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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

istic, offensive, and dangerous in Repub-
lican ascendency is in the men who have
been chosen to bear the party flag. And
the men will have the hearty support Of
all the Republican factions, because it is
the party itself that is on trial. The De-
mocracy have to face a compact and well
organized party, intrenched in the Fed
eral offices, led by capable, experienced,
and INSCRIPTIONS managers, and deter
mined to resort to all possible means to
keep control of the Government. Il is
not a battle on specific issues, which
might be turned against the party or
against a wing or picket guard, which
might be driven in for want of support.
1t is a campaign against the whole army
in ~strongholds it has taken twenty years
to make im~pregnable.
The Democrats can meet the situation
only by thorough organization, hearty
union, and able leadership. They can
risk nothing on questionable expedients
and doubtful generalship. 1t will not do
to bring up any question Of public policy
on which the whole party does not agree,
and cannot appeal with confidence to the
American people. 1t would be suicida l
to nominate candidates whose integrity,
fitness, and thoroughly representative
character are questioned by anybody. No
candidate who needs defending in any
particular should be thought of for one
instant. We cannot succeed in a cam
paign Of apologies. This election will be
decided by the votes of citizens who are
not partisans, who care more for man.
| hood than for the machine, who will
weigh the candidates in their judgment,
and give their preference to the wisest
and best, who will think twice Of coun-
try to once of party, and vote according
ly, The nation is full of semi-detached
citizens, and they hold the balance of
power. 1t is to these men who can turn
the scales either way, the intelligence,
the responsibility, the patriotism of the
country, that the Democracy must appeal
to succeed. And to gain the support of
these citizens the candidates must be men
of such assured ability and experience
and honor that to name them is to secure
the respect and support of every uncom-
mitted American voter. They must be
thoroughly representative Democrats,
identified with the party, imbued with
its spirit, and recognized champions of its
ideas. And to nominate such men is half
the battle.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
A STRANGE REPORT FROM GIN.
CINNATI.

A dispatch from Cincinnati states that
Colonel Ellis and j. G. Hagerman, two Of
Nevada's delegates to the convention, have
arrived there, and that they say they will
vote for Mr.. Tilden on the first ballot, and
for Judge Field on the second. We are
10th to believe that there is any truth in
this. Messrs. Ellis and Hagerman, as we'll
as the rest Of the delegates, were sent to
Cincinnati to represent the sentiment of
the Democracy OF Nevada, and not to vote
according to their individual preferences.
They were sent there to vote for Mr.. Til
den. and il they desert to Judge Field
the least popular in Nevada of all the gen.
tlemen mentioned in connection with the
Democratic nomination-it will be at the
expense OF their honor and their standing
as men and Democrats in Nevada.
The SENTINEL received and published
the same dispatch. The Associated Press
is SO given to lying about everything
touching the Democratic party, that we
gave but little heed to the announcement
regarding the alleged position Of Messrs.
Ellis and Hagerman.
The Winnemucca Convention de-
clared Mr.. .Tilden to be the
first choice of the Nevada Democ-
racy, and the Chairman, Mr.. Hill
house, held this to be an instruction to
the delegates to vote for Mr.. Tilden SO
long as his name might be before the con-
vention. The decision Of the Chair being
appealed from, the ruling wa sustained
by a vote of Sc to "a. Then all of the
delegates, including Messrs. Ellis and
Hagerman, came forward and pledged
themselves to abide by the result. The
editor Of the SENTINEL was not present at
Winnemucca, but learns from Mr.. Hill
house that the above is substantially
what transpired. There wal not to ex-
coed three or four Field men in the con-
vention. Under the circumstances we
can hardly believe it possible that any
representative from Nevada will vote for
Judge Field on the second or any other
hallok.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
AN INTERESTING CIRCUMSTANCES

