Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-23

"REMINISCENCES OF THE LONG sENA-
ToRIAL FIGHT.
Why Speaker Sharpe Left the Stall
wart Ranks.
coNKLINa THE CANDIDATE OF GOULD
AND VANDERBILT.
His Resort to Questionable Means to Regain
His Old Place.
The Supreme Court Denies Guiteau
a New Trial.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l

ton of Senator Miller, and a few days
later in the election of Senator Lapham.
1t was charged then, and the statement
has been repeated since, that his action
was influenced by the expectation OF po-
litical reward. A reiteration of the charge
in an article by the New York Sun has
called forth a remarkable editorial from
the Kingston Freeman, which is consid-
cred Sharp's organ. After commenting
on Mr.. Conkling's anxiety for reelection,
and the efforts Of his friends to induce
him to withdraw from the contest, it says:
The Freeman was the first to sound the
note of revolt. 1t stood by Conkling and
Platt as long as Mr.. Depew remained firm,
for it believed that its duty to the State
demanded the defeat Of the railroad lobby.
General Sharp, following the Freeman's
lead, before the end of the week came out
in support of Mr.. Miller, the candidate
for Mr.. Platt's seat. But it will be re-
membered that he hesitated several days
before DESERVING Mr.. Conkling's cause,
and the delay can be fully explained.
That done, the great many who now CEN
sure General Sharp would be the loudest in
his praise. 1t is enough for the present
purpose to say that when his inclination
to break from Conkling became known, he
was acquainted with the bargain which
was about to be consummated in New
York, for the election of Mr.. Conkling as
a candidate of Gould and Vanderbilt. AT
least one of these magnates had interested
himself in the arrangement, and would
use his influence for its c~onsummation.
The documents in proof of this statement
are in existence. They show that Conk-
ling was to be Senator on any terms and
by whatever means. Sharp was astonished
and shocked by the disclosure. He had
already suffered in his feelings beyond ex-
preston, for he felt that to continue the
controversy, originating over the Presi-
dents appointment, while the President
lay upon his deathbed, was not merely in
bad taste, but brutal. Nevertheless, he
was faithful in his friendship, until the
fact was revealed to him by documents,
the truth of which he could not dispute,
that the ex-senator was willing to go be-
yond the limits of his Wanted integrity,
and resort to questionable means to re-
gain his old place.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Some monstrous pro-
ceedings were had in a Federal Court on
Saturday, when James B. Doyle, the con-
victed counterfeiter, wal brought in for
sentence. 1t had been intimated that po-
tent influences had been at work, and that
he would not go to the penitentiary. The
event justified the statement. Judge
Bangs, the prisoners counsel, said to the
Court that he learned through good au-
thority that the Washington authorities
desired the sentence suspended, for a time
at least, and the prisoner admitted to bail.
District Attorney Leak said the Attorney
General had instructed him to withdraw
his motion for the immediate sentence OF
Doyle, which he accordingly did. The
Court refused to reduce the bail, but 1t is
believed that Doyle will be released soon.
Gambling a Felony in Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, May 22.-The Supreme Court
to-day declared constitutional the law
making gambling a felony, and issued a
peremptory writ of mandamus, compell-
ing the Criminal Court to try the gam
blers indicted by the Grand Jury. The
war on the gamblers is now likely to be a
vigorous one. The decision is a great
blow to the gamblers. The Sheriff is
serving 451 capiases on lottery men, some
OF whom have been indicted six times.
There are over 800 cases on the docket
against lotteries and gamblers.
Guiteau Denied a New Trial.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-Justice James
this morning announced the decision Of
the Court in Banc upon the exceptions in
the Guiteau case, denying a new trial, and
affirming the Judgment of the Court be-
low. Justice Hagner, in a separate opin-
ion, discussed the bearings of the old
Maryland law, and held that even after
the Maryland Act Of 1875, the indictment
would have been good in the district, and
Judge Carter stated that the opinions
given We're the unanimous opinions Of the
Court. Adjourned.
Shipherd's Opinion of Blaine.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-shipherd has
issued q card to the public. which is in
tended to express his opinion of Blaine
and OF the committee investigating the
affairs Of the Peruvian Company. 1t con-
cludes as follows: 'In answer to requests
already received from nearly every State
in the Union, l am considering the expe-
diency Of continuing the narrative. The
necessary data are all ready, and il the
public wants the facts and documents, 1
am rather inclined not to refuse them"
The Contested Election Case.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-In the contested
election case Of Mackey Va. O'Connor Of
South Carolina, the Democratic members
of Congress allege that Mackey made hun
dreds Of erasures and interlineations in the
original testimony, and caused 1t to be re-
copied. They declare their intention to
tlibuster until the case is sent back to the
Committee IN Elections, when O'Conuor
will have an opportunity to present the
honest evidence OF his right to the seat.
The Coal Miners strike.
P1TTsBuRo, May 22.-Some railroad coal
miners in this district recently struck
against reduction Of wages, and colored
men were imported in their places. The
miners in SO pits on Saturday resolved to
continue the strike and stop all work g if the
negroes are not discharged by June /. At
present the strike affects 1000 miners, but
iii extends to all the mines, as threatened,
10, 900 men will be thrown out of employ
mont.
Tor Thieves Lynched.
LITTLE ROCK, May GA band Of
vigilantes have been chasing eight horse
thieves in Missouri for over two weeks.
Three were captured near Kerbyville and
lynched. The other five escaped. but one
has since been killed. ono MORALLY shot
and a third one captured and placed in
Jail. The other two are hemmed In on
White River. They will be captured to-
day and lynched.
Killed by a Tornado.
LITTLE Rock, May 22.-Intelligence has
just been received from Mountain Town
ship, Pike County, that VIM. Shields, a
prominent planter. and his two children
were killed, and his wife fatally injured by
a tornado. Sixteen dwellings were blown
down, and the crops are badly damaged.