The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-08
A CORNER on JONES.

but the real and imaginary hamilton
which comes upon the pocket.
This gnawing appetite for money:
this lust of gold begotten of and
stimulated by desire for the spoils
of a political campaign out of which
some have got comforting crumbs OF
perf, is not unlike what was called
the gold fever in the early days OF
California. One mans luck in find
ing solid Jumps of actual gold
wrought an amazing appetite for the
finding of nuggets; and now, the knowl
edge Of being near man who has an
abundance of means and who asplres
to the Senate, awakens in minds or
dinarily free from the vice Of avarice,
an overwhelming desire for share
of that aspirant's store OF wealth.
The. notion is, doubtless. that there
is money close at hand that can be
had for the asking--can be got with
out the painful process of working
for it and earning it; and there is
some such fascination about this
unusual way of getting money as IN
the winning of prize in a lottery.
This is the disorder--this morbid
appetite for lingering free dollars
that moves certain classes of men to
throw obstacles in Jones way to the
Senate; for nobody can give any fair.
square reason for denying to Mr..
Jones the prize which he became
entitled to when Il ma ority OF the
Legislators elect were officially de
clared to be Republicans. BY all
the rules of party usage, Jones Is the
only Republican in the field; by all
that is honorable III political deal
ings the prize he sought at the hands
of the people is his--as they unmls-
taxable awarded it. If he were poor
there would be no talk of "a corner
on Jones'" He is the sort of man
that poor men like to back up as
against any capitalist. His misfor-
tune is that there is not some richer
man than he--some ambitious skin
flint running against him. Then
he would have plain sailing. 1t
would be hard to find man with
more of the native unauthorized
stuff out of which popularity is
made than Jones carries with him
without effort and without any need
or attempt at aifectation. But he
has no rival but Avarice; and Avar
ice would put him in retort ant
evaporate him and all his chances
for the Senate il only his gold would
remain for its clutching.
Is it to be demonstrated as fac
that men who have been enough res
pected by their fellow-citizens to be
awarded seats in the Legislature are
going to band together in little knot:
and corners and concoct small con
spiracies against this mans bank &C
count? Will one man, thus minded
be grovelling and foolish enough
, for mere money prospect or consl
deration to enter into an alliance
with others with like purpose, whe1
each must know that the other can
not be trusted with such degrading
secrets? There can be no conspiracy
! such as we have limited at or mag
! ined, without concert of action;
copartnership in prospective divl
dends from the Crown toint bullion
, supply. Even the act of co-operat
, ing with known or suspected mercen
, aries will put faint upon men who
may, of themselves, be wholly pure
! and free from improper motives an(
venal acts.
) Let those hitherto honest men wht
have got into the Generalization o
: the times halt and reflect upon tn
situation as it actually is. John P
: Jones is brim full of the stuff out o
which to make representative from
such State as Nevada. Healthfu
manhood and strong hearts ant
hands; youth, vigor, enterprise an'
/ pluck are here and all these quail
5 ties are wonderfully developed il
: Mr. Jones. He bent all his splendi'
Q energies to the redeeming of Neyad
from the clutch of the Democracy
! be met all open opponents upol
: their own terms, and finally van
: auished them; he is so much the sol
! occupant of the field in which h
! stands that any Republicans cand;