Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-20
A BIG DAY.
THE GOOD OLD PARTY ALI
DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.


are Done Under Our Glorious In.
stitutiOns-In Other Words, the
Way tho Republicans Do 1t.
Yesterday was the biggest day in Eureka
Republican politics that has been seen for
at least two years. The occasion was the
election of delegates to the State Conven.
ton which meets at Reno Sept 4.
THE TICKETS
There were two opposing tickets in each
ward, the only name (that of j.
J. Kermeen of the Second Ward) I'D.
pearing on both tickets. The first tick
cts put in the field, which were called
the Irregular" ''Wren-Bishop, "Wren''
or ''Richmond" tickets were as follows:
First Ward-John Tore, E. Davidson,
John Godfrey.
Second Ward-w. W. Hobart, John ].
Kermeen, M. D. Foley, G. J. R. Buttlar:
The opposition tickets were: First
Ward-E. Davidson, Robert Crossan, John
Tore.
Second Ward-J. J. Kermeen, E. N.
Robinson, J. s. Wilton, Joseph Mendes.
ooNNoR's NAME
The name of General P. Edward Con-
ner as candidate for Congress headed these
tickets. This is rather a bad beginning
for General Conner, judging by the result
OF the election. His name did not add
that strength to the ticket which it was evil
IDENTIFY presumed it would. We rather sus-
pect that the Generals fight is not in ex-
pert hands.
PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT.
The night before election and yesterday
morning circulars were ISSUED by the
friends of the latter tickets warning voters
against the party whip that Bishop and
| Wren were cracking. From the first tick
cts agreed Upon among our Republican
friends the names of NJ. D. Foley and W.
W. Hobart were stricken by the opposition
and those of j. s. Wilton and Joseph
Mendes put on instead in the Second
| Ward, and Robert Crossan's name substi-
tuted for John Godfrey's in the First Ward.
While the ''Regulars" dropped E. N. Rob-
inson's name from their ticket in the First
| Ward and put on John Godfrey's instead,
their ticket in the Second Ward remained
as it was first put up.
THE TROUBLE.
The causes of the split we do not care to
discuss, as they are pretty we'll known, and
lOT Iu6 reason tudb IL WIS II uelSuDOlHOOu
quarrel, which, though among our politi-
cal enemies entirely, we prefer not to
touch, even if we might do so with the
proverbial t~en-foot pole. Still we sincerely
trust for the good of the country that
the two now seemingly irreconcilablo fac
lions will continue so wholesomely hostile
up to and including the day of election.
Two circulars were strewn about town the
night before election, one of which was
reproduced in the SENTINEL yesterday,
charging the Wren-Bishop crowd with
cracking the whip" which the untram-
meled of the grand old party declared they
would not stand.
THE FRAY.
The fight at the polls of the Second Ward
started out very lively. At the polls of
the First Ward there was hardly any move
ment or struggle, the regulars seeming
to get away with the baggage without
effort. The polls at the Courthouse were
the center of noise and manipulation all
day. The 'anti-regulars" were very lively
in the outset, and it seemed to many that
they were going to take the cake. They
had active and skilful workers, and they
made things hum for a while, but their
force was spent early in the day. The
''regulars" had their war horses and con-
nubiators all deployed, and though they
were rather quiet, they yer down deep
and pulled hard. They were held thor
oughly in hand by the ''bosses" over them,
and made everything count. The weak
ness of the opposition was in the want of
wagons. The "regulars" had three wag-
ons, one of which did big things. Many a
trip it made to the Richmond works,
bringing down eight straight tickets every
trip.
THE VOTERS.
It was generally remarked that some OF
tho trips might have been dispensed with,
as the active wagon came pretty near bring
ing back the sama load it took away for
repeating purposes. Among these pa
triot!c voters were o NIB OF Demo-
Gratis, who, when it comes down to bnsi-
ness, never vote their tickets anything but
straight. There was another wagon that,
we are told, made one or two good hauls
from the Ruby-Dunderberg mine; and
there was still another that picked up the
''dear people" at large, anywhere they
could be found. The regulars did the
square thing. however, by all the boys,
aliens and Democrats that they wrung in.
AS fast as they voted a wsgon-load the
same were driven over to the Parker
House two-bit bar and could order any
thing they wanted. At two dollars a
whack this alone must have cost some
body something.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
The day abounded in talk, and was not
without incidents. A very diminutive
Irishman, with a pipe that was deeply
colored and had a stem not larger than a
quarter of an inch, furnished amusement
for the crowd. He came away from the
hands of the Wren crowd saying: "Be-
gorrah, I behave they got in a Republican
vote on me-" He was observed going to
the First Ward polls afterwards, and prob
ably repeated the same speech after he had
voted there.
'Sniper," otherwise known as William
Chapman, Esq, q colored voter, when
cornered, admitted with a refreshing ex-
hibition of honesty, considering the crowd
he was in, that he had already voted at the
other polls, saying, by way of apology,
that he thought it was right to vote as
often as, and anywhere that he pleased.
But the best thing that occurred during
the day was the efforts of a fellow to beat
Jack Kermeen, whose name was on both
tickets.
A number of Hancock and English
tickets, with the tail cut off, were voted
without a scratch.
Antoine, the Chinaman, tried to vote,
but the Republican judges would not allow
him to deposit his ballot.
Little Tom Taylor presented one of the
Irregular" tickets, too, but the oonscien.
tious Judges wouldn't have it.
MIR. wREN's SATISFACTION
When the fray was we'll nigh over, and
the result a f~oregone conclusion, 4 repre-.
sentative Of the SENTINEL met Mr.. Wren,
upon whose features victory perched ex-
~uitantly, and asked him why he evinced
80 much smiling satisfaction. Sir" said
he. b~racinp himself we'll back for en-