Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-10-20
A POLITICAL HYPOCRITE.


The Enterprise of yesterday morning in it's
report of the political demonstration of Mon
day night, stated that when Sharon advanced
to the platform he was received with cheers.
Now in reality exactly the reverse happened
As he advanced to the footlights voice called
out, 'Three cheers for Sharon The Senator
paused moment to receive the ovation eff the
multitude, but no cheering came and he pro-
ceeded with his speech. Now fer a paper to
state that the speaker was received with cheers
is of course an endeavor to mislead the pub
lie into tho idea that Mr.. Sharon Is popular.
There must have been twenty Eve hundred
people in the audience, perhaps more, and
each person knows that the Enterprise &C
count was made with intent to deceive. 1t
was common talk on the streets after the
meeting that the cheers were refused Sharon
upon his appearance, and every Carson sub
scriber together with those who came down
on the special train, can see through SO thin
an imposition. The APPEAL printed con-
densed report of Mr.. Sharon remarks with
out comment because whenever a United
States Senator appears within the limits Of
Ormsby county he is entitled to courtesy from
the leading party organ. We will not, how
ever, suffer any other newspaper to blind the
people by the publication of distorted reports.
In the long run such attempts only react upon
the party and more votes are lost than made.
Up to the time of Sharons appearance the
audience had been the most enthusiastic ever
gathered inside the walls of the Opera House
and the two preceding speakers had been APP
plauded to the echo. In the midst Of all this
enthusiasm Mr.. Sharon came forward and the
fervor was dampened Immediately. Egen
when he spoke OF the grand services OF the
Republican party in its preservation OF the
Union, the sentiment as 1t came from his lips
met with but feeble response. The majority
of the audience, that is 90 per cent. of it, sat
like statues when he said, at makes my
blood boil Ia my veins to see men buy the
votes of free mem" for the pallor of hypocricy
which masked his face only brought smiles of
contempt from his hearers "Principle lives
in me and belong to the grand, pure party.
There were scores In the audience who turned
with disgust from this utterance and they
wondered how he dared make it when he
must have known that he was looking strai ght
into the eyes of men who remembered how
eight years ago he sent coin into White Pine
county and turned loose sack in Hamilton
I t;oly,t
which was pledged to j. p. Jones. The AP-
PEAL has denounced this mans candidacy be-
cause of his negligence of duty, and because
he has been serpent in the path of party
weight upon it at a time when it should be
free and untrammeled to perpetnate its past
successes We seriously believe that his lame
and pointless speech at the Opera House will
county, and the fewer times he appears here
he better The APPEAL does not deny that
Sharon is a man Of large commercial ability;
md it is folly to claim that eloquent oratsry
5 one of the prime requisites for United
States Senator. Many great men make poor
peeches, but no truly great man will act the
hameless hypocrite in public, and a man as
bring for SO high an Office is expected to be at
east grammatical and coherent in his utter
noes Hearing the brilliant speech of Mr.
stephens and the mastery effort of Colonel
Taylor with Senator Sharons remarks, the |
udence could not help thinking as they COM
AIRED the three that a pigmy was travelling in
he company of giants. Mr.. Sharon can do
he party great deal of good by ceasing to
andicap it.
A CORRECTION. the APPEALS report of