
time Western States, whore liberty was no
mere talk, and where equality before the
law was the rule and not the exception.
For once, Mr.. SENTINEL, let the people Of
Nevada eject one Of themselves, and not a
mere carpet-bagger. 1t would be a glorious
contamination, which, If once effected, the
people win only regret that they had net
tried it sooner. know that I have been
spinning a long yarn, and abusing your
space and your patience, and ! have only
this to say in conclusion. that ii may look
impudent for a man who is now mol a resi-