1t would seem to have become pretty
much the rule in this country that candi-
dates for President should be taken from
the large States.
No doubt Senator Edmunds, says the
Sun, was the very strongest man whom
che Republicans could have nominated.
He would have got all the votes that any
other Republican could count upon, and
more besides. Why, then, was he not
taken?
In answering this question, we must
not forget that Mr.. Edmunds is a man
who acts for himself. He is a self-willed
man, and if he were President the admin
istration would be conducted according
to his wishes. Nobody else could
run him; and this would not suit
those political managers who wish to
stand behind the throne and hold the re-
atty of power.
This, however, is not the great reason,
as we suppose, why Edmunds was re-
iected, and a man of weak character like
Garfield taken. Edmunds comes from 8
small State, Garfield from a big one. The
man from a big State, who is thought tt
bring with him a large number of cleo
toral votes, is much more likely to b.
nominated than a man from a small State
The moral of it all is that the younl
man who goes West should settle in SOM
very large State, if he wishes to be Pres
ident before he dies.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOBTUN'

The Republican nominations at Chicago
have cleared the field for the Presidential
battle. The ground on which the cam
paign is to be waged is mapped out. The
issues which the Republicans throw open
to the country are defined. As has been
well said, ''the ticket is the platform"
The measures are embodied in the men.
The Democracy have now to face the oc-
casion by selecting candidates and restat-
ing their principles and purposes. Their
first business 10 to choose the leaders they
are to follow.
The Republicans have presented no
new nor vital issue to the country. Their
platform confessedly means nothing. 1t
is . tissue Of partisan misrepresentation
and ~pretentious platitudss signifying
nothing in particular. 1t was laughed at
by the men who made and voted for it.
It's real Interpretation was given by Mr..
Flanagan, * Texas, who had the frank
meas to cay, 1--WE want the Offices" The
candidates stand for no specific ideas in
politics. Their names are identified with
no great measures Of any sort. They are
simply partisans. They merely represent
the average Of Republican sentiment and
character. They stand for the total OF
the Republican party as it is to-day. Its
irreooncilable policies. its corruption and
extravaganza. its greed for office and pow
er, its mushy Hayesism and rampant
Grantism, its devotion to special interests
and classes, its rabid ~sectionalism and ha-
tired Of the South. its alliance with syndi-
Gates and corporations. its resistless III
d-ercurrent toward Capitalization, all are
but directly before the country in Gar
6sld and Arthur. AL that Is character
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

THE New York Herald says that Mr..
Garfield must do one of two things.
Either explain away to the satisfaction
of the American people, in a personal
letter, the charges of corruption made
against him, or institute a libel suit
against some opposition newspaper, and
thus get the real facts in his case before
the public. Failing to do either, he will
stand confessedly guilty as charged, and
must go down in defeat and dishonor in
evitably. OF all the Presidential candi-
dates who have been placed before the
people in this country, Mr.. Garfield is
the first against whom the serious charge
Of pecuniary dishonor in positions Of pub
lie trust has been made.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

SAN FRANcIsco STocx EXCHANGE The
young gentlemen Of the press who want to
elevate journalism are beginning at the
wrong end. They ought to organize o
club for the elevation Of publishers. Look
ing over the history Of journalism, one
will find that the profession has been
chiefly handicapped by the ignorant, I'M
scrupulous, narrow-minded owners Of news
papers the men who cannot write Q de-
cent poster for . dog fight, and who run
their editorial aud news columns with .
greater consideration for . four-bit adver-
tisement than for truth and honesty.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

SEATTLE. June 1s.-Twenty-eight miners
arrived on the steamer Josephine this
morning, from Skagit. for supplies. The
Josephine Is now making weekly trips
from this city to Newton. which IL called
Alma, located three miles above Portage
City, and higher up the river than II was
heretofore supposed any steamer could az
cend with safety. During the week the
water on Ruby creek has fallen four feet.
Still, however, there Is too much water for
sluicing purposes. The Seattle Company
have . fun set Of sluices completed, and are
constructing . wing dam. They expect to
be taking out gold about the middle Of
July. The Durly Company are averaging
So per day to the man, with rockers on q
bench claim. Several other claims are pay
ing about the SAINT proportion. All are
intending to put In sluices IS SOON ~ the
water recedes. The trail from Alma, the
point In the diggings. will be COM
pleted In ten days. Pack trains are run
ming over part Of the distance. Some two
thousand claims. so far, have been located
in companies, all Of which are to bs rep
resented By the 1st Of July.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
A Young Man shot-A Terrible AZ
cident.

