The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-10-05

esty: those members who adhered to the
text Of the Chicago platform. or those who
were described by the editor Of the Enterprise
in his edition of March 9, 1869? In that
number the Enterprise gloats over its own in
fanny. and that of its associates, in the follow
Ing style:
For the benefit Of Messrs Bowman and Cleveland.
and all other Republicans in the legislature who op
attributed "a them. constrained To remark that
IL Il quite true that the success OF the Republican
party would have been quite seriously Jeoparded by
akin the proposed ndme part OF the Chicago
platform last year. And will make the addition
al admission that 1t Tn out Of he pidOrn-IeiHg
at c time 10 the dPpreheHgion Of ercry intelligent
Republican IN the land fred principle Of hs party
the ndivisibility Of the Cnion-fcr the sole pur-
pose of securing the of such r>dkkH,ed Rcpuo
hodHS a. a majority Of those who voted against the
proposed amendment in the Assembly. Had they
been bed. rock Republicans they would have made the
discovery long this but they not: ue CAed9o
platform rds R,dds for them and hSir kind r1s
pfece cf political hrdgy. that PLATFORM and Messrs
Bowman and Cleveland occupy 6 rather ptiable atb
tude in attempting 10 stand upon hmt the purposes
cfhe party BY II noe They have been deceived-there
- no doubt about IL, and IL they choose to seek
by wheeling into the ranks of the opposition
shall not refer unpleasanty TO the change We hare
just r1eS men a, .v ar We have Lept them with the
party by resOrting to all kinds of riekery. We have
dLSgu'ed rodiPuoses. given them Offices occasion
ally, and oyerAwed them sometimes by fictitious eI-
hibitious Of strength But the holHess of cause
warranted resort t. dny aud erery Of IueceSJ
We can spare them nor. The grand eliminating point
OF the party has been passed. The Fifteenth Amend
ment has been ratified by Nevada. and before the
meeting of another Legislature in Thu State will be
irreYocahle part of the Federal Constitution. We
thus Nerddd 10 political dOuJL,ieIiing, and
It may be safely done we feel like smoothing the
path Of Messrs. Bowman, remnant. Cleveland May
hugh Company out Of the party by candidly comics
sing IL.
What are the people of Nevada to expect
from this cauldron of corruption, fraud and
outrage, in every conceivable form, which
bubbles up wherever the surface is exposed?
Such an utter recklessness of even the ap-
pearance of virtue has never been excelled in
any State or age. Out of this seething mass
of self-confessed corruption is to be evolved
n State government! We ask what sort of
government are we to expect from this infa-
nous source? Is it such government as any
honest man, be he Republican or Democrat
can take any stock in, with clean hands OF un-
sullied consciencef Is the perpetuation of
the power of such men to be desired?
The Ring" is now reaching out into the
country counties to secure the power which
is imperiled by the uprising of the people in
the western counties. They must have pos
session of the next Legislature. Unlike the
Enterprise, we have no accusations to make
| against the Republican Legislative nominees
of Elko county. As far as we know, they are
good and capable men, but their political
| sympathies and associations will naturally
lead them into the very camp of the despoil.
ers of the people. Perfect safety requires an
absolute cutting loose from the corrupt and
corrupting influences which have been the
bane of the State. We must begin at the
very foundation, if We would ever cleanse the
Legislature. We must send men there who are
the foes, and not the friends. of the Ring
| or tue party or tools of the Ring"
The Democracy of Eiko have named such
| men-men against whom no word of reproach
can be uttered. With w. F. Dyer in the
Senate, and Ellyson and Savage in the Assem-.
bly,, the people can feel secure in the conf
dence that 10 eutangling alliances or partisan
sympathies will allure or force those represen,
| tatiyes from the fulfllment Of their dnties
that the statutes, so far as they can influence
! them, will conform 10 Blackstone's definition
of law, as "a rule of civil action, prescribed
10y the supreme power of the State, command
ing what is right and prohibiting what is
wrong"