The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-08-22
n kepreaentsfiSe h-pubIIeaa
speaks Oct.

the R<pubhAn Ststs CobssniiOs Al
Carson City q isu days ago. appears ib.
folioSiDg eIirse: ron Z speech dsiiv.
cred before this; EsSeublsse by w. w.
Bishop, the leader Of the Eureka county
deIseaiion "a the Convention:
"Hs have. sid Bishop. 'two hun
dfsd Of . Republican gain in Eur-ka
eouoiy-ffty by nA;oral process snd one
banirsd AID fifty by purchase. Our
population consists Of It4iiAns. Cornish.
men. Irisbmsn, ABd s1ch lake. With .
few Americans. We intend 10 canvas
every man il tie county. and fnd u;
how many votes We need, ADD then Icy
ne inquired nsmbu. We can get all
the Democratic Totss Ee want for Eve
dollars apiece. IhATe kept myself POO,
baYiEg DemoeTats. ! cant be prose.
c1isd because the statute Of Limitations
comes 10. / want every Republican to
constitute himself G committee Of one 70
get L Democratic vote. aud the State
Central Committee will bay the rest"
Tie Virginia City Chroaiek states that
for twenty tnIuutss at least Bishop
talked IL this style, and the most in
fsDous portions Of His speech were ap-
plAuded TO the echo by the Republican
State Convention.
i, seems ipersd Die to an ordinary
person. that = man could descend %
Low as TO publicly proclaim himself 4
feIob and glDry in his Own iDfAmyi and
it Il. siiil more difficult TO believe that
an ssseDLlags Of respectable men. for
political. or any other purposes. could
iAnely sit aud listeH 70 such Infamous
lADgGsg%, without msnitestiHg their
contempt and loa;hing for the nisera
tie ss:nblance Of humanity. who thus
iuSui.e1 every principle Of manhood
and common deeency. A party that
will submit 10 the dictstion and leader.
ship 0. such political bArlots is doomed
10 speedy destruction. The principal
rlement forming any National party
becomes diEgustsd With these continued
exhibitions VI total deptarity and moral
~rotteprsss 10 ibsir party leaders. aud
Withdrawing then support. leave the
foul remnant TO reek and smother in lie
own corruption.
This man Bishop vas a Hayes slertor
from this State, aud 10 tue course Of this
same speech before tho Republican
STATE Convention. said that he had
prayed increasingly for Gods forgive
ness IN assisiiBs bic frsudulency 10 the
Presidency. bu. Eel, that Divine wrath
still rested upon bin 10 consequence Of
that fearful rim. IL il a s0uTce Of some
satisfaction 10 Enop that 4 man whose
moral obliquiLy IL Of 90 dense n cast
tbG; he ebesrully engages III f-lonious
practices snd publicly boasts u their
commission, il still capable Of being
tortured by the remembrance Of bis par.
ticipa,ioa Ia the s,upendouS crime Of
~defraudipg Samuel J. Tilden Of his right
s. that once.
This patriot. Bishop is q lawyer; q
partner Of the recent candidate from
Eureka. for the nomination. for Supreme
Judgr; an Intelligent Aod educated per.
goD; phdss himself as an American,
with being vastly superior 10 almost
every sense, 70 the poor. ignorant, de
graded Irish, Cornish aud Italian herd
Of lsboTeIs whom he bOAsH Of having
bought To vote tue IIepoblicsD ticket. lie
seems 10 bays forgotten, however. thA,
the bnber Is equally eulpsLle with the
bnibod. Ia the eyes Of the law. and Ia a
moral sense. infinitely more 90. Will
oil these advantages Of birth, education
aud position, this Royal American
bas from bis mouth, con- icted
himself of being lover end more de
graded than the most iguoyani sud scr
uis Of the miseTaLle foreign herd la ~
Affects 20 dsspise. X 90 IhsbD,su.
CornIsbmAn or black bread b.. gadie
eating Italian Of them oil IL ~ los
down in the moral scale and Ia all al.
elements constituting q true man. 81
this Bishop has proclaimed biwseIi Il
be.