Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-11
TWO MONSTROUS EVILS.
One Dead, the other a Livin,
AhAmn In Inn Land

VDe Be0H, the other q Living
shame in the Land.
Twenty years ago there existed in this
land two monstrous evils, slavery and po-
lygamy, which have been ftly character
lied by the Republican party as ''twin
relics OF barbarism." 4 The
Democratic party winked at and permitted
polygamy-if they did not absolutely en-
courage it-while the Republican party
seized it by the throat and Is now engaged
in extirpating that heinous crime against
civilization.-Reno Gazette.
In reply to the above, the Ogden Pilot
shows up the hypocrisy of the Republican
platform of Nevada, which runs riot over
the sectarianism in our schook-which
presents no issue-and cunningly ignores
in its pretended comprehensiveness the
Mormon question, which is of vital con-
sideration to every citizen of this State,
which the ''slaves of the Church, boast
that they will run" for the purpose Of
Furnishing Cassidy.
Says the Pilot:
Fully recognizing the truths embodied
in the above, we regret that the late State
Convention of the Republican party of
Nevada neglected to speak out boldly
upon the subject and publicly express its
opinion of the terrible evil; because we
know that the party, as a party, is opposed
to polygamy and Church-in-State rule,
in the Territories aud elsewhere in the
United States. The Republican Conven-
tions of New York, Wisconsin, Massachu-
sets and several other Eastern States
have taken cognizance of the evil of poly
gamy as it exists in Utah, Idaho and New
ada, and have even gone so far as to recon-
mend additional legislation by Congress
to suppress it. The Republican party of
Nevada gained nothing by Sinking the
question. The present Representative in
Congress from that State could not hope
to receive a single Mormon vote, after the
manly and honorable stand which he took
against the hierarchy during the last
session. Months ago the orders were sent
out from the Church headquarters at Salt
Lake City to the Nevada Mormons to vote
against Cassidy and for the Republican
nominee, whoever he might be, and they
would have done this very thing, even
though the Republican Convention of New
ada had boldly characterized their institu-
ton as the greatest criminal o~rganiza-
ton Of the age, which in fact it is. The
IepuDllcan candidate 1Or congress mas not
gained a vote by the cowardice of the con-
vention. He will get the vote Of every
Mormon who can cast one, and he would
have got them all anyway. We had much
rather believe that the neglect of the Re-
publicans of Nevada to take cognizance OF
this question, which is attracting the
attention of the civilized world, was the
result of an oversight on the part of the
delegates than a pr~econeerted plan to
ignore it with q view to securing Mormon
support at the polls; for the history of the
Republican party is a history Of brave
deeds fearlessly performed. And further
more, no political party ever gained more
than a temporary advantage by catering to
Wrong in any form, or by indirection and
silence seeking to hide Evil, even for a
brief time. For the honor and glory of
the grand old party which first character
lied polygamy as Il relic of barbarism, we
are sorry that Nevada Republicans main
tanned silence upon the subject of the
great crime which exists in Ttah and the
other Territories and States, and between
which and the American Government there
is and must be en- irrepressible conflict
until the former yields.