Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-22
REPUBLICAN


Hon. Messrs. Daggett and Bartine
Portrayed the Beauties of Re-
publican Rule Last Night at the
Courthouse.
With the election of the Hon. Mr.. Wren,
to act as President OF the meeting, last
night, at the Courthouse, our citizens set
tied themselves to listen to the travelling
lions of the Republican party. There was
very little enthusiasm manifested; in fact,
the meeting was remarkable for its quiet
ness, and the speakers didn't endcavor to
be funny. They vent at their business
more like campaign speakers than any we
have heard thus far in the canvass.
Mr.. Wren introduced Mr.. Daggett, who
started off, rough shod, with the assertion
hat every feature Of the Democracy, in the
past or present, Jeffersonian or what not,
was repulsive to him; State rights Was
their hobby. The main feature, in the
present canvass, was that of our finances;
the Democrats wanted paper and initiation
the Republicans want au Unrestricted
| coinage; the Democrats were actually wag-
ing war, in Nevada, against our production
silver; there were "a, 900 appointment
| offices in the United States, and when each
one of those appointees stole a postage
| stamp it netted a neat little sum, and the
Democrats were ready to charge that up to
the whole Republican party; Mr.. Deal
would speak here very soon, and he would
say that the Southern war claims were all
bosh; there were claims already in Con-
gress for 50, 900, 000, 900, and still they
wanted 100 acres for each rebel soldier.
Maryland wants compensation for her
slaves. The Democratic party claims to be
the party Of labor-a beautiful organiza-
ton to represent labor when it was the
party who held, as long as it could, 4,000,-
600 people as slaves; said he was a laborer
himself, and as he would not steal expected
to die a laborer. Mr.. Daggett was in favor
OF stopping Chinese immigration; if the
law wouldn't do it the sword should be
brought into requisition. The railroads
cost every inhabitant of Nevada 33ls per
cent. more to live here than it ought; leg
islation should regulate that matter; his
beer cost him one cent a glass
more than it ought to, and that
one cent vent to the railroad company,
and it made him mad the railroad men
said it cost them a heap to get goods up
the mountains, but they never said how
easy they could slide down the mountains.
Mr.. Deal had said it cost Is per cent. to
collect and disbursc the revenues Of this
country, and the assertion was the most
diabolical lie ever uttered. Things look
bad down South; he had extracts from 500
papers which he would like to read to his
audience, as they showed that the senti-
ment South was now as it was before the
war. Mr.. Deal and the Democratic party
wanted a tariff for revenue he didn'tb be-
lieve Mr.. Deal know what he was talking
about when he made UGH assertions. Mr..
Deal had Enterprise extracts printed in
pamphlet form the extracts were taken
out OF the papers OF years ago, when Mr.
Daggett was in no wise connected with the
paper Mr.. Deal had slurred our nation in
a speech which he had two days to pre-
pare, but Mr.. Dasgett thanked God. the
Union soldiers and the Douglas Democrats,
who shouldered muskets, that we did have
a nation. He wanted the people Of Eureka
to stand by the Republican party for what
it had lone and what it proposed to do.
'Star Spanglcd Banner" by the Eureka
Brass Band.
Mr.. Wren here introduced a horny
handed son OF toll, Mr.. II. f. Bartine, who
announced that the chief feature of his re-
marks would be their brevity. and he at
once launched out upon the financial qucs-
ton. The Democrats would soon
be here, anu that they would tell
the people that under Republican
rule our expenditures were enormous in
comparison with what they were under
Democratic administration; times are not
what they used to be; our girls did not, in
old times, buy sos worth Of buttons. rib
bons, ETC., and tack them upon a calico
rag and call it a dress. He now vent of
on the usual war record of the Republi-
cans; but returned to the finance question.
II was local taxes that hurt the people:
lie was in favor of more expenditure
in public improvements, and thus aid
the working men, but not to adopt the
Democratic doctrine Of a reduction Of
taxes: his voice trembled as le touched on
the family privations of our working men,
and he didn't believe the laboref cared how
much taxes we're paid whea his family
wanted u loaf of bread; went off again on
the war business; SAID the last Presidential
election had brought the two political
parties to glarins upon each other like
chained tigers, and the Democratic party
was at fault, having rake1 up the numerous
investigating committees; scared away up
as be talked of the towering Sierras and
the New England shores; compared the
spirits OF rs and 81 iii a sing song zone.
IcIe mr. DdItiHc starttu OH on tHe otate
ticket adopted by the different State Con-
ventions; said Bradley was honest. but
lacked the mental capacity which the Office
Of Governor of the State of Nevada re-
quired, while Kinkead was qualified in
every respect; for beauty Mr.. Daggett was
not up to Mr.. Deal, but as to ability, the
people only had to refer to the files of the
Enterprise for the last eight or ten years
to satisfy themselves on that point; Kit
trell was a ladies man, and so on to the
end OF the chapter. In point of numbers
and enthusiasm the meeting fell far below
the demonstration of the Workingmen at
the Opera House-the Courthouse does
not hold rs many as the Opera House.