Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-26
NAVAL VIEWS.
A Hook Baited With an Artificial
Irish Fly.

as Safely Democratic as Ken
lucky - Hendricks n Tower OF
Strength-The Issue of 1875 over
Again.
The following inter view with Capt. Matt
Canavan reported by Hon. ]. II. Dennis
we take from the latter's paper. the Tusca-
rora Times-Review Of last Monday. It is a
breezy sketch and we'll worth reading.
Caravan understands himself in politics,
and be has the reputation of meaning what
he says, and saying pretty sharply what he
means:
Reporter-How are you satisfied with
the nominations
Capt. C.-Perfectly. 1t is undoubtedly
the strongest ticket that could have been
nominated. Probably it might have been
headed more acceptably to the Pacific
Coast, but for general strength it could
not have been improved.
R.-Why do you think it so strong2
Capt. C.-Because Mr.. Cleveland's en-
tire record is the embodiment OF American
governmental reform, as was Mr.. Tilden's
in 1876. Mr.. Cleveland, as Mayor of Buff
falo, rescued that city from the worst gang
Of plunderers that ever wrested the control
of municipal affairs from the hands of the
people. His success as q municipal
reformer insured his nomination for
Governor, in which position he has
carried on his reformatory work upon
a large scale. His gubernatorial record is
in fact a reflex OF Mr.. Tilden's. Like Mr..
Tilden he has arrayed against himself the
municipal plunderers OF New York City who
will oppose him until the end, but in their
place be has secured the support of a better
element in the Republican party which will
greatly overbalance the loss he will sustain
in his WI organization. He is as certain
OF the electoral vote of New York as that
of Kentucky.
R.-How about Mr.. Hendricks !?
Capt. Cit is useless to talk of the
record OF that glorious old Democratic war
horse. 1t is q national one, with which
every intelligent American is familiar.
His nomination insures the State of Indiana
as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow
morning, besides adding greatly to the
general strength Of the ticket in every State
in the Union.
RI noticed that the Nevada delegation,
with but a single exception, voted for Mr..
Hendricks for the first place upon the
ticket, when the boom was raised in the
convention in favor Of that gentleman.
Capt. c. quickly Yes, and for an ex-
cellent reason. We were instructed most
positively for the old ticket. Mr.. Tilden
having Withdrawn, we regarded Mr.. Hen
| bricks as his legitimate successor. as he
would have been in the event Of Mr.. Til
den's death, had they taken their seats as
President and Vice President of the United
States. 1t is true that the State Con-
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contingency, but we believed it would
have done 80 could it have foreseen
| the course of events. We there
fore came as near following our in
| structions as the circumstance would per-
NIT. "However"-remarked the Chair
man of the Nevada delegstion-"Mr. Clevs-
land was Mr.. Tilden's choice; wal his sue
| cessor as a reformer Of official misrule in
New York, and l am confident that the
Nevada friends OF the principal victim Of
the fraud Of 1876, will regard the nomi-
nee's election as q yindication as complete,
and q rebuke to the fraudulent Commits
sion as severe, as though administered by
| the seating in the Presidential chair Of
Mr.. Tilden himself"
R.-Do you think that John Kelly and
Tammany will support the ticket?
Capt. C.-Not heartily as a body. Kelly
| will probably vote for il himself, but will
give it q cold support if any at all, and We
might as we'll count the bulk of Tammany
against US. But fortunately" continued
the speaker, 1--WE don't need Tsmmany in
| this fight, and besides its lukewarmness or
| opposition will bring to us a larger and
more respectable element which would
never act with that organization at all.
When | was in New York, before the con-
yention, | was told by one of the best
| posted politicians in that city that there
were t~housands of young Republicans who
had grown rektive under the machine
rule of their party. who would support
Mr.. Cleveland il nominated, and with
especial zeal if opposed by the followers Of
John Kelly. They regard the Governor
as 8 representative of anti-boss rule and
will support him for that reason. In fact"
continued Mr.. Canavan, "this campaign
in New York will be a repetition Of that Of
1876, when Mr.. Tilden carried the State
by such a majority with the Tammany
hosts against him, or only lukewarm in
his favor"
R.-will not Mr.. Cleveland lose some
votes through his vetoes of the Five-Cent
Elevated Railroad, Mechanics Lien and
Twelve-H Hour bills?
Capt. Cor course he will, but he will
gain more than he will lose. Mr.. Cleve-
land is irst-class constitutional lawyer
and his vetoes were based upon constltu-
tional grounds. The best lawyers in the
State, including the Governor, believed
those bills to be unconstitutional, and had
he signed them he would have perjured
himself under the oath Of Office. 1t is
well understood by all intelligent work
ingmen that these vetoes did not repre-
sent his personal views. but were ground
ed upon his judgment as q lawyer. Had
he been a demagogue he would have signed
them and had the Supreme Court of the
State declare them unconstitutional, as it
certainly would have done. Being an
honest, conscientious mar he declined to
perjure himself. and performed his sworn
duty. BY doing this he has of course
given a handle to his opponents to appeal
to the prejudices Of the ignorant, but he
will not lose the vote Of an intelligent man
through his action in these matters, but
on the contrary will gain two to one by
the opposition made against them upon
that basis.
R.-It is claimed by his opponents that
Gov. Cleveland will lose a large proper
ton of the Irish Democratic vote.
Capt. CT makes me sick to hear mel
who know or care no more about the Irish