Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-09
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AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCE.


The Politics of the Burg.
AUSTIN, October @, 1878.
EDITOR SENTINEL: The appearance Of
Your paper with "Lander Democrats"
letter created much Of q sensation here,
and there we're many guesses as to who the
critter might be. Tom Triplet said II was
all true what the letter said about his be-
ing captain of the ferryboat on Grand
river, Missouri, and that il there was only
q slough on Reese river he would run q
ferryboat across it to accommodate the
Democratic candidates he is going to ship
up Salt river next month. Tommy has
been nick-named Colfax, because he
smiles. He smiles pleasantly on the boys
that make q metallic rattle on the counter
and swallows their jimson straight, and
asks them as a personal favor to vote for
Nc. for Judge, and Billy for the Legisla-
ture, and Charley Lund for Recorder. He
says II these three are not elected he will
own up that the Cosmopolitan saloon has
not got any political influence.
The Republicans held their County Con-
vention yesterday, and it was a nice little
smooth thing q sort Of love feast. Every
thing was cut and dried, and went off like
water down O sluice box. All of the nom
inces were put in nomination and seconded
BY the same individual, and nominated by
reclamation, on the proposition OF that
same individual, except the Coroner.
There were three candidates for this office /;
one was a Mormon, and be only got one
vote for his five dollars another
ct1owt1a~ HnoI nj Tauony
that the headers. had seduced
into letting go several hundred dollars for
liquid sword-fish, by promising him the
nomination. His name is Tom Ward, and
he was so sure that he would be nomi-
mated that he bet $40 on the result, but the
~sleaders'' went back on him, and in the
language Of old "Rattler," gave him the
ssgrand ballehoo," and beat him ''pannels
of fence in the Convention with q sorrel
nag, from Grand River, Missouri. lie
was so disappointed hat when the ballots
were counted and decided against him, he
slowly got to his feet, and as he pointed his
finger at the old ring-tailed raccoon OF the
Lander Repubs., lowly murmured, mo
more politics and Republicanism for old
Tom Ward,' and passed meekly out OF the
hall, aud went to a saloon and called for an
antidote to a rattlesnake bite, got drunk
and went around declaring himself o DEM
ocrat. :.
Tom Triplett and the Manhattan crowd
run the Convention. They nominated
Mike Farrel for Senator. He is a clerk up
at the Manhattan Office. John Frost Is
foreman in the Manhattan mine, and they
nominated him for Sheriff. John O'Don-
mel is q kind Of q helper for John Frost, in
the Manhattan mine, and he was nomi-
mated for County Commissioner. Lea
Duncan Used to be Wood Receiver for the
Manhattan, but the company put him to
driving team a short time ago, so as TO
catch the wood men and the workingmen1s
votes, and to get him sympathy for being
reduced to their ranks. He was nomi-
mated for Assessor. The Manhattan runs
things here. and they think they have got a
big enough bread and meat brigade to run
all Of the Offices. il they have the assistance
Of Tfiplet K Co.'S catch em- racket.
The Office about which there is the most
interest, is the fight between Anderson and
Mckinney, for District Judge. Anderson
is the Democratic candidate and Mac the
Republican. Mckinney says he ought to
be elected because he is poor and needs the
Office. He has been Judge eight years, and
has got from this county over $500 0 pay
in tina time, but he is now so poor that he
has got to travel all over the country and
give his pictures to the ~ranchmen, and
asks them what they suppose he is going to
do if he gets beat for Judge. 1t makes
everybody laugh to see him hanging
around Triplet & Clark's political head
quarters, and grab the voters n put the
music in their ears. He don't drink him.
self, and never goes around the beegums
only in election times. He asks the boys
to smoke, and il they take it in a glass he
takes a m%omentary interest in a difficult
shot by some OF the boys at the billiard
tables.
This is the kind Of men the Republicans
are running for Office in Lander county.
They can't win on the square, and they
know it, so they are trying all kinds of
trickery, and, any way to win votes. TIL
Democrats are on their guard, and are
Watching them close, and l think will
elect every man on the Democratic county
ticket by a large majority, and a big ma
jority for old Broadhorns and all the Off
GERS on the State ticket.
LANDER DEMOCRAT.
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