A Young Man shot-A Terrible Ac-
cident.
[By Telegraph to the SENTINEL
FRESNO, CAL, June ia young man
named Like, was shot and instantly killed
near Mullerton, in this county, on We'd
nesday. He was travelling in 9 wagon
with several companions, and they began
firing their revolYers for fun, and one Of
the barrels Of . weapon hung fire for Q mo
ment, causing the accident.
SAN FRANoIsco, June 49, "A Gold Hill
dispatch tells Of . terrible accident at the
Yellow Jacket mine, that occurred ct 1880
o'clock, occasioped by . carload Of tools
falling from near the surface to the bottom,
where eight men were on q skip. Four
men, named Neil Gallagher, AL. Temby,
Timothy wilkins, and E. Whitcomb, were
instantly killed. John Traxona had o
thigh broken; H. Williams had an arm
taken of, and Barney Coyle and Frank
Hammond were slightly injured.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

Mr.. HAYES has finally remembered ex-
Governor Hartranft's supereminent ser.
vice in the Cincinnati; Convention and in
the winter of 1877, and nominated him
for Collector at Philadelphia. He prom
Used Grant 80, 900 Pennsylvania soldiers
to prevent the Inauguration Of a Demo-
cratic President.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

DESCRIBING the last vote Of the Chi.
cago Convention, the New York Sun
says: Grown Point Jones jumped into
the Nevada corral and oollared two votes
for Grant"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

By a singular coincidence in the his
tory of Mr.. Blaine he polled on the FIRST
ballot at Chicago exactly the same mum.
Der Of votes he opened with at Cincinnati
in l876-285.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

WHILE the Eastern Republican journals
warmly commend the nomination of Gar
field, Chester A. Arthur is regarded as a
formidable weight for Garfield to carry.
Arthur's record, while Collector of Gus
toms in New York, has a bad odor.-[Stock
Exchange.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

A VERY Stalwart Republican paper Of
the East says the defeat Of Grant at
Chicago means the death Of the Republi-
| can party.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

IT is to be hoped that the preachers
who agreed to pray for frst-clsss nomi-
nations this year will not be disheartened
by the apparent non-eficiency of their
applications to date. Garfield and Ar
thur, to be sure, are discouraging, but let
the preachers have faith. Cincinnati
may more than make amends for Chicago.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19
TILE sEYMOUR MOVEMENT.

The Seymour boom seems to be gath
ering strength and volume. The old
gentleman seems "offiish, but We believe
he will accept the nomination if it be
oiven to him with anything like
unanimity. A pleasing incident on a
railway train in CHS connection is chron-
icled in our dispatches. The name Of
Horatio Seymour would prove a tower of
strength to the Democratic cause all over
the Union. He would be especially
strong in New York and on this Coast.
Nearly Is years ago he wrote a mastery
letter directing attention to the Chinese
evil. And above all, the veteran Sey-
mour is the sole man in America who
can be nominated wei MI. Tilden with
out creating widespread dissatisfaction.
Ii ~pcrchance the Cincinnati Convention
should settle upon Seymour and Thur
man, or Seymour and Hendricks, or Sey-
mour and any other acceptable Western
man as the standard bearers the ticket
would be next to invincible. But the
strongest ticket of all, perhaps, would
be Seymour and Thurman.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-19

MISCELLANEOUS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
OUR CHOICE IN ts7e.

