Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-12

when the mailed hand Of the oppressor
was raised above them I; when the passions
Of the wounds inflicted by o recent war
and the eyes Of many had been blinded to
the path Of true statesmanship, Hancock
displayed the highest qualities Of the
statesman, by inviting his fellow-country-
men to . free participation in the rights
and privileges Of American citizenship.
We bring you q candidate whose name and
career are without reproach. Applause. |
We give you o candidate whose name will
live whilst the history Of the Republic
shall exist among men. We give you q
candidate whose name and career promises
the maintenance of order and Justice, and
the preservation Of all the elements Of our
long-enjoyed and well-understood Ameri-
can liberty. Applause.
But u Republican friends say they are
not SO much against Hancock as against
the Democratic party. Now, no man who
believes in the right of the mass of the
people to govern themselves should vote
against the Democratic party. The fun
damental difference between the Demo-
cratic party and Republican party to-day
is the same as that which existed between
the Democratic and the old Federal party
of the early history Of our country.
The Republican party Of to-day has gone
bodily owe to the principles OF Hamilton.
Hamilton in his day believed and taught
that none but the erich and well born
should be permitted to participate in the
government Of the country, and it was
upon that idea, as q fundamental one, that
the Federal party was built. Jefferson, on
the other hand, believing man to be capa-
BILE Of self-government, demanded that
every citizen Of the Republic should par
ticipate in the government Of his country.
Mr.. Hiles' concluding remarks were con-
fined almost entirely to the head of the
Democratic ticket, and ran into many con-
elusive facts and figures, which he ex-
planned in a very logical and convincing
manner. winding up pleasantly and agree
ably to his hearers.
FATHER M'GRATH
Needed no introduction. He made himself
cat home " at once. He "took;" the au-
dience, one minute, were almost ready to
weep at the pictured sufferings of the
miners widows and children on the Com
stock; and the next moment the whole
mass of people would be roaring at the
photograph Of Sharon as the poor mans
friend. The S~ENTINEL's reporter has notes
for two columns Of Father McGrath's
they would make . splendid cam-
paign document against Sharon ; but our
space is small, and composing force not
sufficient to put in type what was said
more than we give above hence those who
spoke last night, although advancing many
new and strong arguments, will regret
with the SENTINEL that all Of its readers
cannot catch the inspired truths which
were infused into the listeners at last
meeting; never, we hope, to be
blotted out of their minds. Father Nc
Grath wound up with q ~well-drawn picture
OF how the foreign nations crush the work.
ing classes, and how, when they could no
longer stand it, they seek this free land;
and then he showed ~conclusively that
Sharon was adopting exactly the same
of running this c~ountry-in his
manner of getting work done on the mar
row-guage road south from the Virginia
& Truckee road. 1t was on q small scale,
but if the foreign people looked upon the
and stripes as he did, they would
join hands n rise, as n man, to vote
for q change Of administration, and by so
doing would elect Hancock President on
November I'd. The Courthouse shook
under the tremendous applause that fol-
lowed Father McGrath's remarks. and
would not let him off with calling for
full ten minutes. He answered two or
three times and was finally let of, when
ALEX. WILSON
Was loudly called for. Alexander said the
time was SO short that he would talk but a
moment, and he banged ahead in his usual
emphatic style, throwing hot-shot into
Mister Daggett, until he looked about as
unconsequential as a toad nnder a cabbage
leaf. Loud cries for
BOB BEATTY
Brought him upon the stand, but Bob said
he would not talk tonight it was time to
go to bed, and he thought the people had
over and digest for one night from the
gentlemen who had preceded him. And
still no one left they wanted to hear
aEo. W. BAKER.
Mr.. Baker said he would talk later in
the campaign-next week, perhaps. There
was plenty Of time. and plenty to say on
political matters, and he would not be
slow to speak when people were not SO
long in their seats. He then called for
three cheers and q s'tiger," once more, for
the ticket. 1t was given with a will and
such earnestness that it was heard on
Cariboo Hill.
Dave Mannheim here crowded his way to
the speakers stand, and called upon the
throng to stand by in three hearty cheers
for the Comstock orators, who had talked
so a~cceptably during the evening, and his
request was answered in tones that re-
echoed far up the canyon.
The band played, and the audience re-
tired, and not a soul regretted the three
hours spent with Democratic politicians
and orators last night.