The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-06
the REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.

In giving place in our columns, a few
days since, to the call for the Republican
/ State Convention, we took occasion to
call attention to the prospect in the State,
and to comment on some points OF IN
terest in the call. Amongst other fea-
lures, we noticed the recommendation
hat the ballots ut the primary elections
express the preference of the voter for
the different offices to be filed by election
in the Fall. We thought the recommend
alton not good; as being liable to misuse
in the way of an illegitimate pressure
upon the free action of the properly
chosen delegates to compose the State
Convention. The selection Of a State
ticket this year must be very judiciously
performed. The Republican party VIII
have a clear majority, acting on an even
footing with the opposition' but no party
is ever so strong that it can afford with
impunity to take upon itself disadvan-
tages. The people in general know, Tor
instance, of several candidates for
ernor. All of us are faulty, and the con-
vention might possibly be influenced to
cast its choice upon a weak man-infu-
enced by an expression from voters not
fully conversant with the situation and
the merits and strength of a%spirants.
We have great faith in the people-in
the s~acredness of the voice of the peo-
ple-but this plan does not seem to us
to aim at getting the best men for can
didates. It looks like an attempt to en-
ploy the moral force of the Crawford
county plan without assuming the
open field for the issue. Suppose we
have objections to possible candidates, a
number of considerations. based on par
tisan policy, might restrain us from put
ting those objections in print. Our OBJ
ieciions might be grave, and yet not in
superable; might be serious, yet not sufi-
cient to prevent us from supporting the
candidate in event of his nomination.
1t would not be pleasant, then, to be
obliged to sit by and see the objectiona-
bic man chosen. The better plan is, to
give full expression on general princi-
pies and general characteristics, and let
ninety-6ye faithful delegates carefully,
conscientiously, canvass the characters
of the aspirqnts. The Enterprise, in its
issue of the I'd, discusses this matter,
and following is a portion of its article:
The Republican State Central Com
mittee recommended that the several
County Committees of the party provide
that, at the primary elections, the people
be requested to express their preference
for candidates for the several offices to
be filed at the approaching election,
State and county, by a direct vote. The
recommendation is wholesome, yet it is
well, perhaps. that it was put in form of
a suggestion, leaving the County Com
mittees TO accept or decline it, as may
seem best for the harmony of the party.
For reasons already given, the plan will
not be adopted in this county-the Gold
Hill candidates for county nominations
refusing to submit their claims to a popu-
lar vote of the party, a majority of which
within the county is concentrated at Vir-
ginia. An objection to the plan, based
to n great extent upon a somewhat SINH
lar distribution of party strength, Is made
in White Pine county.
The latter sentence is not correct. No
such objection for such reason, exists.
Following the above, The Enterprise
quotes our item against the proposition;
and thus disposes of it:
we are satisfied that The News has not
given it's real reasons for opposing the
recommendation of the committee, and
to disguise them, objects to the sugges-
ton throughout. We believe the pro-
posed plan to be n good one, and hope it
may be accepted wherever the harmony
of the party may not be affected by it,
This is entirely gratuitous, and unjus-
tilted. The objections named on the pre-
vious occasion and repeated above, are
the real objections we have TO the her.
m~aphrodite Crawford county PLAN
and we can not so much as guess what
other u contemporary would attribute to
MS. Certainly we are not in the interest
of any clique, for we wish to see them
all secuted from the ~covention. We are
committed to no candidate, and wish
only to see the best men succeed.