THE LEDGER was one of the few
papers in this State to advocate the
nomination of Hancock for Presi.
dent in 1876. 1t then bore at its
mast head the following: "Oul
choice-For President. w. S. Han
cock. of Pennsylvania; for Vice
President, Ihos. A.. Hendrick, OF
indiana" It's candidadate for Vice
President was nominated and elect
ed in 1876. It's candidate then fol
President has now been nominated
and will be elected 10 1880. We ex
tract from al editorial published IN
The LEDGER, June %, 1876, the fol
lowing.
ave believe that Hancock, O
PENNSYLVANIA. for President, ant
Hendrick. of Indiana.f for Vice Presi
dent. would he the strongest tickle
the Democrats could nominate. l
would unite the East and the West
the North and the South, and woult
be elected BY an immense majority
The Ledger was just four year
ahead or the Cincinnati Convention
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Letter from ~. Losls.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, june q, 81

E MI 1kOOk0S AOst
|Editor Brookhaven Ledger
1T has.been some time since / in
iicted you with a communica-
ton, but perhaps you are aware OF
the fact. Our winter was short and
mild, and we have long since put our
.|overcoats in the hold-over (pawn-
shop). The glorious spring time
was but a dream, but summer is a
terrible reality; at least l thought
so last Sunday when the thermome-
ter scored SO degrees in the shade
all day. This heat is intolerable,
and of course puts a quietus on out
door amdsements. So far but one
or two cases of sunstroke have been
reported, still we have three months
ahead in which to get up a sensa.
ton in that line.
The Chicago Convention which
gave prominence to a dark horse of
Ohio breed of course had its full
share of the public interest, and
there was great cheering yer the
news of Grants defeat. A few days
after the Chicago scramble had
cleared away, the remains of the Re-
publican party in this city called a
meeting to ratify the great nomina-
ton. ] vas present and occupied a
seat on the grand stand. This is a
fact which l now deplore, as l spent
a couple of hours in cleaning the
grease ont of my coat, which had
dripped from the candles in the
! Chinese lanterns that illuminated
the scene. There was a very poor
attendance; and though the meeting
was harmonious, but little or no en-
thusiasm was manifested. The fact
of Missouri being one oftbe most
prosperous States in the Union, with
a Democratic majority of forty to
fifty thousand, is not a very favora-
BILE argument for the RAIDS, and they
know it.
One feature of the evenings en-
tertainment was the appearance of
the Hon. Hannibal c. Carter, more
commonly known in Mississippi as
Ham Carter. He was a delegate to
the Chicago Convention, solid for
Grant, and failing to secure a victo-
ry for his champion, | presume just
dropped over to drown his sorrow in
viewing the sights of the "Future
Great" His saddle-c olored face
doomed up g%loriously as he was
marched to the front by the chair
man, who introduced him as the
Hon. Mr.. Carter, Ex-Secretary OF
State of Mississippi. He was look
ing decidedly fresh. and as his white
cravat foated with the breeze, told
in glowing words of eloquence how
he and three hundred and five more
went down at Chicago with Grant
on their banner. Ham was followed
by j.. Milton Turner, whose face is
as remarkable for it's color as the
ace of spades. He is a good speak
er, and in the words of the poet,
stock the cake" He was formerly
Minister to Liberia and was promi-
nent in the recent effort to have a
darkey on the tail end of the ticket
Brookhaven is well represented in
St Louis. am glad to say all are
|pleased with their prospects. The
immortal Ed. Banks is the latest ar
rival. From all l can learn Banks
is engaged in various enterprises,
and not meeting with great success
in any. Whether he will decide on
the ministry or engage in the catfish
business, remains to be seen. His
voice is peculiarly adapted to both,
PEET.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

many things are said, you know"
"To put the question more direct
ly then, Governor, was Hancock the
man you favored for the nominal
tionY
"Yes, he was"
"Do you think he is the man to mar
monte the interests of the party IN
the Northern and Southern Statesf
"He certainly is the nan now' II
any man is"
"Do you think he will poll the vote
of a solid South?'
"There is Wade Hampton's assu-
rance that he will"
"Do you think that he will carry
New.York Slater"
IL think the ticket will"
"Do you think that the ticket VIII
be elected in November
"The Democrats, in my Judgment
will win. The ticket has every ca
sonable prospect of success"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01
Mr.. TILDEN SPEAKS.
The Ex-Governor Declares he New
er Sought the Nomination-Not
Ambitions for the Presi-
dency.
Hancock His Favorite and the
BEST Choice the Cow entfOn
C0uld Have Made.

