Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-02
Tn. Senatorial Struggle la Nevada.
o..,,,5 Tribune. S.pt.mber so.

Oakland Irtoune, DspfsmoeF oo.
On the next Legislature Of the State
OF Nevada dsvolves the duty OF eleoting
a United States Senator In place Of SEN
ator Sharon, whose term expires on the
4tb OF next March. Mr.. Sharon aspires
to q reelection, and Colonel James g.
Fair, OF Bonanzs fame. with no expert
sncs in public affairs. is his competitor.
Sharon 10 q Rspublican-trisd, true and
uucompromisiuR; Fair 10 Q politician OF
NO certain political convictions, OF Demo-
cratic proclivitiss, Of inordinats ambi-
ton aud OF immense wealth. upon which
be relies for success. Sharon has made
O fair and honest representative. The
objection urged against him 10 that he
does not reside permanently In Nevada;
that hs spends most OF his time in Cali
fornia, where his interests are greater
than in Nevada. It II admitted that hs
10 competent. energetic, faithful and In.
corruptibls. but that hs Il absent from
his State the greater part OF his time.
It Is Q triAing objection, and scarcely
worth considering. No man in Nevada
has done moro to develop its resources,
to build up It's credit, to encourage its
improvement, to open it, mines, to give
permanspcy and stability to Its business
prospects than Senator Sharon. In his
absence from the State his agents attend
to his vast business interests. and his
works. which give employment to hun.
dreds OF mechanics aud laborers, are not
stopped by his absence. He has been .
b~enefaotor to the people Of Nevada, and
the S~enatorship has been but . fitting
reward for his services and sacrifices.
Il was NO boast. but the simple state
ment OF Q fact, we'll known 10 the people
Of Nevada, when he declared that hs
sver had Q desire for the good OF the
masses, and that In former days. when
he had the means and all was dark, and
depression rested on the Comstock. be
stood in the front and did what he could
for the general good. Truly does he
say, when the whole coast was In fnan.
cial danger, when the Bank Of Cal.
iiornia suspended. when distrust was
almost universal. ho stepped boldly TO
the front with his money and credit.
and arrested the threatened calamity
and restored confidence. When Nevada
seemed to be on the decline. whom
croakers asserted that the mines had
become exhausted, when capitalists re-
fused to invest In them. Sharon psrss-
vered. and spent his capital and credit
and succeeded in developing and making
profitable Belchsr. Crown Point and 9TH
or valuable mines, and enriching hun
dreds OF persons. Their development
made Nevada prosperous and gave new
life to business. Another mine was dis.
covered. owned and controlled BY other
parties-parties who are now using their
influence and mean to defeat Sharon
q mine larger and richer than the Grown
Point or Bslohsr, but has It been opsr.
ated In the interests Of the people Of
Nevada2 II has impoverished Thousands
Of them. and made mining speculation
hazardous and disgrsoeful. On the
strength Of this discovery the shrewd
owners OF 1t inflated and depressed
the market at pleasure. "thst the
few might accumulate ct the expense
Of the many" The Bonanza firm. by
exaggerated reports, circulated by their
tools, induced the too confding public
to buy the stock at sxorbitsnt rates, and
thus Hseced the public. Sharon eau.
toned the public against buying the in.
fated stock. and predicted that II would
depreciate In value at . fearful rate, and
for doing 30 be offended the BONANZA
Kings. and they are trying to injure him
politically and pecuniarily. They have
started one Of their firm TO run against
him for the Senate. He has but one
thing to recommend him-if II be Q
recommendation-and that 10 his spor-
nous wealth. he 10 said to be, BY those
who know him intimately. illitsrats. In
experienced. ~parsimonious and arrogant.
he has never been . friend Of the labor
ing man. he 10 neither liberal In his feel.
ipgs nor In his dealings with his en-.
ployes. He watches them closely while at
work. and the slightest time lostis deduct
cd from their wages. His interests are his
politics. His whole heart has been de-
voted to making money. and money 10
his idol, which he ~worsbips with the
kssnest pleasure. 1t 10 not probable
that the intelligent people Of Nevada
will elect him to succeed Senator Sharon,
nor would II DO crsditabls to their judg-
ment, their honesty or their patriotism
to act so upjustly. 20 selAshly. 80 i'm.
prudently. Let It not be said that .
Republican State elected o man to the
Senate Of the United States who was
totally unqualified for the posidon-a
man VIGOROUSLY untitled for it-and
whose only claim to the support OF the
people Of the State OF Nevada lay In his
money. aud his willingness to spend 1t,
to crafty personal spite and ridiculous
ambition.