Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-10
HAS THE CHRONICLE FLOppEDa
A Democratic Journals Eulogy OF
a Republican Candidate.

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A Democratic Journals EulOgy OF
Republican Candidate.
The Democrats of Nevada will be
startled and surprised by the leading
editorial article in the Virginia Chronicle
of the 9Th instant. That journal has
always been regarded as one of the stanch-
est Democratic newspapers in the country,
yet here we find it warmly indorsing the
Republican candidate for Congress. Il is
with poignant anguish and bitter tears
that We are compelled to read the Chron-
icle out of the Democratic party; but what
other penalty is adequate for such q trea-
sonable article as the following?
For several years past the Chronicle has
been pointing with pride to young Mr..
Powning of Reno and calling upon the
party of which he is a refulgent member
to fix its eyes with admiration upon him.
In season and out of season the Chronicle
has extolled the youth, beauty and ~tiuency
of Washoe's Pride. 1t has been a joy for
US to dwell, with properly restrained
ecstacy, upon the charms of person which
distinguish this fortunate young man
upon the melting glance of his eye, the
peachy bloom of his cheek, the coq1ettish
curl of his golden hair, the tender pout of
his full and exquisitely-cut lips, the grace
of his petit figure and the sensuous langour
of his carriage. In addition to attracting
notice to these rare physical advantages,
the Chronicle has directed the attention Of
the State to the remarkable %flnency of
young Mr.. Powning--a ~f1uency which
never fails him, and which is not hin.
dered in its flow by the rocks of grammar
or the snags OF proper construction.
1t has been one of the Chronicles pleas
ing duties to keep young Mr.. Powning be-
fore the public and urge upon the Repub-
lican party, of both State and nation, to
do itself honor by giving high political
preferment to this beautiful and gifted be-
ing. We need hardly say, therefore, that
it was with an almost suffocating Joy that
we received the news yesterday that he
whose praises we have sung with such as
sldulty had been nominated for Congress
by the Republican State Convention. We
were justified in feeling that the Chroni-
Gle had won a victory. And such a VIC
tory! Contending for the nomination
against the Chronicles candidate was Gen.
P. E. Conner. Gen. Conner is of mature
age. He is a man of character, ability
and dignity. He has rendered great SER
vice to his country as a soldier. He is
noted for his good sense and straightfor-
wardness-but young Mr.. Powning beat
him by a vote Of over two to one!
Soon the storm of campaign detraction
will rage about the curly golden head of
Washoe's (and the Chronicle's) pride. 1t
will be said that he is without the first
qualification for the high Office for which
he hno hpor tnl tIot h. I~a x-Ll
ing but cheek to recommend him; that he
is ignorant, vain and forward; that his
celebrated newspaper, the Reno Journal,
is the %stupidest publication in the world,
and is a fair reflex of the barren mind of
its editor; that his chief mental character
istic is low cunning, and that the plots
and counterplots in which the Reno states.
men are constantly immersed furnish as
wide a field as his abilities are fitted for;
that the members of the labor unions
should scratch him, because when working
as a printer he was a 'rat," and that his
Office in Reno has always been of the rat"
variety; that he is, in his small way, in
politics tricky, unreliable and intensely
selfish, and that to transfer him from the
editorship of the Journal and the machina-
ton of Reno politics to the field of ma
tional affairs would be like picking a min
now from a puddle and turning it adrift
in the ocean to keep company with whales.
But detraction, like death, loves a shin
ing mark, and non who have ever ga2ed
upon the young and lovely Republican
candidate for Congress will lend an ear to
SANDER concerning him.
The Chronicle kisses its hand and COOS
to young Mr.. Powning, and il that rude
man Cassidy should be 30 cruel as to beat
IL. IT.. rl,o-..In aSu.-l, nnl, a. -.s--I.
is tears with those of its pet. But away
with gloomy fears Of defeat! In the words
Of the poet:
0 Beauty
OF all the powers the most divine
Who ca / resist thy charm ?"