New York Herald.
Ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden,
riding from Yonkers to New York.
Yesterday afternoon, said to a Her
aid reporter to whom he was speak
ing about politics:-''I neve was
ambitious for the Presidency. |
did not care for the nomination
when it was given me in st. Louis,
AT that time offered it to another
man."
"Who was the MANI
"Mr. Seymour"
"Did you not seek the nomination
at the hands of the Cincinnati Con
vention which has just nominated
Hancocky'
mo, | did not seek it,
ado you not believe you could
have been nominated and elected
this timer"
81 do. But | did not feel able
to enter upon five years Of hard ex-
haustive labor. My friends wanted
me to conduct the campaign my
self. / could not do that
"Did that wish on their part form
an issue between you that led You
to decline to 60 before the Conven-
ton as a candidate?'
at might have been q considera-
ton had it not been q fact that l
had previously made up my mind
not to be a candidate. My decis-
ion to that effect was immovable
long before the question was at all
mooted."
"Where you not besought by
your friends even at the last mo
ment to revoke that decisionF'
ayes, l was telegraphed to fire
quently, asking me to consent to
allow my name to go before the Con
vention."
"If your before the Con
vention had been assured in advan-
ce would you have changed your
mind?"
mo"
THE letter Of declination that
YOU wrote to the New York delega-
ton, Governor, hrs received various
interpretations on all side. / am
to infer from what you say that a
belief much entertained in some
circles that i. had a double meaning
10 ,o fnuoIof;rp2 s
II it has been construed to mean
ANYTHING else than what is set forth
in the words in which it Is written
the press is to blame. My friends
in the Convention knew perfectly
well that it meant just what it set
forth. The New York delegation
were advised of it. The last thing
Mr.. Daniel Manning, the chairman
of the delegation, did before he left
for Cincinnati was to call on me and
receive the verbal Endorsement OF
what it contained"
eDo you approve of the choice
made by the Conventiony'
81 approve of it entirely and with
out reserve"
eThen you thikk that of the men
regularly placed in nomination be-
fore the Convention General Han
cock is the besty'
Most assuredly. There was, be-
fore the nomination, much talk Of
Field, payne and . score OF Others
standing in the position Of your
residuary legatee. Did General
Hancock, after all, occupy that
much discussed relation?'
aIndead, l cannot be expected to
explain many things in politics.
Certainly none Of those Of which !
have no knowledge whatsoever. So
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

The survivors of the forty first
regiment, Mississippi Infantry, will
hold a reunion at Verona, on the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, on the
twenty-eight day of July, proximo'
Every living members Of that gal
liant old regiment Is expected to be
present and the veterans of the 9th
er Mississippi regiment will be cor
daily welcomed.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

A FIRE at Starkville last week
destroyed the courthouse and a
number of brick stores with their
contents. The loss is estimated al
$4,000 with $4,000 insurance
Among other losses, the Live Stock
Journal office was consumed, includ.
ing a fine power press. The fire ii
supposed originated from a light
left burning in the public hall the
night before and was not discovered
until six o'clock next morning,
There had been a concert In the
hall.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

The Mississippi delegation at Gin
cinnati was one of ablest sent from
the South. Gen. Walthall was made
chairman of the delegation, Maj. E.
Barksdale was appointed on the
committee ON resolutions. Hon. War
ran Cowan on the committee on Gre
dentials and Col. w. A. Percy on
the committe on rules. Gen. Feath-
erston was one ofthe vice-presidents
of the convention.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

The Texas murderer, James Cur
RE, who killed the actor Porter,
some time ago, without provocation,
was tried the other day and played
the insanity dodge Sc well that he
was acquitted. The jury which
cleared him are receiving a full
share of newspaper criticism. Some
thing ought to be done to stop this
insanity business. A mar can kill
whom be pleases and then be turned
loose to kill others just because he
is supposed to have been a little in
sane. Insane murderers should be
placed in solitary confinement for
life.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-01

The indications at present point
to the denomination of the present
Con gressmen from this State, ex-
cepting Muldrow, Of the First Dis
trict, who is not a candidate.
Hon. Van Manning, of the Second
District, will have a strong oppon-
ent in the person of Hon. c. B.
Howrv.