Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-03
GOLD HILL REPUBLICANS.
A Lively and Effective Msetug OF
the Garfield aud Arthur club.

A Lively and Effective Msetlug Of
the Garfield aud Arthur club.
The best and livsliest meeting OF the
present political campaign in this county
was held by the Gold Hill Garfield and
Arthur Club OF their hall evening before
last. Hon. O. @. Stevenson. Chairman,
presided, and the hall was crowded to
its utmost capacity with enthusiastic
Republicans. and not o few Of our most
sensible Democratic friends fingered
wistfully in the outskirts throughout the
meeting. They were learning something
more than they can In Democratic meet
inRs and more to their real advantage.
Moreover, the speakers themselves
seemed to be endowed with an. extra de-
gree OF inspiration on the subject, and
made good and telling points through.
out, as attssted by the frequent and
hearty applause OF the audience.
The Gold Hill military band, and
the Garfield and Arthur glss club
added their musical assistance to the
effects OF the occasion. and the hall was
elegantly trimmed and decorated with
Gags. Aitsr the usual business pro-
prsmms OF the club was gone through
with came the speakers who had kindly
volunteered for the occasion.
]. W. .Whiteher presented Q few solid
facts for the consideration OF not only
Republicans but mon Of both political
parties. He knew Of M BITTER way
than to Judge the future by the past. II
any political party during Its tenure Of
power has been successful and done Ito
duty satisfactorily by the people and the
nation. We may safely judge Its future
possibilities and probabilities thereby.
BE coptrasted the success Of the Rspub-
lican party since II had been In power with
that OF the Democracy before IL. In Q
time Of profound peace. before the 70.
bellion had brought the financial
standing OF the nation into discredit
abroad, the Democratic government
borrowed twenty million dollars, and had
u hard time getting 1t. They had to pay
from six to twelve per cent. for 1t or
they could not have got II at all. Never
was the credit OF the nation 90 low.
The Republican Government after pass.
ing through the war and coming ont
with q debt OF over 8 1000. 0O0, 900 has
placed the credit Of the nation 20 high
that it can borrow not only twenty
millions, but hundreds OF millions, ct
the lowest rates Of interest, aud our
bonds are not only at par, but at q pre-
MUM. Which party and which admin
istrntion do you preier2
NJ. G. Tilden was glad to appear be-
fore the solid men Of Gold Hill. the
workingmen; the bone and sinsw OF the
country, the Republicans. / don't care
how poor and humble . man may be 10
his beginning. IL he has the true elements
Of greatness in him he can work his way
up to the highest positions among man.
kind. Harrison used to live in . log.
cabin, drink hard cider and hunt
coons. In 1860 q newer Of wood
and splitter Of rails, Abraham
Lincoln. was elected President.
aud four years aiterwsrd he was elected
again. Grant was o poor workingman.
Of humble origin, yet he worked his
way up. made a glorious record in de.
tense OF his country. and was twice elected
to the Presidential chair. And now
In 1880 comes James A. Garfield, once o
canal boy, o woodchopper. and always q
hard worker with both hand and brain.
lie had to fight his way through to man
hood the best way he could. and de-
pended upon nobody for assistance.
Hancock. his opponent for the high
position he now seeks. was OF
moro influential and more nfiusnt
origin. lie was sent In his boyhood to
West Point and there educated at
the expense Of the Government. He
had NO struggle to get ahead, but
simply followed the line OF his good
fortune. Garfield. the poor boy. did
have u struggle. but he struggled through
triumphsntly, and has done more to
build up the legislation OF the United
States during the last decade than any
other man 10 Congress. He 10 an ora
tor, n statesman. aud. above all. ian
honest man. the noblest word Of God"
The Democracy tell us about Jack.
son, Polk and others, but don't tell Us
anything about Buchanan. There they
stop. It reminds me OF the advice OF
the old mule to the young mule
"when you are among mules, pedigrees
are easy, but when you are among other
animals and your pedigree is asked, tell
them your grandfather ods a horse. The
Democracy like to look we'll back
into the past the same way,
especially beyond the past twenty
years, and thus We read In their present
platform that their grandfather was q
horse. They. through the war OF the
rebellion. AIed upon Us q debt Of g..
$50, 600. 900. At n time they advised
reputation, but the Republican party
said pay it. More than seven hundred
million dollars OF 1t 10 paid. and the in.
terest on the rest immensely 70.
ducsd. Taxes are reduced one-half, and
gresnbacks today are worth 0 than
coin. The Democracy opposed the issue
Of the grsenback. to save the nation.
and said We could never redeem them.
But we have. Never before In its his
tory has the nation been SO prosperous.
In 1868 tho Democracy ran the
great political campaign on the
doctrine that the three amendments
to the Constitution were fraudulent
and imperative, and they would
not abide by them. Now they say they
are part and parcel Of tho Constitution,
and must stand; that Rreenbacks are the
best Of oil money. They have fought
all measures Of public good down to the
present time. They fought for the
extension Of slavery. and now they
are glad slavery Is abolished.
Next thing they will be glad we
elected Garfield. They don't want u
to talk about the past twenty years, but
say that their grandfather was q horse.
The speaker concluded with an sIhor-
tation TO stand by the Republican party
and the old dag in November next.
D. o. Atkinson said the Democracy
nominated Hancock because he VA q
Union General considered loyal to the