Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-27
: LET Us APPLY THE FACTS.

The Enterprise In this mornings Is
sue elects to compliment an editorial
of the NEWS last evening, In its usual
hearty way. In other words. after
~concedlng said article to be just, phil
osophical and creditable tof course
comparatively SOY. 1t finds fault with
our deductions and conclusions In Its
own inimitable manner. 1t says We
are "snubbed to the same old hitchlng
post" We might retort that It 1.-THE
Enterprise) Is afioat on = wide ocean Of
antiquities, a sea Of g%eneralities, a
flowing river Of impractlcalities, sans
compass, sail or rudder. But we con-
tent ourselves with queries and quota
tions.
IAN that Is necessary to catch lsrks
Is for the sky to fall" says the Eater
prise In paraphrasing a truth we hon.
estly ~enunciated, viz: that ''the nom.
ina.ion Of good men aud the selection
and enforcement of good m~easures'''is
the highest duty Of electors and the
only way TO reform our political sys-
tenn. The comparison may be felici-
tous, Il may be conclusive against Us,
but wherein? VIII the Enterprise pro-
pose some other and better method OF
obtaining good governors and govern
ment?
LAS parties are now leadered and
conducted" isays the Enterprise) 1.-THE
people have no more voice In the sell
ection of candidates than they have
In controlling tho eclipses Of the
moon" This Is a broad statement,
aud II true, an evil which should and
must be corrected. Let US. however,
test 1t by local application. First ;
we assume As u fact (which Is patent to
its readersl. that tho Entrprise Is
specially opposed to the Republican
party. Next; We say that the leaders
Of that party In this State to-day, II
any such there be, arc those who man.
aged Its campaign a year ago last Au-
tumn and those elected through the
votes OF Its supporters. In other
words, we claim, and without fear Of
contradiction, that the Republican
party Is "leadered and conducted"
to-day. by the same men who two
years since controlled Its organization,
except land hero we disclaim intended
personality the editor Of the Enter
,erpriss. There has since been in this
State no election. No facts, such as
stated by the Enterprise. can exist now
which did not then. No call or OPP
~portunity for the selection Of can
dldstes" has been afforded or required.
The conclusion then must be, that the
people of Nevada. the Republican
electors Of this State at the last cleo.
tioa had no choice in the selection Of
candidates, any more than they had
..in controlling the eclipses OF the
moon" Is the Enterprise. In view Of
its record. prepared to admit this con
clusion? II not, will 1t please ex-
plain it away?
Again. let US apply the facts, as sta
ted by the Enterprise. "Less than a
o OF men virtually dictate the
nominations Of both parties" Who
are those OF this shortened score, who,
In Nevada, have dictated and now die,
tate nominees to Republicans? Who
were they In the last election? The
leaders Of the Republican party In
Nevada to-day are they who represent
4, In State aud National affairs. They
are. until their terms expire (unless
recalcitraut. exponents Of Republican
managemsnt-working and managing
agents. 50 to speak-of Republican
policy. Is the Enterprise aware who
dictated these nominees? Did It OPP
pose them on this ground In our ''st
election? Did 1t not rather aid iE
their selection, and In 20 doing I'LL Its
place as a public journal? Is It now
prepared to condemn the Senator
whom the Republican party elected
last Winter? Does It repudiste tho
men whose nominations It confessedly
dictated. and whose election 1t strenu-
ously urged upon Republican electors?
These local applications Of the state
ments assumed as truths BY the Enter
prise become somewhat personal and
perhaps embarrassing.
One other polnt-and to our mind
the Enterprise speaks wildly this morn
ing-is this. "If It BE- attempted to
correct this abuse" there referring to
tie dictatiou Of nominees by party
leaders, "then will the deposed lead
ers draw or their forces and the party
suffer defeat" Who are the Republl-
can leaders In Nevada who deny the
right Of the people to select their rul-
ers? Who assume to dictate nominees?
Let US be plain. We call upon the
Enterprise to name the leaders Of the
Republican party In Nevada who thus
assume to themselves the functions Of
tyrants. and who, II they cannot con-
troll the party evil draw of their
forces" and defeat 1t. The charge
Il grave. We want to know these
men, and hereby pledge our
selves to do u utmost to expose both
them and their designs. 1t cannot be
our Senators. surely not the one last
elected. Neither can It be the late
Presidential electors. We know Of
no State officer thus d~omineering, nor
of any(nowlR Republican editor who will
draw off mis- forces should his nam
dates be refused compliance. And yet
they each and all are leaders, and were
50 in November 1872. VIII the Enter
prise. out Of Its eruditien, from It's fund