Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-19
TIE SENATORIAL QUESTION.
The Editor of the Reno Journal
AXE q Vigorous stand in Behalf
of Home Rule for Nevada.

of Home Rule for Nevada.
Several days ago the Reno Gazette ptb.
lishod an editorial relative 10 "the danger
az we'll IN tho folly of making the Sena-
torial question the great issue of the CAM
paign." The article was lengthy and dis
cussed a factional quarrel in the Repub-
lican ranks Of Washoe. The editor Of the
Journal regarded some Of the statements
made as unjust reflections" and on Sat-
urday last he explained in a tbree-column
article the stand he took in q recent con.
test there and gave his reasons for oppos-
ing Mr.. Stewart for United States Senator.
1t is a vigorous, conscientious effort, and
to the point. Among other things he said:
We have always been opposed 10 the cam
didaev Of Mr.. Stewart for the Senate. We
have nothing personal against that gentle
man, and the stories Of his bulldozing and
bribing juries in the olden days when
great mining interests were at stake for the
rich to rob the poor, his connection with
the Emma mine swindle, his Identification
as the paid attorney of corporations when
in the Senate, or other deeds of omission
or commission, have had no effect in form
ing the opinion that the candidacy of Mr..
Stewart was al insult TO the Republican
party ana 10 the State OF Nevada, and
that all honorable means should be used to
defeat him and to elect some other hepub-
lican. After having twice been elected by
Nevada to the United States Senate Mr..
Stewart picked up his bag and baggage and
deserted the State which had honored him.
A a.. - AaaDnp AF 7 4 -nr~, A.I -vsAhsl
six months of the election, he returns TO
the State, announcing before bis departure
from California that he was a candidate
for the United States Senate. 1t was be-
lieved, and i. is the truth, that he YVES sen
over by the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany. He prepared his silver pamphlet
with the idea Of being a candidate for
Senator from California, but was told that
the railroad company could not support
him from this State, and the idea was
suggested TO him to make the fight in Ne
vada. The silver pamphlet was inme-
diately turned loose over here, and the
point made that be was the man to save
the State from great distress because Of
his learned financial views on the great
question which interested Nevada. John
Mackay proclaimed him q great man, and
thought the State could best be served by
him, and that having the support OF the
railroad companies, the sugar company,
and all the other vile and detestable blood
suckers and money bags OF the Coast, he
was the only man capable of defeating
Fair or any other Democrat. Tritle was
in Arizona, Whitman was in San Fran.
cisco, Judge Lewis was away, Mackay him
self did not want il, W. S. Hobart would
not have it, and within the Republican
party at home there was not a man who
exactly pleased the monied powers, and
the edict went forth that the fight must be
made upon the carpet bag and railroad
candidate from California. y \ \
The people who have lived in Nevada for
the past twenty years have gradually de-
voted their time to improving the con-
dition of affairs; have pruned here and
there, and endeavored to have good
government at the lowest possible
price; have erected school houses
in every hamlet and vale; have
sustained churches Of all denominations;
have enacted good laws for the protection
and preservation Of life and property;
have built up society, titled the soil,
watered the plains, herded the cattle, and
Of their money contributed to State and
county governments, to the end that life
in Nevada should be something more than
an existence, and that the good things to
be had should be enjoyed. Politically,
there were men like Wren, Dsggett and
others who had given Of their time and
money all that they could spare for the
Advancement and perpetuation of the prin-
ciples il which they believed, looking for.
ward to the day when the people might
ask them to serve in position which they
.--tJ coaaotoh1y ell und uhiOh mould
satisfy the ~longings Of q laudable ambi-
ion. All at once, when the silver lining
appeared brightest, the California Mephis-
topheles is thrust pom the scene, and
every man, woman and child in the State
is expected to bow down and become a
slave. Men who want a few dollars for
their votes, men who think the sack"
omnipo.ent, men who curry favor and
fawn upon the rich, men having no respect
for themselves or anybody else, at once
shout the praises OF the rising sun, and
deliver MP their birthright for q mess Of
potage, and at the same time denounce
and decry the man or set Of men who has
the courage Of his convictions and dares
10 give expression TO his honest senti-
ments. The sentiment of the Republican
voters of this State are against Mr.. Stew
art. Upon a popular vote he would not
receive 500 out of 6,500. Nor has no or
his friends dared to allow an expression of
public sentiment, but upon every occasion
have stihed all efforts to permit the Re-
publicans of the State to indicate a choice.
Had such an opportunity offered, Stewart,
hguratively speaking. would have been
picked up by the nap of the neck and seat
of the brooches and pitched back into
Steve Cages lap in the Office corner of
Fourth and Townshend streets, and could
have been considered lucky because he
was not provided with a coat Of tar and
feathers. What the Legislature will do is
another matter. The railroad companies
nave their tools there, the Sharon interest
will have its tools there, Y%erington aud
d. o. Mills are powers in the land. the
'lobby" with devotees Of the sack cling
ing around Wallace's neck, and other mis-
chievous and mysterious forces will be at
work TO secure the Senatorial certificate
| for Mr.. Stewart. With such an unholy
condition OF affairs what show has any
other Republican in q caucus. What show
| has Wren or Daggett or any poor man
might well be asked, but we believe now,