Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-16

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WEDNESDAY. APRIL le. 1879
PRgSlDENrlAL PRErERENCES.
The Virginia Erening Chronicle has
bssn feeling the public pulse on the Com
stock with reference TO Presidential nomin-
atoms next year. Prominent gentlemen
Of both political parties were interviewed.
Tilden seems to be the ~favorite with the
Democrats. and Grant with the Republicans.
II 10 quite evident. however, that but for
the great swindle psrpetrated on Tilden In
1876, the feeling Of the Nevada Demoe-
racy would b quite generally for Thur
man. Among Republican,. also, there 10 .
decided weakness for Blaine, although .
majority favor Grant - the more available
candidate.
Ex-Mayor Currie said that Tildcn should
DO nominated, not only ~ . vindicstion OF
the man and the party, but IS . just and
powerful rebuke to the fraud by which he
was cheated out Of the Presidency after he
had been elected to it.
Col. Ellis said he could not see how the
Democracy could afford to throw Tilden
overheard. There was . principle in his
denomination. It was something like .
man vindicating his v honor when he
had been assailed. Tilden was once NOM
mated and elected, but the machinery Of
the Republican party, fabricated by the
vast army Of Government minions. cheated
him and the people Of the United States
out Of the fruits Of the result. 1t ap-
poared to be incumbent upon the man to
run again, and upon his previous constitu-
sney TO rally to his support with renewed
enthusiasm.
Professor w. r. Stewart informed the
reporter that he was . decided Thurman
man. believing him to be one Of the best
statesmen Of our time, and an uncompro-
missing Democrat who had stood by the
party unaincbingly through thick and
thin. So far IS Tilden and ~martyrdom
was concerned, he believed the Democracy
themselves were responsible for il all. If
the unconstitutional Electoral Commission
had not been established, Tilden. instead
Of Hayes, might o be administering the
Government.
Colonel N. N. Stone was unequivocally
for Tilden. There 10 not . man in the
United States" said the Colonel, :" that
! would sooner see put up q year from
next fall than the man whom We elected in
1876. but who was swindled out Of his
seat by the villaiDy Of the opposing party.
I don't care il he did offer 5000, 900 for
the purchasAble Returning Boards, as his
enemies allege; he was honestly elected
and he knew it. and it 10 our first duty to
run him again."
L. T. Fox, Of Gold Hill, who was prom
insntly mentioned during the last State
canvass - . likely candidate for Governor,
said he had lately been talking consider
ably among his friends about the politica.
outl COX for 1880. He had read the dis
patch concerning the calculations OF
the New York Times, and thought
It was all entirely wrong, SO far a. this
State Was concerned. His own views and
those that he had heard expressed BY his
friends we're decidedly in favor Of Tilden,
- NOT only the strongest man that could
BE- named, but the man whom the most
wcighty combinations demanded should
be the candidate. There was no COMPARE
con 70 b made between him and other A.
piring men in the party. for all such con-
alterations wore put out Of the question
BY the overshadowing circumstance of his
being once elected and afterw ards counted
out BY chicanery and fraud.
Major E. B. stonehill wanted candidates
with war records, and suggested ex-Gov-
srnor Palmer, Of Illinois, and Ex-Governor
English, Of Connecticut, for the second
place.
W. e. r. Deal. late candidate for Con-
gress, said that he was in favor Of. Thur
man, believing him to be . better states
man snd = man Of greater capacity than
Tildon. He would run in Nevada as we'll
- Tilden; but II is . fact that Tilden Is a.
strong now - when he was before nomin-
ased. It d probable that he il the choice
N the Democracy Of the State to-day.
His patriotic course after the election In
1875 had endeared him to all right-minded
mon. II must not be forgotten that. al
though knowing that he was likely to be
cheated out Of the result. he maintained .
high. patriotic course. and Of all times
counseled peace, quietly yielding his own
desire to that Of the party and the country.
Nevertheless the party is not reduced to .
single choice, - the Republicans seem to
be with Grant, but have many capable and
available men. There is no doubt that. il
nominated, no would be elected. The
great wrong done him and his supporters
has not boon forgotten. and the latter
would only be too eager for an opportunity
10 vindicate him and themselves.
Mayor Belknap thought we'll Of Thurman,
but said it was . fact that Tilden had been
cheated out Of the Presidency, and there
fore was entitled to especial consideration
st the hands Of his party. 1t was also .
fact that every man who voted for him in
1879 felt that he had been personally in
jured by the fraud which rendered his vote
Of no effect. Therefore he would be, in
the nature Of things. only too glad to again
cast his ballot for the cheated candidate.
Thus the strength which Tilden developed
in the last contest would be brought out
70 : man by his appearance in the field
again. besides what new recruits have been
in the meantime. In this view Of
the case Tilden must be regarded as the