Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-13
rHE GOLDEN oPPoEruNIrY.

the Democracy Of Nevada upon the
more than favorable political outlook
for the approaching campaign. Moth
ing except the most phenomenal stupid
ity. criminal negligence or . continuous
series Of political blunders Of more than
ordinary magnitude, can prevent the
Democratic party from making . clean
sweep with their State ticket, from Gov
ernor to University Regent. and with
more than o lighting chance Of carrying
along with il such . legislative majority
ss TO insure . Democratic successor 10
John p. Jones in the United States Sen
etc. II the shrewdest Democratic poll
ticisu in the State had directed the pre-
liminaries TO the late Republican State
Convention, and the convention proceed
ings themselves, he could not have man
aged either more advantageously for the
insurance Of Republican disaster and de-
feat than they were conducted by the
self-constituted bosses who ran the ma
chine from the commencement TO the
close, and who dictated the nomination
Of every candidate upon the ticket from
tie Ring-tailed tip up to It's Know Moth.
ing head. The Chronicle had anticipat-
ed q complete carrying out Of the ring
programme, and had In a measure pre-
pared it's readers to expect . ticket die
sated exclusively by the three or four
persons who not only srrogate to them.
selves but who have shown that they
actually possess the power Of which they
have boosted. and which they exercised
so despotically in the convention on
Friday in Virginia City. The Chronicle,
however. had expected that ONE little
pretenss Of fairness and decency would
be exhibited toward the candidates
doomed to slaughter, but every n Of
them. with but q single exception, was
choked off before the hour set for execu-
tion and was not even allowed the priv
lege Of posing upon the scsffold or max
ing q dying speech. Although there
were . number Of ~aspirants for every
Office on the ticket. all excepting ia
vored ones dropped out Of sight one by
one, like the farmers ducks in the pond
infested by the voraoious fsh. They
were pulled under before they had time
TO inter . squawk, and disappeared
without leaving q ripple to mark the
spot OF their enforced exit. Everything
worked admirably and like clockwork.
The machine was wound up to run dur
ing the term Of the convention, and II
showed no signs Of weakening until the
last nomination, when 10 appeared to be
. little out Of gear, but not sufficiently
to mai seriously the general harmony Of
the "acclamstion programme"
But 10. the Aftermath When the del
egates came out Of the hall they were
met with scowls, jeers and curses by at
least four. fifths Of the residents and Wis
iting Republicans in the city. who de.
nounced the proceedings as a corpora.
tion job. a burlesque upon a popular ex-
preston Of the party. and an outrage
upon decency. fairness and the rights Of
the Republican voters OF the State.
There never wal such . spirit of discon.
tent invoked by the acts Of any conven.
tion that ever assembled in the State or
on the Coast, nor was there ever half
the provocation given for such denuncia-
tion and threats Of q general reputation
Of the entire business and especially Of
the Gu~bernatoriai, Congressional and
most Of the judicial nominations. OF
curse q portion Of the disgruntled ones
will be coaxed. whipped or bribed back
into the traces. bat the jealousy is too
deeply rooted. too extensive and the
provocation too great for the major part
Of them to condone the outrages Of last
Friday by these voters on the Sd OF
next November. TIE ticket which was
nominated last week will be repudiated
by twenty per cent Of the best Republi.
cans in the State. Most Of them will
vote the Democratic ticket, II the CON.
vention at Reno next Thursday acts with
proper Judgment in the selection
Of It's candidates. With good
ticket in the field IL will be
supported by three times as many Re.
publicans as constitutes the majority Of
that party in the State. The ring. or
"asclamation" ticket, will have Il corrective
at least 1900 purchased Democratic
votes in addition to its usual "boughten"
Republican contingent to win. We do
not believe that there are one-third of
that number. or over that proportion,
of purchasable scoundrels who profess to
be Democrats, in the State. The abso.
Lutte purchasAble element Is. perhaps,
from ten to twelve per oent of the sg-
gregate voting population Of Nevada.
OF course the sack ticket will corral all
of that, but the number Of honest and
independent Republicans who will bolt
the ring nominations will exceed the
entire Hessian element to such m OK.
tent IS to insure the reversal Of the
regular legitimate Republican ma.
jority in favor Of the Democratic ticket.
. judicious platform is adopted and
the best nominating material selected
next Thursday. the Democratic majority
in November will crowd closely on four
in the aggregate election returns.
During the next few weeks the Chroni.