Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-11
FACTS FOR TME PEOPLE.

EprroR News: The Enterprise OF
yesterday again INDUCED in a column
and n half Of maudlin small talk about
the Senatorial contest In this State ;
launching forth in bitter %invectives Oh
the old, old theme Of the Rings, Mo-
nopolies, j. p. Jones aud Senator Nye,
worrying itself completely out Of wind
in vile vituperations Of the best bu'i-
ness Interests Of the State, heaping II
assertion upon another until there
was hardly room for more, and finally
winding up in that same old twaddIing
strain that Jones ought to be Senator
anyhow, that II he Is not the choice Of
the people he ought to be, because he
was q commoner By Instinct, and that
having gobbled up the Crown Point
and Savage, lie was now above the
reach of mercenary temptation. and
could therefore be safely trusted with
the Seuatorship certainly the weak
est, the most contemptuous argument
any newspaper, supposed to be edited
by a san man, cou u possibly stoop 70.
Never once standing squarely up In
vigorous manlincSS rs q champion OF
the truth aud the right, 1t does not
give what the very nature Of the case
demands for Its laIdations Of John z.
Jones. logical facts, sound reason, and
m~eritoriOus deeds. 1t 1.-THE Enterprise)
Is his mouth-piece, asserts that he
would never "betray their interests"
Now. sir, what prO9f has that organ to
OTTER for this bold assertion? Is 1t In
the record Of what he has accomplish.
ed since his residence in Nevada? The
people demand to know these things ;
they are not willing yet to let the En-.
,erprise take them hy the nose and
lead them up to the polls and vote
them to suit It's W selfish Interests,
whether the subject Is tt and wor-
thy TO receive their votes or not. They
are just as capable judges as 1t Is. so IL
it has any proof Of these assertions let
Us have it.
Again, 1t says, "the people feel that
the cardinal qualification for office
should be incorruptible fidelity to their
interests" So they should feel ; It Is
right but do they feel In that way to-
ward Jones? Does the Enterprise
~tprivatelyl feel that way? and has MI.
Jones ever exhibited such qualities rs
to make them feel that he was the pos
SCISSOR Of any such qualification, and If
20, In what has he done it?
Was it in the manner of the acquisition
OF the immense wealth he is accredited
with ; or perhaps 1t Is In his heavy
bulling operations for the benefit OF his
friends on Montgomery street or,
perhaps, In the wonderful advantage
his long continued absence may be to
the stockholders of the mine he pre-
tends to superintend. Again, 1t says :
They have accused MIN OF ~treachery
to his friends, advising them to buy
stocks when lie was selling. They
have sought to fasten upon him the
stigma Of the Ring, by asserting that
he was its chosen candidate. They
have accused him Of cotrupting the
press. briblng electors. employing dis
reputable men, subsidising groggerics
and brothels," aud then holds up Its
hands in holy horror. shuts its mouth,
becomes tongue-tied and speechless.
The Enterprise, the champion, the
professed advocate, the deeply inter-
ested friend, has not one word Of de-
Tense to offer to all these abominablc,
damniug accusations. Out upon such
n fraud, such a champion I; or, rather.
out upon the man who, when he feels
aud knows that the object he Is cling
Ing to Is unworthy, and his cause Is
lost, has not the manly courage TO step
forth, free himself and say, "stocks
may 60 to the devil ; as for me and mine
~henceforth, we will serve the Lord"
Yes, Mr.. Enterprise, that manner OF
procedure Is n little too thin /; too
weak ; the people demand of you, the
organ, the m~outhplece Of J. p. Jones,
the refutation Of these ~disgraceful
charges, and In the absence of such
proofs, will hold YOU convicted Of tile
wilful Misrepresentation of facts, Of
the truth ; so no more whipping the
devil round the bush, but come to time.
Ii. w.
Virginia City, Sept. II, 1872.