Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-29
AFTERMATH.
DEBRIS FROM THE LATEST RE.
PUBLICAN CATASTROPHE.

Salve for the Sore Places OF the
Defeated-What the People Are
Saying, Now that the Strings Are
OF.
On going the rounds our quid nunc
hears at every street corner things like
these about the doings of the Republican
County Convention
A gentleman nominated for q legislative
Office Immediately ssumed the words and
air of one selected for a high and delicate
place. His leg struck a lady's dress.
Said he: MADAME, excuse my limb"
"Pshaw!' interjected another lady, who
tumbled to the racket of prunes and
prisms, ''what's the matter with you -?
Are you a tree?
Two candidates for Sheriff, it seems, had
agreed that the one who had mo show"
should withdraw after the first ballot in
favor of the other. When the second bal
lot was ordered, the man without the
''show" was reminded Of the agreement.
His only response, as he went flying
around among the delegates, was: Dam
nation! tickets, gentlemen, ticketsi'
The ladies on the rOstrum misunder-
stood one of the speakers. He did not
say he had 40 injections to the platform;
he said he had no objections to it.
BY a note sent to the Chairman of the
Convention his attention was called to the
fact that he had ignored the Cornish in
the selection of a County Central Com
mittee. He repealed the ~indignity at once
and with scorn, tearing the offensive note
into pieces and spurning them away. II
am reminded" said he, that l have for
gotten the Cornish element. l can't help
it if q man has the misfol tune to be born
in Cornwall /" SO that, temporarily at
least, the Cornishmen are without repre-
sentation in the councils Of the grand old
party on the Base Range.
TIT Democrats nominated three Demo-
Gratis on their Assembly ticket. The Re-
publicansshowed themselves less clannish,
if street talk goes for anything, for the
report is that they put two Democrats on
their ticket.
Until this Convention no Republican
seemed to have competed successfully
with a prominent member OF the Demo-
cratic party for the cognomen OF Slip
perry" Developments in the recent pow
wow, however, justify j. S. Wilton in
transferring that oily claim with all its
dips, spurs and angles to "Remmy, old
boy, how are you?"
Henry Clay Fenstermaker has sooth-
ing balsam for the wounds he received in
the Convention. He got one more vote
for Commissioner for the short term thaa
his "friend'' Y. D. Page got for long term.
He is perfectly satisfied, now, and con
soled in defeat by the fact that he has
shown to Commissioner Page that he lives
sat the head of the creek"
A prominent Republican being asked by
a SENTINEL. reporter why his people took
Bob Beatty up so quick, and nominated
him for Assembly, answered: ooh, we
wanted somebody on the ticket with
brains. Two boys on the ticket are
enough" Wonder if the Republicans
would accept any more "brains" from the
Democratic "rabble?"
Since we have had a chance to square
account with Judge Bishop, and the
spat is spit out, we are bound to say that
as presiding officer of a Republican Con-
~vention he is a RATHER. And while we are
in the complimentary business we are
bound to say that Bill Beard made an A
No. l Secretary. 1t was a pity to see Bill
put up for the. Assembly just to knock him
down, but he got bis ten dollars back
without a dissenting voice and that settled
it.
The Grand Army racket was a big boost
to Bill Matthews. A good many did not
see what Uncle Tom Wren was driving at
when he held William up Though he did
forget his name) reeking with rebel gore.
AS usual, however, he had Il point to make
ND cnnNnI,n1xy To rnniSh Ihfl mart Gt
the slate and the Senatorship were very
flinty, and an extra nail was driven into
each of several collins to save it.
There was a 1lutter all through the
gallery when q certain gentleman, in de-
tining his attitude before the Convention.
held up his hand and exclaimed! ~ leave
it to any man or woman in this audience II
l have not always kept m promises j.
For all those who have not beon able to
devise any other means Of getting even"
against the states in both conventions.
there is still u refuge in the distractions of
the eonsolatory ball, elsewhere advertised.
Mr.. Cheney was openly charged with
being an avowed Democrat up TO the eve
of the Convention. His friends are indiS-
nant over the charge Of his trying to
effect an entrance through the back door,
and say. that it was a lie out of whole
CiOtil, mdluIactuftu SOiSIy W Nil hin oA.
We shall say for Mr.. Cheney, whether he
be Republican. or Democrat, or Green
hacker, or anything else, that be made a
very handsome speech, which brought
down the house, and for which he was
heartily congratulated on all sides. We
shall trouble ourselves no further to find
out whether Mr.. Cheney is OF the "rabble"
or not.
Though the majority saw in Mr.. Reek q
fit man for Schoolmaster-G Genera his nom-
~ination was q surprise, for it was put up to
beat him, and his unexpected success
caused many cuss words, low, but very deep.
Big Sim was the most good humoredly
hot man who got the lash. He is still
figuring how to make AZ votes count II.
He thinks there were some mathematicians
in the Convention who might explain it
for him and ease his mind of the con-
stantly recurring puzzle, but he don't
want any much talk with them. He does
not want to mop the ground with 30 votes,
including proxies.
And still the wonder grows that some
heads hold so little. What an army OF
candidates came forward and paid $40 for
the poor privilege of being laughed at and
knocked down Men, too, who ought to
know, if they know anything under the
sun, that they would have DO more show
before the people than some of those who
succeeded in forcing themselves to q place
on the ticket.
Coed for Cattle Men.
The rise in the price OF beef has greatly