Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-23

WREN WBA0~hEes
Congressman Wren b out with q denial
N the .sRrer States charge that he opposed
AZ. massage of the Silver bill. We pre-
sume that be details bis position on that
important measure correctly, and his state
msnt 1, satisfactory. No representative Of
Nevada could have acted otherwise with
out mourning danger Of being tarred and
featherod by his constituency. But Mr..
Wren Is not 80 fortunate in his sllusion to
some other matters. In . feeble. half
beg yins-the-question manner, he srraigns
the SENTINEL for alleged unfair treatment
of his public record during the late ses-
sion Of Congress. Well, let us see about
that. We quote from bis card Of yester-
day;
The first misstatem emit OF the SENTINEL
was to the effect that / had voted for the
a~nti-subsidy resolution, introduced by Mr..
Baker, Of Indiana, In the interest of the
Central Pacific railroad. Now, l did not
votc upon the resolution at all.
The vote Of the Pacific Coast delegation
ON this resolution was classified by the San
Francisco "Bulletin," usually a very cor
root journal. and Mr.. Wren was put down
among those voting against further Gov
eminent aid TO railroads. The SENTINEL
took up the question, as it had a right to
do, and said Mr.. Wren had misrepresentcd
the people Of Nevada. Mr.. Wren now says
he did not vote at all. So much tho worse
for him. particularly if he lodged" inten-
t~ionally. Invariably the ~s'dodger" is a man
who lends himself to the accomplishment of
things by indirection which he has not the
backbone to become personally responsible
for. The a~nti-subsidy resolution in ques-
tion was o blow at tho Texas Pacific Rail-
road by the Central Pacific. and had Mr..
Wren properly represented the true inter-
est Of this coast, he would have been in his
seat, and aided by his voice and vote and
influence in it's defeat. That he did not,
leaves him subject to the inference Of all
fair-minded men, that he lacked the moral
courage to go on tho record against the
Central Pacific Company. So much for
the subsidy matter. Now as to the attor-
neyship. We quote again from his card:
subsequently. the SENTINEL announced
that Wren and Thornton we're the attorneys
sof the Central Pacific Railroad. The
statement has already been contradicted
through the columns OF the Enterprise.
And this is how he answered in the En-
,tsrprise Of JUNE 18th:
had q limited partnership with Mr..
Thornton. but each had branches of bust
Hess in which tho other had no concern.
Whatever Mr.. Thornton has done for the
railroad company he has done on his own
account, etc., etc.
Now, il this is not an admission that
tho firm Of Wren & Thenaton are the
attorneys Of the railroad .sompany in this
State, VIC are not capable Of constituting
Language. But we have -still stronger
proof. Just before Mr.. Wren vent ON to
Washington, we happened to come up OH
the same train with him from San Fran
cisco. When the conductor came around
it transpired that Nevada's Representative
had . through. pass, coupons and all, to
tthe National capital. Mr.. Wren seemed
i'll 1t case and proceeded to explain that
he did not hold the pass as. member Of
Congress, but on recount Of the legal con-
nection Of the arm Of Wren l. Thornton
with the railroad company. We do not
jntredaee. this incident to find fault with
Mr.. Wren for travelling on a free pass, but
merely to show that-he then plead guilty
TO some sort Of connection with the great
corporation As a attorney. Whether the
statement then made or that quoted above
be tho correct one, we will leave the public
to judge. We must~again have ecourse
to his card. He says:
Only . few days since the SENTINEL said
Railroad will make . moneyed fight for
Wren in tho primaries"
The SENTINEL never made any such
charge on its own acconnt. In noticing
tho contest between Wren and Conner in
this county, 1t gave the stories being ped
died about the streets against each. 1t is
common talk on the street to-day that
Wren will spend thousands to carry tho
primaries, and some Of his more bitter
opponents assert that a goodly portion Of
these thousands will be furnished by the
railroad. Whether these rumors be true
or false is no business Of ours. And now
ANOTHER clip from his card;
II the SENTINEL is as fair as it processes
TO be towards me, why did 1t not publish
the fact that l voted for the Union and
Central Pacific Railroad Funding bill?
The Thurman bill is here alluded to. 1t
II our best recollection that the Central
Pacific was not included in that measure.
II not, Mr.. Wren ran no risk Of antago-
mixing the Central people by voting for it.
We shall have something further to say
about this when we can get hold
Of the data. II the Central
Pacific is included in the Thurman
Funding bill, which We doubt, and
Mr.. Wren voted for It, he discharged his
duty in the premises, and should have
credit for it. He win get it from the SEM
FINE Il entited to it.
GovERNoR BRADLEY's chief organ, the
Virginia Footight, intimates that the "old
Man. may leadan independent movement