Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-03
A BOOMERANG.

The San Francisco Chronicle, . great
news organ certainly. but a journal OF
questionable responsibility. loads its col
umns with abuse OF Cleveland day after
day. In its scavanger work it is labor.
GUS and indefatigable. While shining
the Democratic nominee it is none the
less vigorous in its bolstering OF Mr..
Blaine with fulsome praise. 1t Is 8 pa
per that turns with every prevailing
wind, and in regard to any old subject
its files can be brought out against 1t.
In its case the rule holds perfectly that
the best argument against a time-server
is itself. The Alta calls attention 70
this fact and republishes from the Chron-
icle's leader Of March l6, 1875, the fol-
lowing extract:
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Chronicle, prints two columns OF e.
tracts from Harper's Weekly to show
that that journal has not always thought
so meanly Of Blaine as 1t does now. his
may be so, but, on the other hand, the
Chronicle has not always entertained the
same good opinion OF Blaine which 1t ex-
presses at the presnt time. A contem-
plation of this latter fact ought TO be
more interesting to our contemporary
than the dellnquencies Of Hsrpers
Weekly, and, accordingly, We recon-
mend that it cease shaking its fist at the
New York journal and sit down TO 8
careful study OF its own record. A few
extracts from the editorial columns OF
the Chronicle will show what the Alta
means. On the 10th OF March, 1873. the
Chronicles leader contained the follow
ing:
The vigorous war lately instituted
against timber thieves Of Montana by
Secretary Schurz, has resulted in two
acrimonious attacks on that gentleman in
the United States Senate, Blaine doing
the heavy work and Navy Yard Sargent
assisting. The attack upon
Mr.. Schurz is the more to be regretted
for the reason that it originates from the
enmity OF 8 horde of thieves and merce-
naries. He has simply performed and
is still performing the duties Of his Office
with conscientious fidelity.
No man in his position could scquit him
self more thoroughly to the satisfaction
Of the country, and the people demand
that he shall remain at his post, and that
he shall be secure from the malevolence
of political ours and ayowed advocates Of
corruption. In some OF his remarks
Blaine seems to have forgotten his usual
polite arts and stopped to the small ex-
pedien. OF haunting the Secretary with
being . German by birth. What rele-
vancy this can possibly have to the mat
ter in controversy we are unable TO per-
ceive. . There is no phase OF
the ruthless pillage, with all its subse-
quent disastrous effects, that can be re-
garded with any other feeling than that
of intense indignation. In compelling
the thieves to make even a slight restitu-
tion from their abundant spoils, Secre-
tary Schurz will perform a worthy, de-
sirable and patriotic act"
1t is s~uperfuous to remark, adds the
Alta, that the Chronicle does not now
discourse about Mr.. Blaine in this fash
ion. 1t does not accuse him of being the
advocate and defender OF "a horde of
thieves and m-ercenaries." Neither does
it class him with political ours and
avowed advocates of corruption" 1t
did so in 1878, but since then it has ex-
ercised the great political privilege Of
changing its mind. or, as the vulgar call
it. "eating crow" AT present the
Chronicle does not even charge Mr..
Blaine with "politic arts" or small ex-
pedients." 1t probably agrees with him
now that it was a dastardly thing in Mr..
Schurz to be born in Germany-indeed,
it has intimated so very plainly since
Schurz bolted Blaine.