Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-12
REPRESENTATIVES, MEN FOR
DELEGATES.

ANB
Roth Senator Jones and John w.
Mackay will, we are informed, be glad
to accept the honor Of serving as dele
oates from Nevada to the Republican
Rational Convention. As representative
Nevadans these gentlemen have a ma
t,onal reputation. Their influence In the
Cb;caoo Convention would considerably
outweigh that of any other two Repub'
l;cans who could be named from this
State. Any attempt, however, to gag
either Mr.. Jones or MI. Mackay' would
render the office of delegate very embar-
RAISING to them. They will be in a posi-
tion to Judge as to which of the candi-
dates for President will have the best
chances of election in November
whether il be Blaine, Arthur, Edmunds
mr. anv other man. Our people can make
no possible mistake in trusting to the
Judgment and discretion of these gentle
men in the coming contest, and the ef-
forts of their friends TO have them serve
as delegate ought to succeed. -Enter'
prise.
The argument Of the Enterprise is GER
tainly clear and strong and would be
perfect in application were not the sem
timent Of the party it speaks for some
what against MI. Jones and Mr.. Mackay.
Were there no conflict Of opinion be-
tween these gentlemen who are the
avowed friends of Mr.. Arthur, whom
the majority of Nevada Republicans do
not appear to favor, they would unques-
tionably be the most serviceable dele
gates the Republicans of Nevada could
select to represent them in their National
Convention. Even with the sentiment
as it is presumed to exist, there is no
doubt, for the cogent reasone assigned by
the Enterprise, that it would be good
for the Republicans to choose Mr.. Jones
and Mr.. Mackay as two Of their dele
gates. They wonld carry more weight
in the assembly of national Republicans
than any other two men in their party
in Nevada.
The argument adduced by the Enter
prise applies with unbroken force to
delegates of standing in the Democratic
party similar to that of Mr.. Jones and
MI. Mackay in the Republican party. We
refer to Senator Fair and Congressman
Cassidy. We have had no intimation
from either of these gentlemen that he
would ask or seek for the honor
Of representing the Democracy OF
Nevada in the National Convention;
and we know that such a mention Of
Mr.. Cassidy's name in a paper of which
he is part proprietor would not meet
with his approval if he had been con.
suited. We suggest his name on our
W responsibility and without his
knowledge. We do this with the full
assurance, however, that his election al
a delegate would be acceptable to the
Democracy generally, and that Mr.. Fail
and he would not decline to serve in the
capacity indicated. In the case of Mr.
Fair and Mr.. Cassidy the argument o.
the Enterprise is entirely applicable, fol
their is no apprehension whatever of any
conflict of opinion between them and theil
constituency as to whom the Democrats
shall nominate for President. There j
no division among the Democrats on thii
question, such as arises among our Re
publican friends on the issue of Sins
and "outs." We are all out, and having
been that way going on "a years, we arr
a unit on the issue of getting in again
Further, we do not believe that it woult
be stating the case too strongly to So.
that Mr.. Fair and Mr.. Cassidy would b.
as influential in the congregation of rep
resentative Democrats in Chicago as Mr.
Jones and Mr.. Mackay would be among
the men Of national reputation in tn
Republican party that will assemble
there.