Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-15
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCE.
A SPICY LETTER FROM THE ANCIENT METROPOLIS
OF THE GREAT EAST


EDITOR APPEAL The smoke of the contest
has cleared away, and Austin sleeps as placidly
in the bosom of Pony Canyon as though the
roar of battle had never reverberated among
the surrounding hills. The Democracy,
which has won local triumph, is as quiet as
sleeping babe in view of the defeat in the
State and throughout the Union They have
won local triumph, but they are not proud
of even that; and John Smyth, K M. l. A.
who will face the legislative body next session,
walks the streets as undisturbed by distine-
ton though he had never dreamed of an
honor. There are still faint hopes that the
District Judgeship will fall to Anderson, but
no one is willing to bet on his chances of
wearing the ermine; and Anderson is saying
some naughty things about his friends, though
he made run of which no man need feel
ashamed.
The newly elected District Attorney
has ordered half dozen of clean shirts.
The Latin proverb has it: 'Monachum non
facit cucullus." (Auglce, clean shirts do not
mako District Attorney and there are men
Ill VhS party Ioduy w oot tiid' Ho Ho'ol 'll0o "
case
Some of the boys won money on the result,
and bled the sanguine Democrats pretty
freely, who, predicting grand triumph III
the State upon Lander County, put up their
coin and lost it like men, and are chewing the
cud of disappointment in silence. We had
very exciting election, but a very peaceable
one, and while the defeated bear their dis
appointment gracefully, there are no poeans
of triumph heard from the victors the guns
from the East have silenced all that, and you
are patriot enough, Mr.. Editor, to throw up
your beaver with the rest, though triumph
does perch on the banner of another, and say
with the defeated Francis: "All is lost, SAGE
honor" There is consolation in even that
To return to locals: l have just learned
that Douglass, District Attorney elect, and
Smyle, County Surveyor, are contracting for
their "sroceries" at Wholesale, in order to
''single" together during their incumbency
Lander County has "done itself proud in
the election of such men, but the dose will
nauseste and is not likely to be repeated.
There is little excitement here about the
Manhattan Company having made an assess
ment, and passed pay day; but it will die out,
and the company, which can no doubt show a
clean record and demonstrate careful manage
ment, will acquire strength and credit, though
it is hard upon stockholders AS well as the
business men of Austin.
You know, of course, that your friend Fred
Hart has left us, temporarily he says, and
John Booth is now our chief ''liar' and do
ing the heavy work of the Reveuie John
has the merit at least of being straight out
Republican, and if his blows are not Titanic,
give him time and he will gnaw through the
meshes of pretty stout net. In the moan
time, Fred is rarely spoken of, and he is as
politically dead and damned as though he
slept quietly in Pat Lyons 'braw caf ward
at the foot of the grade. So say the poll
ticians.
The subject of railroad subsidies entered
somewhat into the recent contest here in view
of the proposed road from Battle Mountain
but it is not likely that it will ever be built |
Its fate hung upon the question of broad or |
narrow guage; and only that Gage wears |
No. IA, as broad as a Canadian show-shoe,
we should have had, undoubtedly, marrow
suage road by spring but Gage put. his foot
on it and saved the county from ruin; and
yet the Democracy set up the howl of railroad
and roped i'll all the coal burners
and teansters to vote against the Republican
nominees on that ground, while a good Re-
publican had already settled the question
Mr. Gage was not candidate and his sfoldjaq
was not effected.
But I must close, as | am engaged to post
some bills for a Chinese holiday, Yours,
"BLuCHER