Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-02-14


We used to think . great deal Of SEN
asor Stewart, as the only representative
Nevada has in Washington. Then be
got to be untruthful and d~emagogieal
about public questions for partisan pur.
poses and we became disguised with
him. Greatness is always brave and
truthful. Only the small csliber resorts
70 deception and ~trickery. We could
condone lying in the rest Of the Repub.
lican leaders in Nevada on the ground OF
their all.pervading ignorance. By this
We do not wish to be understood as say
ing that Stewards ability is awe-inspir-
ing or anything Of that sort. Intellect
uslly be lie Just common place; that's all,
but endowed with . capacity for work
seldom found in men Of his age. His
whole success in life is due TO industrial
force rather than mental power. Very
recently he has shown signs Of indie
pendence and manhood which we are
bound to admire and we are generous
enough to acknowledge our admiration
in this public manner. II be will but
keep right along in the same general di-
reetion there may be years enough
spared to him yet to partly atone for
the political sins Of the past. The best
evidence that he is now on the right
track is to be found in the fact that the
Republican press is soundly abusing him
in ell parts Of the country. The follow.
ing from the San Francisco Call is q fair
sample Of what is being said all along
the line, the general conclusion being
shat Stewart has quit the Republican
party forever on the Force bill and sill
YER:
The New York Suns interview with
Senator Stewart indicates the Nevada
Senator's purpose to sever the slight
connection he hes maintained with the
Republican party. There is an old say
ing that rats desert a sinking ship, but
the average rat is not omniscient. 1t
nay see indications that lead it to the
conclusion that the ship is sinking when
il is not. Examples have often been
furnished Of men and women who have
had such a dread Of going down with 8
sinking ship that they jump overheard
and go down by themselves. Stewart
apparently belongs to that class Of men
and women. He has jumped overheard
and thereby, in all probability, ended
his political career. But while in the
avs - committing political hara-kari,
the Nevada rat maAo-a vicious knife
thrust at the President. In etiect, ne
accuses President Hsrrison Of killing
Secretary Window by forcing him to
make speeches against free coinage.
stewart is a fair example of what q man
may accomplish by making himself use
full to men Of influence. Stanford used
70 say that when he wanted to have 3
thing done he got his man Stewart to do
I. Stewart had industry, a certain low
order Of ambition and q capacity for de-
tails that made him useful. There is no
record Of hiz-hsving "bucked when
told to do anything by men he recog-
nized as his masters. About all the Gig
piicance attached to his movements is
that he is used by Stanford as timid
bathers use a ~pole-to ascertain the
depth Of the waters they propose to
wade into.
As a partisan we have, without NAL
ice, bsrated the Senator not infre-
quently, but we have never said any
thing about him half so bad as the above
from one Of his own party organs.
Weaklings are never abused. 1t is only
the strong, On one OF many lines,
who call down upon themselves the
maledictions of the ungodly. Our sup
Elemental estimate of the Senator is
quite apt to rise in exact ratio with the
vigor Of the mud-throwing on the other
side. There is still room in the Demo
cratic party for all duly repentant sim
nora