Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-19
UNION MASS MEETING.

On Saturday evening next, Mass Meeting of
the Union men Of Storey county will BE- held Ut
the Court House in Virginia. On the first Mon
day in June an election is TO be held for ten dele
yates 20 the Convention, 10 meet in Carson on
the first Monday in July, 10 frame State Con
stitutiOn. The object Of the Mass Meeting on
Saturday evening is the selection of delegates
10 be supported At that election BY the Union
men of Storey. The old system Of primary cleo
lions, which from the custom Of years had become.
although unrecognized by law, actually part Of
the system of our Republican form Of Govern
meus. was theoretically the best fairest and most
practical method of arriving at the choice of the
majority Of the party. 1t was At those primaries
alone that the citizen could exercise his individual
choice TO who among the members OF his own
faith should be placed upon the tickle: OF his
party. After the matter had passed into the
hands Of the Nominating Convention, the voice Of
the citizen was lost, and be had left him but the
choice between the ticket that should be pre-
pared for him by the Convention and thar pre-
pared by his political opponents. The primary
election became, therefore, although unrecognised
by law, tho really most important part of the
garded by the mass OF citizens and taxpayers, and
had they given TO it 1.-THE of the time and care
and anxiety which they devoted 10 the election OF
the ticket which was placed in their hands on
the day OF the general election, but which they
had no part in selecting, the country would have
been better governed What would have been
the condition Of the nation. compared with the
present awful state Of affairs, is question tina;
we shall not at this time pause to speculate upon,
but that it nigh: profit our citizens to ponder
II their leisure
The fac: about these primary elections we are
all familiar with 1t is written in the political
memory of every citizen, the years of whose ma
jori,y number half . score. We all know that
the primary election was such scene OF corrup-
ton, dirty triekery, fraud and rowdyisn, that the
quiet, pesceable and respectable citizen summed
its foul contact and let i; 90 BY default 1t fell
into the hands of political thieves and dema-
gogues, and a ruffian horde Of shoulder. strikers
who did their bidding. The very springs and
fountains of free government became poisoned,
and that gross and outrageous misrule should
follow was a natural result. In san Francisco
this state of things continued until the evil could
be no longer borne; and then a change was inau-
Eurated and another system was introduced The
citizen who had neither the time to spare, nor the
disposition to aght his way TO the partisan ballot
box at the primary election, could well spare an
hour al q mass meeting in the evening, and assist
in electiDg, from among well-known and trust
worthy citizens. a Nominating Committee, who
could. at their leisure, and upon calm reflection
select a ticket Of candidates that the citizens
could support with satisfaction. That system
has prevailed in San Francisco these many years,
and has been found 10 work well The result Is
that the occupation Of the political Rounder and
Rough is gone. and that city is well governed 1t
is for such purpose thai the citizens of Storey
county are called upon 20 assemble on Saturday
evening next, and we hope that every good citi-
zen. whose other engagements do not positively
prohibit, will be present and make his influence
felt in the proceedings there to be had.