Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-21
TuE CARLISLE CONTEST.


The friends Of Speaker Carlisle through
out the country will be grati6ed at the
result Of the contest made by Theobe for
his seat. Il was what everybody familiar
with the case knew it must be. Speaker
CarIisle's conduct throughout was admir-
able. He knew he was elected, and
never 90 much as vent TO the trouble TO
take testimony in the district to combat
the claim Of Theobe. This Is in strict
keeping with Mr.. Carlisle's character.
He is one Of the fsirest minded men in
America. II he had even q doubt Of the
validity Of his election, he could in no
possible event be induced TO claim, much
less. take the seat. He is not that de-
scription Of man. Though fair and i'm
partial to q degree, he is withal equally
firm for the right, as given to see the
right. As rejecting this latter phase oil
his character, it needs only to be said
that he remained q steadfast Union man
in Kentucky throughout the great civil
war. To Carlisle, more than any other
man, is due the fact that Kentucky was
kept in the Union, while most Of the
other Southern States were passing ordi-
nances Of secession. He was a member
Of the Kentucky Legislature at the time,
and his speech against secession and dis
union is said to have been one OF the
grandest efforts on that subject ever
made by any man in this country. 1t
was not easy to be a Union man in Ken
lucky during the war, bat Carlisle had
both the ability anc the courage to stand
for a united country in that trying Pc
Rod OF our history. He is as much loved
by Republicans as Democrats in Congress
for his fairness. Hence the other day
the Committee on Elections were practi.
cally unanimous in his favor after hear
ing all that Theobe and his counsel had
to say on the subject Of the contest. Nor
was the committee one Of Mr.. Carlisle's
choosing. When it came to the appoint.
ment OF this committee he abdicated the
Speakers chair and requested the House
itself to name the committee, which it
did. Theobe had spent two or three
months taking testimony. Carlisle took
none. When the committee got hold OF
the case, Theobe realizing that he bad
nothing to stand upon, made a pretense
of desiring that the case be reopened and
sent back to the district for further proof.
This the committee refused to grant. Re-
publican members as we'll as Democrats
standing for this decision. And 80 the
matter was disposed Of in q single day.
II was simply Mr.. Carlisle's prominence
that gave the contest the slightest i'm
portance in the newspaper press. As a
matter of fact Theobe had no grounds Of
contest. Mr.. Carlisle had beaten him
squarely by a majority Of something like
700. He could have beaten him 200
had Mr.. Carlisle's friends realized that
he was in any danger. In Boone county
alone the usual Democratic majority is
about 2, 400. In this particular election
the entire vote Of Boone county was only
a little over 200, the voters not taking
the trouble TO go to the polls. The whole
matter Of this much.talked of contest
has resulted precisely as the SENTINEL
knew and predicted it would end from
the beginning. A committee composed
of all Republicans would have affirmed
Mr.. Carlisle's right to his seat, just as
has a committee comprising half Demo.
Gratis and half Republicans.