The Nevada picayune., 1885-09-03
AN ADDRESS TO
The Voters of Nevada County and the Third Congressional
 District.
Read and Hand tO your Neigh b0r-Come ont and Vote for
 McRAE.
ELECTION MONDAY, SEPT. 7:h. 1885.
Gentlemen:


 cy in the ensuing congressional election, is apathy-apathy arising from over-weening confidence.
 Because we have majority in the district, many may think it un- necessary to vote. There is 1chere our danger lies. If we lose at all it will be because, feeling secure in that majority, too many may remain away from the polls. Let every man act as though the cleo ton depended upon his single vote. We must not fail, by neglecting to bring out our whole strength.- Therefore, every man, and espe- cially every democrat, should come out and vote for McRae.
 We urge you to vote for McRae for the following reasons:
 1. Because he obtained his nom ination fairly, and upon his merits as man and a democrat. It was not won by cunning, nor by in- trigue, nor by under-hand devices. He carried if in an open, manly contest with good and able men. No set of disgruntled place hunters whistled him out, by pointing him to a small fitch of financial bacon to swallow, as the reward for trea- son to his own party. The men who named him as our candidate, were carefully chosen by the democracy at large, and we'll represented the democratic masses.
 ?. You should come out; and get everybody else 10 come out and vote for McRae, because he is tit- ted and qualified for the place. He was born omong the people, He is one ofthe people. He knows, and sympathizes with the wants of the people. He has courage and firmness, and strong elements of character; and his honesty and hon. or are unprecedented, and above all repr oach. The people of Nevada county, who have watched him from his boyhood upward, know that I speak the truth in this mat ter, and that l speak from person al observation of his career. In addition to this, he has made him self thoroughly acquainted with the great national questions, with which a congressman has to deal. In word, he is well prepared to become our representative in the councils of the nation.
 3. Everybody, democrats, green packers and republicans, should vote for Mir. McRae as against his opponent, Judge Mltchel. Between the two men, Mir McRae is, polite ally. of far the greater value. He is prudent, consistent and straight forward. He is a democrat from conviction, faithful in all his pOlit- ical relations, and 10 be trusted by all men, whether friends or foes.- On the other hand, Judge Mitchell is a political adventurer. While pretending to be democrat, he sides up to, and winks at, and smiles upon the greenbackers; and nadges, and whispers to the repubii- cans in sportive glee. From the same stump upon which he an nounces his pretended adhesion to democratic principles, he tries to de troy the democratic party, which can alone maintain those princi' ples, by disorganizing it. He has 
 been called out as a candidate by in- congruous squads of political in triguers, pretending to represent all shades of political opinion, as far as they pretend to political opinions at all. In fact, he is ready to become the candidate of any man, or set of men, willing to tick ic his vanity and foot the bill. Il is an insult to the democracy fol him to ask it's support. And wh, should any man, who has the goot I of his country at heart, vote tol him? His election would be farce, and a meaningless one a that. What have greenbackers ant republicans to gain by supporting f him? If he is willing to sacrifice 3 the democratic party, to which h' , says he belongs, to advance his owl political fortunes, would he hesi