Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-10
Gureka Dailp 9entinel.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1885.
ONE OF SENATOR FAIRS LET.
TIERS OF DECLINATION.

TERS OF DECLIN ATION.
Senator Fair wrote two letters declin.
ing to be q candidate for the Nevada
Senatorship. One was addressed to Mr..
Garrard, Superintendent of the Carson
Mint, and the other to Gen. r. P. Keat.
ing, Chairman Of the Democratic State
Central Committee. The latter was
more formal in it's character than the
former. Both should have been promptly
given to the public. 1t is the duty OF
men and parties to take the whole PEG.
pie into their confidence. Concealments
are alike insincere and silly. The writer
of this paragraph protested strongly
against the policy of secrecy. The State
Central Committee made a grave mis-.
take. An able leader once said that q
mistake in politics is a crime. The
Democratic Committee seemed to enter.
tain the idea that doubt as to Fairs can.
didature would bring strength to the
ticket. As a matter of fact the people
of the State did not want Fair. No Re-
publican wanted him, and a great ma.
iority of Democrats were opposed to him
at any price. He was regarded every.
where as being as much of a nonresident
and carpet.bagger as Stewart. He had
not registered or voted in the State since
1850. As between the two carpet.
baggers, Fair and Stewart, each Repub-
lican voter preferred the carpet-bagger
of his own party. Not a corporal's
guard of either party in the State wanted
either. The real issue was clou1ed all
through the campaign. The fear of Fair
stepping in and taking advantage of a
Democratic Legislature to elect himself
on the one hand, and the hope of beating
Stewart with some resident Republican
on the other. lost the State to the De-
mocracy. Standing out alone as the
only and recognized candidate of the Re.
publican party, Stewart could not have
polled 1000 votes in the State. A car
load of money could not have elected
him. But he was not allowed to stand
alone. The people were hoodwinked
into the belief that Daggett, Wren or
Powning would have a show. Our own
managers, innocently, aided in mystify.
ing and ~muddling the situation by keep.
ing back Fairs letters. Fear that the
latter would come in cost us as many
votes as the hope that a home Repub.
lican would in the end defeat Stewart.
For one, the writer does not reproach
himself. He kept nothing from the peo-
pie. He declared from pretty much
every stump, as well as in private con-
versations, that Fair had written letters
from his home in San Francisco declining
to be a candidate. Whether in or out
we were against him, on the ground of
non.residence. Fair and Stewart were
in the same category. Neither had any
business in Nevada politics. But it is
unnecessary to write further of these
matters. Through the misapprehensions
of the people as to the real situation
Stewart has won and that is the end of
it. We only started out to copy Fairs
letter to Garrard, to vindicate the truth
Of what we said on the stump. Here it is:
Hon. William Garrard. Carson City,
Novada-Dear Sir: / have your kind let.
ter OF inquiry land similar letters from
many other friends) as to my intentions in
regard to the contest for United States
Senator in Nevada. While fully appre-
cisting the high honor OF a seat in the
Senate of the United States. I feel com.
PEELED, in justice to myself as we'll as to
the people of Nevada, to decline to DO a
candidate for reelection.
My business affairs are of such an en-
crossing nature that, if returned to the
Senate, / should have to neglect either my
W or the public interests, neither OF
which would be proper or satisfactory.
Called. as l was, from the active and
laborious life of a miner, without previous
parliamentary experience, to a scat in tho
highest legislative body in the world,
apologies for my shortcomings are unnec
ejsary. l can. howaver, say with pride
and sincerity that during my whole term
OF Office l have had but one thought
the interests OF the citizens of Nevada,
whether Democrats or Republicans.
With a grateful appreciation of the
kind words Of all my Nevada friends, go
handsomely expressed in the recent State
Convention and elsewhere, and hoping tho
Democratic ticket may he crowned with
success in November next. I have the honor
to be yours, sincerely, JAMES G.. FAIR.
San Francisco. September 81, 1886.