Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-06
SOME POLITICS.
Street Corner Talk Of the Candi-
dates Friends.

Two gentlemen Of Eureka, one a Demo-
crat and the other a Republican, had q
street-corner talk on politics, yesterday,
which was listened to by several and may
be read with interest by others. The
Democrat referred 10 Is a man who Ia .
close student Of politics, and has made
himself very familiar with the situation,
at the present time, by t~houghtfully read
ing q great deal from both Democratic
and Republican newspapers. He is a
pretty c~lear-headed man and digests we'll
what he reads. The other gentleman, the
Republican, is, perhaps, the shrewedest
and brainiest man of his party in Eureka.
He reads q good deal less than the Demo-
crat, but he Keeps up "a devil of q
thinkin'." He is. besides, the best single
handed talker in either political party on
the Base Range.
Said the Republication fellows are
goin' to git it now.
Democrat-What's upP What have you
got?
R.-Wait till you see that article from
| the Buffalo paper. 1t tells the whole
nasty story of Cleveland's amour, and his
ruin Of a young woman.
D.-What paper is that?
R.-The Buffalo Telegram.
D. 1t goes for him, does 1t? Did you
ever see a copy Of the Buffalo Express3
R.-No; what sort Of q sheet is that?
Do. it's a Republican paper Of large
circulation and great responsibility.
R.-Well, what Of that. What has it
got to do with what l say about your man
| Cleveland.
D.-Nothing that would convince you
probably. In the midst OF all this labor
to besmirch Mr.. Cleveland it only says
this: 1.-The Express is a Republican paper
and ia bound to oppose Governor Cleve-
land for that reason, but for that reason
alone. Having known him for many years
as a neighbor and having critically watched
his course as q public servant, we are
bound to admit, in order not TO be incon-
sistent with our. frequent utteranoes in the
past. that he is a pure, high minded citi-
zen and OF unsullied reputation in Office"
R.-Now that Express man 10 one Of
those dudes" I've been on the turf my
self and l don't like 10 see these swill cart
fellows trying to run q man down; but
those-goody-goodies won't have Blaine be-
GAUGE he isn't one OF their kind, and / do
like to see them Inundated in the candi-
date they had to go outside their own party
10 pick up and make q God of. I'd rather
vote for Cleveland for President than for
one Of those - for dog pelter.
D.-You believe in that seduction horror
though don't you?
R.-Of course | do. The whole story Is
told in plain words and they say they can
prove all that is charged.
D.-You don't need the proofs then.
All you require Ia the assertion OF some
fellow back East whom you don't know
and whom you never heard of before.
RI believe it all the m Your
crowd have said nothing to disprove it.
D.-Thst has not been necessary. Your
own crowd have stamped the story as a lie
in the most emphatic amer.
R.-Whst are you giving us2
D. am giving you the record that the
Republicans themselves have honored Mr..
| Cleveland with. Buffalo is a Republican
city. 1t gave Cleveland, q Democrat. the
largest majority that any man ever got for
Mayor OF that municipality; and before
that he had been made Sheriff by a rousing
vote.
R.-Are you sure OF those majorities
Dyes; / remember distinctly that his
majority for Mayor in Republican Buffalo
was 5000. And you people were heaping
your favors on him then, when, if there
we're any truth in his being a base seducer,
you, being a moral party, would have
pitched him out, heels over head.
R.-Well, hold
D.-No, | won't hold on. l am doing the
talking. now. II you can fool Yourself.
don't think you can fool me with any such
campaign rot thrown around to poison the
minds OF voters against q great, clean mar
"A man whom you can't attack except
with dirt. When it came to that grand
election for Governor in which he beat
Folger 1872, 900 votes and when Conkling,
Arthur and others Of the Stalwsrt band
we're catching ut strsws to save their fight,
did they say anything about Cleveland as
a seduoer. No, sir. Not 9 breath OF it.
And none Of his neighbors knew anything
about il. Otherwise he would have lost
votes. Instead, he got such a majority as
was never known in that State before.
Don't go back now to try and dig up an
amour to hurt a giant like Cleveland. 1t
will be a boomerang and you fellows will
get II right back in the neck.
R.-Well then, you have had your say
in defense Of your man, what have you to
say about the attempt to tattoo" James
G. Blaine.
D.-Nobody is trying to besmirch the
Republican nominee. His record as he
made il is under investigation. He will
have to stand or fall by it as 1t appeared
in black and white above his W sigma
ture and on the pages Of the official reports
of the Lower House Of Congress. 1t is
Mr.. Blaine's public acts that are criticised.
He is Judged with reference to what he is
likely to be in office, and we measure bis
future as such by his past. The dirt you
aim at Cleveland can besmirch him, il at
all, only as a private citizen. As a servant
OF the people his reputation is spotless and
l believe ii will be proved to be spotless in
all his domestic relations.
R.-All right, may be so; but I'm glad
YOU AID your Jude friends, Mr.. Curtis
Mr.. Schurz, and the like, are on the de-
f~ensive.
D.-This is then that aggressive cam
paign that you have been threatening the
Democrats with
R.-No. not exactly; its only standing
you off. Aggression is for the future.
D.-Good enough. Sail in g.,
Here one OF the disputants WAS called
off or the pair might have been going 1t