Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-30

The Only Plausible Explanation
fet-Cleveland Owes HIS Election
10 the Pacific Coast.

fet-Cleveland Owes His Election
10 the Pacific Coast.
We hardly expect to hear another reason
assigned for the defeat Of Mr.. Blaine. The
"three RIA" have been discussed, and the
Rev. Burchard abused to such an extent
that only a Christian could stand up under
1t. He has been Kissed ont of court. Yet
he has got into type with an explanation
that his Rum, Romanism and Rebellion
speech made more votes for Mr.. Blaine
than it deprived him of. And who knows
but he may have the right Of it? Remem-
Der that q stirring anti-whisky, anti Gath.
Ollie, anti-rebel speech might, on the eve OF
election, influence unsteady Republicans
with Democratic leanings. But be this
as 1t may. Conkling sulked in his tent 1.-THE
SENTINEL's "boy" had him set up by a
typographical miscue as sucking" in his
tent; Mr.. st. Johns candidacy was q wet
blanket on the Republicans in New York;
there were George William Curtis, Carl
Schurz, ct i'd omne genus, Independents
and boilers; and so on and so on; and
last. but positively not least, ii was a
rainy day" for the Plumed knight in the
country precincts of New York. Now, We
are not disposed to quarrel or split hairs
with anybody about just what did it or
just how it was done. We have heard and
read all about these things, any on
OF which was potent enough to unhorse
the dashing Knight. We have waited pa
tiently for somebody to go deeper into the
explanation, however, and reveal factors in
the grand result that lie beneath the sur
face and have escaped the superficial OBJ
servation Of Tom, Dick and Harry. This
hint may set some Democrats that we
wot of to do a little thinking beyond
the common, and now pretty we'll worked
out, field OF speculation. What we are
driving at Is this: Everybody knows
what q strong and useful thing coin is
in an election, whether for President or
for Constable. We do not mean this in
a bad sense. Everybody knows, for ex.
ample, that Senator j. P. Jones is q phil
osopher and he said: millions may be
used without corruping a voter" He
said this in his first speech in Nevada,
before the State Legislature which had
been elected to elect him. We suspect
that he used these remarkable words in
refutation OF the charge everywhere heard
in s~sgebrush precincts, as well as echoed
from the press everywhere in the United
States, that he had sacked" the State
in order 10 become Senator. Hence.
whether Mr. Jones, or as was said, Joe
Goodman, wrote that very good speech,
we are entitled to quote from
it to show, if anybody needs show
ing, that coin talks in politics, and
we have no doubt that a million might
have been spent in the last election in New
| York with the same proportionate influ-
| ence as in Nevada. II will be distinctly
remembered that during the heat of the
| campaign the Democratic National Com
mittee made an urgent appeal to Demo
Gratis all over the country for subscrip-
tions. A great deal of money was sent in
in sums ranging from ST to ST. 900, the
larger contributions being made without
noise. The names of clubs and indi-
viduals making the smaller subscriptions
were published. from reading many &C
| counts of which we know that the aggre-
| gate OF these little contributions was a big
| pile. Now, then, this money being used
mostly in New York, let us inquire how
much of it was necessary to save Cleveland
| in that State? The lowest plurality for q
| CieNelhuu Ei6CtOT III NC" oih oso'o voc
l,077. To give him this plurality required
a change of 539 votes only. A very meager
leaway in a total vote OF over 1000, 900
Who doubts but that $500 "legitimately
used" or, as Mr.. Jones said. without
| ~corrupting q voter" may have made the
| difference and have proved the salvation
Of Democracy? More than the sum
| named was contributed by individual
Democrats in California and Nevada alone.
Possibly Nevada herself sent that much in
| this way to the National Committee. We
| remember when q circular letter from the
| committee came to Eureka, $40 were col
| lected and at once telegraphed on the next
day for which a receipt and thanks came
| back in due time. Now then, who can say,
in the face OF obvious facts, that Cleveland
does not owe his election to the Pacific
| Coast which voted such crushing major
tiles for Blaine2 Talk about your Conk-
ling, your St. John, your Schurz and your
rainy %day"-you don't look halt deep
enough. Our application is in for the
| Postofice at DEVILS Gate. We need 1t to
make us even for our share in $40 OF thai
$40. Hurrah for Base Range Democracy
pure and undefled !!