Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-16
eureka Daily 5rntinel.
rs. TALK or THE KINp.

The Tnscarora Times. Review oil the
IItb instant takes exceptions TO an eoi'
.orisl article in the SESTISEL some time
AGO. in which we denounced the almos'
constant talk Of the press OF Nevada
about the political r%ottenness that Is gen
orally known to have existed IN the o'A'e
during past elections when there were
limited states Senators 70 be decided on;
and it excerpts also to Cur suggestion tnA'
"tbeye be more action Of the right char
acter and less talk OF the kind, saying
that there should be "more action ou'
mot less talk" We certainly admire the
spirit displayed by the Times'Revie"' 80
far AZ its sentiments concerning the de-
bsuching Of the balIo. privilege IN tine
State goes. but it does the SEsrIskLA nu
this scribe injustice in drawing from the
brief article mentioned some OF the IN
fereuces which it does, in this. that when
we advised "more action OF the rishs
character and less talk OF the KIND we
meant-and we thought the meaning Oh
our language was made plain-that "nen
the papers of the State discus said
rottenness they should suggest some
remedy for the same, or. at least .AAe
some determined stand against any simi'
lar outrages in the future.
During the past year, certain papers Oh
the State have, at different times pup
lished original editorial matter concern
ing the barefaced corruptions at elections
in Nevada, and their articles nave been
copied into other papers. They tell the
oft.told story Of how one county was
colonized and q Senator and an Assembly
man or two were elected, and how muen
money was placed in another section 10
influence the vote there. Ii our recoi-
lection serves US Alright that was about
all there was in the articles. 1t may
have been they were meant as a "shot
Of the one who proftted principally by
the corruption and probably at the point
ical party of which he was a representa-
tive. II SO, it is possible the scribes real
ICED the satisfaction they sought. There
was little or no Indignation at the out
rage shown that would benefit the gen.
eral people, nor was there any plan pro-
posed to "render odious the sack method
by the repeated exposure. We reiterate
that such articles do our State, generally
speaking, no good. especially at the pres.
ent time, when our chief industry Is
threatened by the National Congress and
our State is often spoken Of by a portion
OF that important body as "the rotten
borough" which, no doubt, does a great
deal toward depriving her Of many OF
the opportunities and privileges she
should and might possibly otherwise OBJ
tain.
We are unable at the present writing
to suggest any course, as the Times.Re-
view desires, that could be pursued by
the respectable and honest element OF
the two parties" to effectively avert any
more sack Senatorial contests in Nevada.
or that would "arouse this feeling to
such q pitch that the slightest indication
of a sack canvass will be the signal for a
revolt against the candidate or candi.
dates designed to be benefited thereby"
There is one thing, however, certain to
our mind, aud that is that the "piece.
taker" during election times is guilty OF
no greater crime than he, who, in defiance
of law and common justice, does the
bargaining for votes as a cattleman would
who wants to buy a herd of stock. They
are the ones who should get q dose Of
missionary work in the cause. and get it
vigorously applied.
The SENTINEL will favor any feasible
method that may be proposed by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. editor has the ad.
vantage OF this scribe, inasmuch as he is
one Of the old warehouses; in Nevada
newspaperdom-for the publication Of
the ballot in Nevada, but it does dis.
Oountenance, for the reasons stated, talk on
the part of the press about past rotten
political transactions in the State, unless
such talk is followed up by something
more substantial han party feeling, for
neither Of the two great parties have
anything TO boast Of in the matter.