Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-10-07
Some Forgotten History.

Everything great lone by this oun
try in the last fifty years,' said John
Hay il his Jackson speech, -has been
done under the auspices OF the republic
chm party" Mr.. Root said in his key.
note speech at Chicago: Through
the republican party more than any
other political organization he moral
sentiment OF America finds expression.
1t cannot depart from the direction OF
it's tendencies" The republican party
thus Landed for its incompatible morris
by two of its most honored and eloquent
sons, has u good deal OF history. Dur
ing the second term OF General Grant
the impression got around that the in
comparable party was saturated with
corruption. There were enormous
whisky frauds, some Of which wore
prosecuted with good results, but the
bulk Of winch, though known, Hefo not
punished. Men very near the president
we're believed to put their official power
and official knowledge to m~onstrously
corrupt uses, and this impression WA
strengthened by the conviction OF ono
cabinet officer OF high crimes and mis-
demeanors, end the retirement OF other
| high officials in disgrace. So many
scandals t%ranspired, and 90 much gossip
WAS there about them. that, though
| General Grant himself was always be-
lieved to be a man OF honest purposes,
the people were brought-were doubt
| less mislcd-to the conviction that the
| republican administration was rotten to
the core, and n considerable majority ni
the voters were induced to cnst their
votes Tor Il democrat. tO-wit: Samuel
| Jones Tilden.
Everybody thought MIR. Tilden had
been elected. The awful disaster Of a
nent. IL it had beiallen, no one can say
to what extent the grand record which
Mr.. Hay ana Mr.. Root so ieelingly ~.
pound wJull haze he III curtailed. But
it did not befall. \ lot OF devoted patr.
ots. reused on election night by Senator
Bill Chandler, OF New Hampshire. Paul.
Revertng through the corridors OF tho
Fifth Avenue hotel, got up out OF bed
and hurled themselves into the nutner.
Gus breaches. Mr.. IIays WIS found to
be really entitled to lGj electoral votes.
Only twenty minutes were required 10
establish him in the White House. II was
not a simple act TO acquire those twenty
votee, but the republican patriots did
/ "a I,a Ihny ,,f AZ, lennon IT. .kIak
ono tLey had perhaps n mora right
But the four they got in Florida, the
seven from South Carolina, and eapecl
ally the eight from Louisiana, we're not
obtain ed without Il great deal Of hard
work. The cooperation Of many earn
est souIs, and much violence, doubtless,
to the feelings OF the patriots most con.
cerned. In Lou isiaha, whore il wss
necessary to throw ont over 10000 dem.
Ocratic vntca, the proceedings wore very
trying indeed. But tho noblo men who
had urdertakgh to avert disaater from
the country: were in~ieiatgably per.
sistcnt. The vote Of parish after pnrisb
was thrown out, usually OIL the ground
Of intimidation, supported by suoh svi.
denco IA wa necessary. Tho patriots
were rewarded by success, the humber
ones beng further rsmunei eted in cash.
the higher with ofiicc oi all degrees of
omolument md dignity.
And here VIC ooIno 10 The case Of the
devoted c0lored patriot, Eliza Pinkston.
She was a woman Of very humble sta.
ton, not we'll o.do, not we'll considered,