Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-17
REPUBLICAN SPEAKING.
Powning, Bishop and Leonard
on the stump.
A SUFFICIENTLY FULL REPORT
OF THEIR SPEECHES.
The Last Act-Adjournment and a
Sigh of Relief.

A large audience was in attendance ct
the public speaking last night at the
Opera House. The body of the house was
well filled, while the gallery was crowded.
The Centennial Guard Band made fine
music from the portico in front Of the
Opera House before and after the speak
ing.
Hon. Thomas Wren, Chairman Of the
Republican County Central Committee,
presided.
The first speaker introduced was Hon.
G. G. Powning, Republican candidate for
Congress.
HON. C. C. PowNING.
Mr.. Powning began his speech with a
eulogy of the Republican party in general
terms. He said it had always been the
policy of that party to build up and pro-
tect, while the province of the Democratic
party has been to pull down and destroy.
The Republicans are entitled to the credit
of the homestead law, the naturalization
law, the pension laws. Their financial
policy has been always the wisest and the
best.
sTATE FAIR
Coming down to State affairs, he said
the Democratic orators claimed that when
the Bradley Administration went out
there were left over 500, 900 in the
State Treasury, which had since dis
appeared in the hands of the Re-
publicans. He said S646, 600 of that
was used to pay off the old Indebtedness
of the State and Territory. That the
school moneys had been put into State
bonds, thereby reducing the interest on
the debt and paying the interest among
ourselves instead of to capitalists in the
old world. Foreseeing dull times the Re-
publlcans in control of the State Legis-
lature had put down the rate Of State tax
from 80 to 55 cents, when Kinkead became
Governor. All the wise legislation in the
last four years is the work of Republicans.
His party has accomplished retrenchment
and reform, and the expenses of the State
Government will be Sl25, 900 less per year
after Jan. l, 1888, than under any Demo-
cratic administration. The Republicans
had invariably prosecuted defaulting Off
Gals. No defaulter has ever been pros
ecuted by a Democratic President. See
how the Star Route thieves are being
forced to conviction by tie entire ma
chiuery of the present Administration.
Eben Rhodes, Republican defaulting State
Treasurer, didn't get II chance to be pros
ecuted. He went and died. The Legis-
lature. Republicans and Democrats, voted
to relieve his bondsmen. He then spoke
of B. II. Carrick, defaulting County
Treasurer tRepublican), in the State,
priSpn of Gorpnp Ito o,plo &c El,n,,
gan (Dem.), Washoe's Assessor, who was
defaulter and skipped. Thomas Giblin,
Treasurer of Elko Dem a defaulter for
81 900, not prosecuted, and the Public
Administrator of Lander (Dem.), who
robbed the dead and left the country, $500
in arrears. None of these Democrats were
prosecuted.
II CHINESE QUESTION.
Mr.. Powning said he did not claim for
his party all the credit of Chinese legisla-
ton. He was willing to divide. He made
no mention of the vote on the question in
Congress. He said there was not q single
notable speech or effort made on this ques-
ton by a Democrat. He then went back
into California history to show that Gov.
II. Fl. Haight had received a Chinese en-
bas8y with open arms and with the
unctuous ointment of fulsome fiattery.
He would pit the following men against
any six Democrats in the United States:
Sargent, Page, Miller, Jones, Wren 1.-THE
introducer of the Fifteen Passenger bilL
and WOODBURY..
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
II the adjustment of rates as published
has been made between the G. p. and U.
P. Railroads there, will be no need for
legislation on the subject Of freights and
fares in Congress as far as the Pacific
Coast is concerned. No matter who is
elected to Congress he will be bound to
labor to secure lower rates. The cheek of
the Democrats in claiming that they are
the anti-railroad party is sublime. They
say Republicans pocketed the Reagan bill.
Why did not Democrats, when in control
of Congress, reproduce and pass the meas
ure? The only important railroad legisla-
ton ever proposed by a Democrat was
Thurman's bill to get back from the Pacific
railroads what they owed to the Govern
ment. But q Republican Congress passed
the bill; a Republican Supreme Court
passed upon its validity with but one dis
senting ~opinion-that Of Judge Field, a
Democrat.
Mr.. Powning declared himself in favor
of a Government postal telegraph, worked
in conjunction with the postoftices.
SILVER.
He said. as to the silver interest, no
Democrat had eyer made an effort to re-
store silver to its place after it had been
demonetized. Senator J. P. Jones had
lone everything in this matter. All else
was insignificant. He (Jones) had put
up $50, 900 of his own money to get statis-
tics for his speech on the silver question.
Silver will never be CHASED hereafter.
He thought the Government had never
properly recognized the services Of the
Mexican veterans. If he was elected to
Congress he would endeavor to have them
treated az well as the veterans of the war
of secession, on whom S57o,0OO ,OO0 had
been lavished in pensions.
As to River and Harbor Appropriation
bills, if he were in Congress, he would
make it known that we have rivers
in this State. the Carson. the Truckee, the
Walker and the Humboldt. He would
labor to have some Of the $40 ,000, 900 APP
propriated to construct dams, SO that
ranchers could have water for irrigation
all the year round.
His pet scheme in Congress, il he is
elected, will be a9usducts and ~artesian wells
obtained by selling all the Government
land in the State. the land 10 be obtained
by his efforts al a rift for that purpose II
possible. That would make the State of
Nevada . pleasant place for emigrants to
stop in.
PERSONAL MATTERS.
Mr.. Powning said there had been some
false charges preferred against him. Now,
he was not going to be bounded to death
by Democratic stump speakers and Demo-
cratic penny-a-liner newspapers. If he
got beat he would go down with colors
flying. The venom of the Democratic press
has been leveled at me. My bitterest
abnser is a man whom you all remember
left Eureka in the dead of night and has
not been back since.
l have been called q ''rat." A "rat" IL
q printer who "a member OF a Union) goes
aud works for less than Union rates. I am