Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-28
rar xINKEAD INTERvIEw.

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kead by a representative of the Pilot, on
the political situation in this State. AT
the time of the interview Mr.. kinkead
was passing through Ogden on his way
to Washington, his mission there being
10 press a bill that he has before Con-
press. in the nature Of a private claim.
This fact, coupled with the well known
delicacy with which the courteous ex'
Governor expresses himself in regard to
other gentlemen, leads us to think that,
at least, a great deal of the interview"
came from the imagination OF the re-
porter. who is probably a former resi-
dent of Nevada, and took the oppor'
tunity offered to air his own views and
give public emphasis to his W opinions.
As to the Nevada Senatorship, there IS
no interview needed to inform the peo-
ple Of this State that, in all probability,
Mr.. Jones will succeed himself in that
Office. That John Mackay may desire
this honor in order to crafty his wife by
giving her the Senatorship as an addi-
tional favor for her Paris receptions is
possible. We need not be told that the
Senatorial election is determined by the
almighty ''sack," and that if Mackay
enters the ring he will knock everybody
else out. Jones would withdraw from
SO unequal a contest, and decline to
risk a single blow from THE c
Nothing is more ridiculous than that
Mackay would decline to take the field
for the Senatorship because OF his ru-
mored unfriendly relations with Senator
Fair. The only associations that might
bring these gentlemen close together in
the Senate would be of such a nature
as not to require them to eat at the same
table or sleep in the same bed. Besides,
if Mr.. Mackay wants to be Senator solely
to crafty his wife, as Mr.. Kinkead is
reported to have said, the simple process
of election will fill the bill, after which
he may have his residence, according to
the Sharon precedent, in San Francisco,
or, if it suits him better, at the Capital
of France.
This would be a complete demonstra-
ton of the uselessness to which the Me-
vada Senatorship may be put.
The slurs cast upon Senator Fair, who
has been a faithful and effective repre-
sentative of Nevada, undoubtedly the
most laborious and attentive we have
ever had in the Upper House of Con-
gress, are gratuitous, and Ex-Governor
Kinkead is the last gentleman in the
State from whom we would expect them
to originate.
As to the politics of Nevada, it is an
uncertain quantity. Mr.. Kinkead was
elected over Bradley, it is true; but it is
a fact that, while many Republicans
voted for Bradley twice before, many
more of them who appreciated the purity
and worth of "Old Broadhorns," voted
for him when he ran the third term than
OF either of the preceding elections. A
week before the election, "The Sack
and everybody knows where it came
from, killed off the actual choice of the
people. 1t wa the riff-raff of both po'
litical parties going down before the
golden calf that crushed the honest OLD
man and precipitated his death.
There is nothing to show that Nevads
is a Republican State. It is not claimed
by anybody that the Democrats ever had
money to use in a political campaign but
once, and that was when Mr.. Fair ran fol
the Senate. In all other campaigns they
have relied solely upon the value of theil
political principles and the persona
character Of their candidates. Whai
was the situation when Louis r. Brad
ley ran for Governor the first time, il
1870, and what the result? The Re
publicans put Tritle forward and thu
Bank of California furnished all the
s'soap" that was demanded to make hin
Governor and elect the Republican Stat'
ticket. The Democrats went into thu
fight without money. Bradley bea'
Tritle out of sight and one-half Of thu
Democratic ticket was elected. Eve
since then the Democrats, fighting
always against The Sack, and beini
always themselves without that weapon
except on the one notable occasion re
ferred to, have got a pretty good shar'
of the State offices. 1t will not be for
gotten that at the last election the two
most important, and the only two politi
cal offices, were won by the Democratic
party-that is, the offices of Governol
and Congressman, by magnificent major
tiles.
We refrain from commenting on the
rest of the INTERVIEW" which is, per
haps, aimed to excite i'll feeling among
Democrats by e Of invidious com
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