Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-12-27

To THE EDITOR OF THE APPEAL
=" The election is over, is a re
mark the author has heard time.
without number, during the past
weeks. Yes, the election is over
and few are the regrets that sucl
is the case. The campaign torche:
have been put away in cellars Oh
backwards, the many-colored uni
forms have been safely stored il
the bottoms of trunks, the ''wha
who-wah of the Divigoes is nc
longer heard in the streets, the
hip hip- hurrah for Cleveland. Her
bricks and Reform " is only a mem
Dry, and the occupation of the
young and festive political black
guard who marched in the process
sions of both parties, for a dollar
a night and beer, is gone. 1t may
be added that that little German
band no longer burthens the air
with the brassy request that we
Listen to the Mocking Bird, :
that that gang of Celtic music
torturers have ceased to remind
Democrats that "There's one More
River to Cross, and that the SER
vices Of the campaign liar are not
in demand at present.
LAUNDERING PARTY MANAGEMENT.
It was a queer election, so far as
California was concerned. The
Democrats with a strong Presiden-
tial ticket, an excellent municipal
ticket, with all the State and city
political machinery in their keep
ing, lost the $4,000 Stoneman ma
jority and turned the State ove1 to
the Republicans by upwards of 49,
600 majority.
Out of twenty Assemblymen in
this city, the Republicans have
eighteen, or probably nineteen, as
one seat is being contested, and
they have eleven out of twelve Su-
peryisiors. 1t is clear to the dull
est mind that there must have
been fearful laundering on the
part of the Democratic managers
to bring about such a political
change. It was case Of bad boss
ing. Bad and selfish advice caused
Governor Stoneman to call that
be-forgotten extra Legisla
tive session, and the marplots at
the bottom Of the scheme, supple
mented that legislative fasco, by a
sand-lot gathering at Stockton I'M
der the misnomer of a Democratic
State Convention. To say that
the action of that Stockton mob
was d:sgraceful is a mild way Of
stating the case. Life long Demo
Gratis were read out of the party,
and wanton insult was offered
to Democratic Chief Justice of
the United States, whose name had
not been placed before that body
for Presidential preference. The
Stockton mugwumps in the
case Of Justice Field followed the
example Of the Arkansas jury who
man not because he
had committed felony but to
place him where he could not com
nit one.
The Stockton mob theory was
that Justice Field was not an as
pirant for Presidential honors, but
he might be at some future time,
and it was the correct thing to EN-,
brace that opportunity of insult
ing a distinguished Democratic
iurist. The Stockton Convention
y spirit was manifested through
out the entire campaign, and little
wonder it is that a political change
Of $4,000 votes in two years was
result. There were plenty of brass
bands, lots of transparencies, tons
IF camp aign documents, (the latter
principally by the Dem
,cratic National Committed and |
he usual stump speech platitudes, |
)ut there was no sensible party |
The self-constituted |
eaders could not have guessed |
within 10000 of the vote of Cali
fornia last month, and, in fact
t is asserted that betting Demo
rats lost money on the vote of the
State, through points furnished
rom the Home of the Incapables
N Stockton street. Of piece
With the late Democratic campaign
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