Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-18
WOULD MAKE IT UNANIMOUS

TIL. ru,eka Sentinel and other Demo-
o,.,,, ourpals are advocating the pro-
pris,y OF the coming Legislature casting
=. ,o,. unanimously for Colonel James
q. Fair as United States Senator Inc
Sentinel says;
p,.c,ie.lly IL will make NO difference to
coionsl Fair whether he receives the
nnsnimou. Endorsement Of the Legislature
or NOT. As q compliment. however we
have no doubt that he would appreciate
most highly 30 marked . recognition
Of his great ability as . statesman
and sterling worth a. . citizen. Inc
Colonel Is deserving Of all the honors
the people Of Nevada can bestow upon
him, aud Is sure TO represent them
with untiring zeal and singular devouon
10 their great paramount interest. thAt oi
mining. But let him go TO the Nations
capital as the unanimous choice OF inc
Legislature and people. and his innuenSo
would thereby DO greatly augmented. IL
ia in the interest Of the State and our
leading industry. and not In the interest,"
of any political party, that the Seni'nss has
sugge.ted that his election be made unAni-
m.us. No one will be damaged and the
whole State benefited by such = course
The idea certainly is liberal and de-
cidsdly nop.par,isan and worthy OF con-
sid.ration as such; but how much favor
il will And in the eyes Of the Republican
members remains to be seen. Yet how
much Inconsistency would there BIO in
such unanimous action. The Republican
members must cast their votes for m
body or not vote at all. Perhaps they
may have some plan in view by which
they think they can defeat MIR. Fair but
this can hardly be on any legitimate
basis. They surely cannot hope to
buy enough Democrats to change The
otherwise inevitable result. None oil
them care to give Sharon the compli'
msntary vote OF the party. as they say
he has not earned II; that he made
no eight for the position or the party
aud only stood in the way. Yet
II hs made NO 6sht for himself or
the party, who did? Did any other
supposed candidate for United States
Senator assist the party financially or
o,herwissp II none other did. none
other deserves or should receive the
complimentary vote.
Sooner than that the Republican vote
should be deliberately thrown away upon
any one. or not given at all. 1t would
not be at all inappropriate to
give it as graceful. non-partisan
compliment to Colonel Fair. Not
that it could affect the result at
all, bu, a. Fair proved to be literally the
only candidate in the field and made his
nght most calamity he should be given
all due honor. Like q brave knight be
won his spurs and should receive them.
Giving him thus the unanimous vote.
e~lsctiug him by reclamation. as It were.
would be without 4 precedent in this
state, yet this Is the hrst time in the his
tory OF the State thst q Senatorial csndi-
date has had no tangible opponent. Such
action would do no harm to the Repub'
lican party. but DO a graceful and well
deserved compliment to n OF Its most
able, faithful and influential citizens.
and give him greater weight as a repre-
sentative citizen Of Nevada In the balls
Of Congress than he wonld carry with
simply the Endorsement Of the Demo
cratic portion Of our citizens.
II our Republican Legislators feel q
little delicate about voting for Colonel
Fair direct, they could quality the
matter by giving him the compliment.
airy vote. which would amount to the
same thing and literally came under the
head OF complimentary. These ideas
are thrown out merely in Q suggestive
way for discussion and due consider
alton, and need not be regarded a.
mandatory in the least.