The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-14
TIME AND SPACE VERY PRECIOUS.

The Enterprise having made series
of sweeping and wholesale charges
against the Legislature that has just
adjourned which were a rehash of the
charges made against the two preced-
ing Legislatures in which it represent
ed that time place and nanes could
and would be given to the public,
nearly all the journals in the State
called upon that paper TO give the
names of the guilty WretcheS whom 1t
DrofeS>cd to know had oldthem>clveS.
Finding itself rather closely pressed
upon this point il now declines to give
the promised names. and virtually
confc>se> that 1t was only guessing at
matters which ii asserted 10 be within
is own personal knowledge. 1t says:
As we have been imprinted 10 give
these names by about all the papers in
the STATE. we heG to refer the curious
to the h~UmO-Taphic chart. We think
we are safe in asserting that quite two
thirds otthe members mentioned there
we're for sale. We have not space to
give the list. For further particulars,
we refer the News TO the White Pine
delegation.
1--WE beg 10 refer the curious to the
homographic chart" and pray what
light wouldthat docuincntth throw upon
the matter. We woIld evidently find
the various individuals comprisingthe
last Legislature classcd under the
heads of Democrat and Republican.
but while We have but little faith in
RaiicdliSm in general. weare not will
ing to believe that we would be safe in
classifying all of that faith under the
head of periured Williams. nor are we
willing to defend all the Democrats as
suspicion. We therefore beg 10 sub
mit that this classification is not salts
factory and the referecce will fail to
give any new light on the subject.
We in common with the public gen
orally can but rcgryt that the time and
space OF the Enterprise is 50 much oc-
Gu tlItt I'M JlldItti OK Sltsttti "tt-Il
that it cannot furnish The information
desired. Aud as an evidence OF the
general incrcdibiIity existing III the
public mind on the subject of proofs
Of corruption i'll the possession OF the
Enterprise we reproduce the following
the Reno Crescent, of Saturday.
a paper which always speaks with
much cantor ou all Subjects and is As
ready to condemn as to praise. when
demands il:
ON the recent adjournment of the
Legislature. the Enterprise repeats its
>t~erreotypetl edition OF false and slam
dCrou~ imputallon> against the lnteg-
rity and intelligence 0f every member
OF both Houses. We say every mem
Der. because the admission OF a few
exceptions without naming either the
innocent or the guilty. while it allows
every N to claim 10 tie of the honest
few. ii also places the ~a~>aS~in'> dag
ger in the hands OF each mdividual's
enemies.
Il j. no. our fortunc-Or under the
Enterprises Observation-Disclosures
to be personally acquainted with the
entire uncHIlcI ship. but some of them
We du know. and knowing them res,
them a. guo,l and true men. 1t
j. quite pu>sibic that thcrc were bah
cO.rap- ne III the LEGISLATURE: .
II not there ought To have hecn-thlt
a powerful minority might he fairly
represented. II we knew the IN
ami price, of all the rogut~. as the
ENTERPRISE profess 10. We would either
publish them that they might he
and avoided. or we would
deny The acquaintance for our credit