Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-21
CORRECT DECISION.

Al the meeting Of the Storey County
Republican Committee. held in Virginia
City last Saturday. Judge Rising. at the
instsnce and request Of Mr.. belong
according to the Chronic!s). offered a
series Of resolutions for adoption by the
committee. These resolutions provided
that an persons placed in nomination
for the Senate and Assembly shall. be-
fore being balloted for. pledge them
selves in case Of their election, to sup
port for United States Senator such Re
publican candidate as may have received
at the general election q majority Of
votes in this county over any other Re
publican candidate. and that members
Of the party DO requested to indicate
such choice upon the tickets voted.
This. upon the surface, appears fair en-
ough; but 1t conceals . possible fraud.
which in certain contingencies. might
result disastrously to tho Republican
party. 1t is IN attempt to transfer the
Crawford plan Of holding primary cleo
tons to the general election, and there
apply Il TO Senatorial candidates. Its in
evitable result would be to send o d.
vided Republican vote for United States
Senator TO the Legislature. and imperil
the election Of any Republican candi-
date for Senator. even though the party
may have a clear majority in the Legis-
lature. The Chronicle last evening. Ia
king q superficial view OF the propo-
sition. is convinced Of its fairness. and
says:
The plan proposed by Mr.. belong.
II II had been adopted. would have
drawn the Senatorial candidates, at least
as far a. this county was concerned, out
OF the canvass for State and county Of
fcers, and being adopted here. would
probably have been adopted elsewhere
throughout the State.
In our judgment II would do nothing
OF the kind. but would complicate mat
ters far more than at present in that 1t
would subordinate (the Office Of United
States Senator being the most import
anti all other contests at tho general
election to that Of m endeavor by vari-
Gus Senatorial candidates to have their
names upon the ballots as the choice Of
the electors for that Office. II would d.
vert attention from the State and county
tickets to the Senatorial contest e.
clusively, thereby imperiling the cleo
ton OF good men upon those tickets for
executive. legislative and judicial offices,
and reducing the election in each coun-
ty. where adopted. to q scramble for the
insertion or placing Of the names OF
various Senatorial candidates upon the
tickets voted. Moreover. it would place
In the hands OF one or more gentlemen
receiving a minority Of Republican
votes in the State at large. but n
majority in one or more counties.
q balance. or assumed balance Of
power, which could but result in Trading
and bartering when the contest came up
for final decision. II would enable min
ority candidates to combine legis-
lative delegations 10 rs to de-
feat the person who by a clear
vote OF the people had n majority over
any other Republican candidate, but
not over such possible combinations.
Legislative delegations, having been in
structed to vote for the expressed choice
OF their constituents in any county, and
finding such candidate in a hopeless mi
nority. would have the indubitable right
TO combine upon any party candidate
they saw ct. The result might DO a
We have intimated. or what would be
Just as fatal to Republican success, a
deadlock in the Legislature. II the
test had been extended, so as to pledge
Legislators to vote for such candidate for
Senator as had been designated by a
majority Of Republicans in all tho
ties ; or. in other words. the State at
large. there would have been more
show Of fairness /; but in that event the
evil Tan inevitable one) OF subrogatng
the entire contest TO the choice for
United States Senator would still exist,
and with the results wa have indicated.
We think the County Committee acted
wisely in rejecting Mr.. belongs propo-
sition, and pursuing the course hereto
fore followed Of making the contest at
the Primaries and Convention, and
electing Legislators pledged to support
the candidate who in the primary con-
test was successful. The final choice is
TO DO made by the Legislature. Let
each candidate for Senatorial honors en-
deavor through the votes OF his sup
porters to have such men as he deems
favorable to his aspirations selected. and
in all fairness and consistency. but
bound by no absolute pledge, let de-
fsated aspirants ''stand in" to the sup
port Of the successful aspirant.
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