Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-15
FOR NEVADA LkaIsLAToRs
TO Read.

The following communication from
q well-known citizen Of Carson we
recommend to the careful perusal and
honest, critical consideration Of each
member Of the present Nevada Legls-
lature:
Carson CRY, Jan. IA, 1873.
EDITOR News: viii you, from your
general knowledge Of things, inform
the people Of the State Of Nevada how
1t Is that John P. Jones, the candidate
for the United States Senate for the
State Of Nevada, has represented him
self q n anti-monopolist and an anti
C. 2. r. R. man, when 1t Is we'll known
that the c. P. K. X. Is his staunch
friend? Jones has always plumed
himself on his anti-railroad and anti
monopoly proclivlties, and was really
for a time believed to be a peoples
man. This fact Is patent to all who
have had the honor Of hearing the
honorable gentleman declare his sentl-
ments.
No one blames the G. z. r. r. for
supporting Mr.. Jones, for the manage
ment of that Institution has a world
wide reputation for ability In discern
Ing character; and no M can blame
Mr.. Jones for accepting the aid OF that
powerful institution In his struggle for
place aud power: all he can be blamed
for Is his denunciation OF the corpora
ton and all other monOpolies, and at
the same time clinglng to 1t for the
furtherance Of his own Interests. The
people know that 1t IA now useless to
consider the matter of the Senatorial
election only as far IS the Legislators
are concerned but Is 1t not the duty
OF the public press to show the misap-
p%rehensions the Legislators have Ia
bored under?
Many Of them, good men aud true,
have been induced to pledge their vote
to Hon. J.. P. Jones Oh the belief that
he was ever a supporter Of the admin
istration Of General Grant, and a
strong anti-monopolist also, and under
these misapprehensions they have, as
good Republicans. felt themselves In a
measure bound to join the caucus that
nominated MI. Jones. There are up
right, honorable gentlemen In the
present Legislature, men who would
cut off their right hand rather than
elect a man who by specious talk has
deceived them, and it Is far from too
late to put up a good man, to whom
the legislators n turn with full pur-
pose OF heart. The eyes of the people
Of the whole Pacific coast are anx-
iously turned towards the Nevada
Legislature, and 1t will be we'll IT they
take All immediate and determined
standpoint in the Senatorial affair.
The questions for the gentlemen to
decide seem to be these: DO you be-
lleve that John z. Jones Is n truthful
man? Do you believe from the course
he has pursued, the company he has
kept and the agents he has used, dur
Ing his election campaign, that he Is n
man you can trust as the representa-
tive Of the State Of Nevada? Do you
believe that while In public he was
supporting President Grant, that In
private he was, In the most scurrilous
manner, abusing him? DO you desire
to labor under the imputation of hay
ing been bought, body and soul, to
vote for J. P. Jones? In fine, do you,
as sworn servants of the State OF Ne
vada, believe that Mr.. Jones is the
only man you can elect to the position
of United States Senator, and do you
not know that there are q hundred bet
ter Republicans, better statesmen and
better men, that you can elect as the
servant Of the State Of Nevada?
We contend that In no stage of life
Is 1t too late to mend. The people
have elected an Intelligent body Of
men to represent them In the Senate
and Assembly, and 1t remains for ed
itors Of State papers to point out the
vortex, on the edge Of which said
Senators and Assemblymen stand, aud
to show them an honorable method OF
escaping the obliquy that must attach
to them II they elect a man who has
boosted of purchasing his votes with
coin. and owning the souls aud bodies
Of the legislators Of Nevada.
"Bo wise to-day, it's madness to
defpr.n *.*