Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-08
LETTER FROM THE CoMsrOcK.
what I" The Great West VIII De-
mand Mt Austin.

VIRGINIA Cry, May 9Th, 1880.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Our municipal cleo
ton is over, and the result is what was to
have been expected, a mixed ticket. There
was not much politics in the whole bust
ness. Indeed scratching was the order
of the day. Democratic candidates got
Republican votes, and Republican candi-
dates got Democratic votes. Party strength
cannot be measured by the election of Mon
day. As q rule, however, the Democratic
candidates who were successful got through
by the largest majorities. Little" Steph-
ems weighed the sugar Of Col. Currie by an
unexpected majority. The cry was raised
that the Colonel did not support Bradley
for Governor at the last election, and he
suffered at the hands of Democrats in con-
sequence.
You will notice that the Enterprise is
giving Little Stephens a great deal Of
'~taffy" Of late. This is how that /:
Stephens led the Blaine outfit here in the
choice of delegates to the Austin Conven-
ton. The Blaine men made their fight on
the issue that Nevada's delegates to Chi
a G should be instructed for Blaine first,
last and all the time. The Grant men fig
ured in the primaries with the motto n
instructions" pinned on their banner. The
Blaine's won; but all Of a sudden it is whis-
| pered that the entire Storey delegation, in
Guiding those Of Lyon, Esmeralda, Doug
| lass, Ormsby and Washoe will go to Austin
demanding that the delegates to Chicago
be not instructed. 1t is said also that White
Pine, Nye and Lander will Join the boom
in the same direction. II you ask me how
this is thus, I say frankly, quein sabe.
But the Enterprises "taffy" is evidently
having a soothing effect on our new Mayor,
which said functionary, allow me to guess,
will go to Austin and aid in leading the
Storey lambs into the Grant trap. 1t is
the talk here that Mackay, Jones and Dag
gett, all third termers, will be urged by
the "Great Vest for delegateships to the
National Convention, and in the language
Of Boss Tweed, what are you snoozers Of
the Great East ''going to do about it"
The "Great West" has rights which it dare
maintain. The Repubs at this end claim the
| right to name their own half of the delega-
ton, and they also insist that their men shall
be allowed to go as they please when they
get to Chicago. Mr.. Mackay has his heart
set ON Grant, and his services to the Re-
publican party have been of SO substantial a
nature that he cannot be ignored without
the grandest "kick' in the inner circles
that you ever heard Of. The Republican
managers are also very 10th to drop Sharon
from the list Of Senatorial aspirants. They
know that with Mackay and Sharon alien
ated there will be no 'sack" in the coming
canvass, and without the sack" the State
will inevitably go Democratic. And SO
they are in a perplexing predicament, and
are bound to blunder, no matter which
horn of the dilemma they tie to-. 1t is the
belief of your humble scribe, however,
that the policy of the ''sack" will prevail,
to the overthrow of the overwhelming
Blaine sentiment of Nevada.
The utterances Of your townsman, Col.
Bishop, before the Eureka Convention,
have been received with great favor by
many people here, and if he but keeps up
his lick at Austin he can hardly fail to
take AMI as the most fearless and out
spoken Republican leader in Nevada. Will
he do it?
A well informed operator told me to-day
hat Sharon sis sitting on the stock mar
ket' in the hope of bringing Mackay to
terms with reference to the Senatorial sue
cession. Sharon is not out of the fight,
but hesitates to make an open canvass with
the Bonanza King lifting for WOODBURY. or
Tritle. As the situation develops you shall
hear from me again. CoMsTocKER.