The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-27
LOCKWOOD VS.. WATERS.

Under the ABOVE caption, me eultol
oftEe Carson Appeal has, in our eSti
nation, launched rather too tar sea
ward i'm reply to ournotice of the Dem
ocratic and Liberal Republican candi
date for the State Senate of Ormshv
county. Our idea was to state the
qualifications of the candidate on Our
ticket, and we believe that we gave
cur ..dictum" fairly and without the
semblance of malice towards the Op
posing candidate. fact l>that We
have determined not to permit Our>eif,
10y any slur. inuendo or un~gentIeman
" remark of editors in general. and
the editor OF the Carson appeal in par
~ficular. 20 he drawn into IN evidently
desired editorial fight. With this i'm
in view we have ah>tained fr0n: resort
ing to personalities. when writing on
the political aSpirant> of thn party al
verse to ours. We stated that Dr..
Waters belonged to no party or Sect
OF course we should not 50 far stultity
Our>elf and party As to ignore the Doc
tor as 4 party man. We are proud to
acknowledges him as a Democrat in the
fullest sicnitication of the term. y
-nan of and for the people; Il man VIII"
will see that the will of the people i
carried out What we intended to con
vev and what every sensible mar
would necessarily understand from
our remarks i. that Dr. Waters does
not belong 10 any II nan hat he il
rot in the employ Of any one mar OF
set Of men: that if elected lie vii gave
his vote to the man his constituents
ma prefer for United States Senator.
We believe. and can prove, that Or.
Waters is pledged to no man for the
United States Senate. We know that
lie viii nos give his ballot to q nlonop
oily candidate. We know and DEFY
contradiction % the assertion, that his
onponent is pledged body and soul to
the support of All individual for the
Lni.ei states Senate. With this view
rt the rival candidate, what is the
uut.ook?
oar candidate is a large property
Csnerardtaxpayerin Orln>by county;
al his interests are identified with the
present and future prosperity of this
county lac has a large medical prac
tire. and from al! appearances his in
rcution is To live and die among Us.
His opponent. "Andrew Jackson
Lockwood. ESQ" is, we admit. Il gem
t'eman of considerable ability. and has
proved himself a fair sample Of the
Nevada legislators. We believe him
to he a strictly honest man, but here
all comparison ends between the two
tandldt.es. Mr.. Lockwood is Il man
Of means. but has no taxable property
that we know of. He is directly i'll the
employ of and derivingh Is subsistence
from the Republican candidate for the
United States Senate and gained his
nomination under a pledge TO support
j. present employer tor that position.
Here the argument must end, and on
this point must the relative merits OF
the two aSpirantS be determined. We
calm that DIR. Waters has the advan-
tage of his opponent for the reasons
stated, and we further state that the
people have the right 10 expect from
the superior educational attachments
cf DR.. Waters. Il better advocate of the
Interests of the county and State than
from Mr.. Lockwood. We have looked
over the atute and Journals OF the
State of Nevada and fail to find any
work done by Mr.. Lockwood that
should commend him 50 strongly t o
the people of OrniSby county. We
~:pprehenI that neither Of the candi
ai4res desire to take their respective
sides and fight, a giadiatOrs, the war
of the rebellion I'VE again. As far as
we have been able 10 learn neither
., n:leuneu lost mach blood or money
the late war; in fact, we believe
them bo.h to have beer o combat
ants.
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