The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-30
Last Nights Dispatches.
Nevada.
Special Telegram to the Times.
HOPEFUL. DEMOCRATS.

| HOPEFUL DEMOCRATS.
VIRGINIA, Oct. %. For the FIRST .time
since Nevada has been state the demo
| Gratis proclaim confidently that they will
| carry the state for their presidential
candidate. They have some coed reason
for their hopes Hayes majority over
Tilden was l,075. in 1878 the Republi
can candidate for governor was elected by
495 majority The state in an even fight
might be fairly set at about 700. To over
come this, the democrats rely first, upon
he popularity of Hancock and the popu-
lar antipathy to Garfield s!rro> Chinese and
| anti silver record, aside from the
charges of personal corruption, and SEQ
ond, upon the fact that in this campaign
for the first time in Nevada's history, they
are better supplied with means to make
an effective campaign than are their oppo
nents. There are parts Of
GARFIELDs' RECORD
which hurt him very seriously with the
people of the state which have passed
almost unnoticed in the east until very
recently. Here from the day of his uomi.
nation, his stand on the Chinese and silver
questions has been kept constantly before
the people. EvcorV miner in the state
knows that Garfield voted for the demo-
uetization of silver and was among the
most prominent OF the opponents of re-
mouetization. They know that in 1869 he
voted against the resolution offered by Mr.
johnson. of California, prohibiting China
men from becoming voters under the
fifteenth amendments; Z that be voted
against resolution to discharge China
men from Mare island navy yard, and to
put white men in their places and that he
voted against the fifteen passenger bill,
and also to sustain Hayes veto On top
of this record comes
THE MOREY LETTER.
Nobody here cares much whether it is
genuine or not, as it contains nothing that
Garfeld's votes do not say no on the sub
iect, and it has served to make those votes
the leading topic of discussion. Imme-
diately upon the heels Of the Morey
letter came an interview with Garfield.
published in The Cleveland Leader, in
in which he said that. while he was oppos
ed to coolie importation, ne thought that
to interfere with regular Chinese imigra-
ton would be hard and contrary to the
Intentions Of our Institutions A coolie
cannot be distinguished from a free
.Chinaman, aud the question of how a
Mon golian gets here doesn't interest the
people Of the Pacific coast. The unplea-
SAINT fact that ho is here at all is what
displeasss them. This interview, which
was apparently sent Gs an offset to the
Morey letter, has in reality done Garfield
even more injury than that missiye. Its
genuineness has not beeu questioned.
STOREY COUNTY,
Of which Virginia City is the capital, polls
about six thousand votes. and has invar-
iably, with the neigh boring and much less
populous counties of Lyon and Washoe, |
given heavy enough Republican vote to
overcome the democratic majority which
the TEST of the state sends in. AS goes
Storey SO goes Nevada" has always been
the Republican boast. and the fact Two
years ago Gov. Kinkee1 was elected by
only 495 majority on the total vote. Storey
gave him a majority of 725. This year
Storeys is sure for the Democrats.
The reasons are that nearly all the mines
are under the cont rol of the Bonanza firm
THE MINERS VOTE
is what carries the county. The miners
are not in love with Sharon, and they like
Fair. Hancock's military achievements
they can understand and admire; Gar
fields queer financial achievements they
can understand but don't admire. They
are very much in earnest on the Chinese
question. In 1869, when Mr., Sharon was
road, be attempted te employ Cinnamon
in this county The miners marched in
body to the railroad and drove the China
men away. The miners were nearly all
in Sharo1's employ. but they bulIdosed
him very effectually, for there is not
Cbinaman employed in the county to-day
except es launorymen, peddlers. cooks, etc.
The miners will
VOTE FOR FAIR
because they admire him as a miner. be
cause he has never sought to reduce
wages. and because be is their employer
and is popular as an employer. They will
vote heavily for Hancock, also. chiefly
perhaps because of Garisld's record on
the Chinese and silver questions. The
democrats have made canvass unpar-
alled:in vigor and effectiveness, while the
republicans, handicapped by Sharon, who
has this time refused to spend money.
have been fer behind their antagonists in
making fight. They are. in fact, discour-
aged, Two of their state central com nit" |
tee have resigned and come out fer Han- |
cock. Many German republicans also say
openly that they will vote for neither Gar
field nor Sharon. These disaffectcd |
Germans held msss-mce,ing at the |
operG~house last night. The most |
Eanguine republicans confess that they
regard the state as doubtful To sum up, |
the democrats have the most popular eau |
didates. the sblest speakers, ali tho brass
bauds. aud, for the first time on record, |
all the money they want.
DISASTERS.