Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-19
IL THE .ENrERPRIsEr ExEMPTEDs

GOLD HILL :, MONDAY. JAN. 10. 1874
- THE aENrERPRIsE" ExEMPTHDs
The Territorial Enterprise continues,
In plain violation OF the Law Of March
7th, 1873. Of the decision Of the Su-
preme Court declaring the Act under
which IL was Instituted, uncon
stitutional. and In the face Of facts
which otherwise would condemn Its
action In the matter, to publish daily
As new. the advertisement OF the Ne
vada Lottery. 1t does this after Ii has
published the decision Of the Supreme
Court deciding, under the law Of
March 7th, 1873, the manager Of that
scheme guilty OF . mlsdemeanor, aud
refusing his release upon a writ Of
habeas corpus. The Eaterprise may
have some rested rights as a%journal,
unknown to US, or s~ppertalning to Its
proprietor exclusively. It may have
been, BY some obscure process. ex.
emptsd from the penalties accrulng
from = repeated violation Of the Act
to prohibit Lotteries" Aforesaid.
though upon the face Of said Act It ap-
pears to be general In its application.
As. however, we are unwilling to be.
lisve such exemption has been made.
and desire the full rights OF competi-
tion In the matter Of advertising which
are enjoyed by contemporaries; as.
moreover, every Journal In this State
Il. by the terms Of the "Act to pro-
hlbit lotteries" enjoinsd from aiding
them In any manner whatever ; aud as
finally, we are anxious to know II the
Enterprise has 4 special exemption
from the terms Of this or any other
general law OF this State, or n special
franchise to violate law with lmpunlty.
we hereby call the attention Of the Dis.
trict Attorney Of Storey county, aud
the Attorney General Of Nevada, to
the following facts: First-that BY q
late decision OF the Supreme Court Of
Nevada, the Act OF March 3. 1871, au-
thorizlng the Nevada Benevolent As
ISOLATION scheme, or, rs It Is generally
known, the Nevada Lottery, has been
declared unconstitutional. Second-
that In the same opinion Of the Court.
the "Act to prohibit lotteries" APP
proved March Z, 1873, !, declared valid.
Thlrd-that tho provisions Of said last
named Act are such as to make Ii
misdemeanor to publish the advertise
ment OF. or In any way aid or aoet In
the establishment or furtherancc Of any
lottery within the State Of Nevada.
Fourth-thst the Territorial EHierpri.e
has published, sluce the first day OF
January. 1874. and still continues so to
do, an advertisement setting forth the
advantages Of the so-called Nevada
Lottery. We finally call the attention
Of the officers named, to their duty In
these premises, as provided In the 'Act
TO prohibit lotteries" approved March
Z. 1873.
There Is = mo-al aspect In this ac-
tlon Of the Terri;, iai Enterprise which
VIC will not now discuss. IL will be
remembered. however. that the law
whom it Is constantly attracting, was
passed by q Republican Legislature,
which IL was foremost In selecting and
electlng. It would seem as q mere
matter Of consistency that the Enter.
Prise, instead OF violating. would be
morally under obligation, TO uphold
legislation for which II was, to say the
least, indirectly responsible. Perhaps,
however, violation OF statutory law is
n OF the numbsrless and salutsry re-
forms We may he permitted to enjoy
under the new dlspensatlon As pro-
claimed In the editorial columns OF
that reform illuminated Journal. The
old saying that by their works shall
ye know taem," Is another truism
from which the Enterprise must here
after. In Its howlings for . special and
peculiar system Of reform. be exempt
ed. The Pythoness which ''wrlthes
upon tho Tripod" As proprietor aud
manager Of that oracular law.breaker,
|, starting early In its communls,lc
crusade. Contempt for law lsa cardinal
principle OF the lnternstionals and the
Commune. The Enterpriss begins well
as their organ.