The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-08-09
PLAIN WORDS.

The time has come to speak plainly to
oil parties. The Silver, the Democratic
and the Republican parties will nominate
candidates for State offices this month.
1t is expected that the Silver and Demo
cratic parties will fuse. Whether they
do so or not, it is important that they and
the Republican party also should under
stand the wishes and temper Of the peo-
pie. They are in no mood to be trifed
with.
The people are above all parties. They
are the srbiters Of the fate OF all parties.
The power of political life and death lies
within them, and it behooves the poll
ticians of all parties to understand it and
act accordingly. Their 1.-THE people's)
interests are paramount to all other in
terests. Their power is also paramount.
They can elect or defeat whom they
please.
The administration of the government
OF the State is their business. They are
the State. They elect officers to work for
them and to conduct the business of the
State. The officers are their servants,
and they should be as obedient, as trust
worthy and a. faithful in the performance
Of their duties as the servants of the pri.
vste individuals who compose the State
are to their employers.
When q business man employs q per-
son he expects such employee to be com.
petent, faithful and at all times trust
worthy. To be competent he must un-
derstand the business; to be faithful he
must be honest and conscientious; to
be trustworthy, he must at all times, and
above all things, be sober.
A business man has no use for a drunk
ard. II an engineer, he may blow up the
engine, destroy the plant, ruin his en-
ployer, and perhaps sacrifice human life.
If bookkeeper, his books will not be
correct, his accounts will not balance, and
endless confusion will follow.
II q salesman, he will be disrespectful,
perhaps insulting, to customers, and thus
iniure his employers business.
If . c~ompositor. he will set type wrong,
make writer's say what they had not in
tended, make some laugh, some weep,
some pray, some sing, some dance, and
all subscribers as mad as q March hare.
And so il would be with any other
work.
Whatever he is, he is not reliable.
Whatever he does, he does wrong. He
is constantly in trouble and can not hold
his job. Nobody wants him. No SEN
sible man would employ such a person,
because he is q drunkard and not reliable.
Then why should the State or people
employ him? Why should they employ
q man to conduct the business of the
State. to execute its laws and protect the
lives and property of its citizens, whom
no citizen, no business man, no voter
would employ to manage his private bust
ness at any salary whatever?
Why should they elect such a man
Governor, Secretary Of State or Attorney
General to jeopardize the business in
terests of the State, and disgrace the peo-
pie? Is his example such as they would
wish their sons, wish the youth of the
State to initiate or follow? The example
OF such q man would do more to debase
and demoralize the youth of the State
than all the saloons within its borders.
What do the mothers Of young men now
entering upon their lifework think Of the
proposition? At least two such men &C.
cupy high positions in the government of
the State of Nevada to-day, and their
habits have s~candalized the people Of the
entire State. Is it necessary to mention
names?
Citizens, only a very small fraction of
your number car hold office, and they
should be clean men Of decent habits.
You are willing to support them in office
provided they are competent and honest,
and do not set an example that may cor
rupt and degrade your sons. but you are
willing to support men in idleness
whose conduct outrsges public decency
and brings dishonor on the State.
Citizens. the remedy is in your hands.
You W much to the State, but moth
ing to politicians, nothing to party. Be
rational, be patriotic. be true to your
selves, to your families and loyal to the
interests Of the State. Do not vote for
any man simply because he is labeled
Silver man, Democrat or Republican,
and does the bidding of some party boss.
Such men are time-servers, know MOTH
ing of party distinctions, and e the
party label only to obtain Office. Be true
your principles whether Republicans,
and Bimetallists. Favor
your party If you will, bat vote only for
good men, and give your party to dis