Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-15
RECEIVED IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

The Carson appeal is showing a very
fair and commendabls degree Of enthu-
siasm, In urging upon the citizens oil
Carson to fulHll some Of their promises
70 the people Of Nevada, out Of whose
pockets has been taken much OF the
money which has gone to bsautify that
town, and out Of tho pockets Of whose
representatives every alternate Winter.
large sums in the aggregate find thsir way
into the tills OF Carson's business men.
In calling attention to the fact that a
promise on the part Of Carson citizens
to h1 up the Capitol grounds remains
uniulhllsd. We merely repeated acommon
remark and q fact which 10 tho subject
Of u~niavorabls comment throughout the
State. We are aware that there are
other causes OF complaint which.
whether justly or not, have affected the
reputation OF the State Capital most
~unfavorably. But this Capitol ground
matter is the first and most salient point
Of attack. because il not only shows =
lack Of public spirit, but q positive re-
pudiation Of q plain promise. The
Appeal is pleased to take our article upon
this matter in the proper spirt-ss 1t
should. for we merely desired to second
its own motion in the preuises-and
after quoting thersirom at considerable
length. uses this language:
The question IL. then. can ve afford
10 rest under this imputation' Anybody
can repeat the good, old. sound argu..
msnts that the State IL the proprietor OF
the SQUARE and should itself improve its
own property; that the sdornments, II
desirsbls TO the State, should be dcne by
the State; that there 10 no fairness In
sskine Carson TO tax itself TO bsautify
the States property; etc. But that's
dodQing the question. The thing We
have 10 deal with and which We all
would like to avert and turn aside. Is
the popular ill-fssling against Carson.
From q consideration Of this question
We rise TO ask ourselves II II would not
Be better TO consider ourselves bound to
fulhll . promise to put the plaza IN the
desired shape, and take upon ourselves
the sxpsnss OF doing II, rather than that
our city should continue to Be regarded
with 30 universal o sense OF disfavors
That's the question.
This ID sensible and to the point. 1t
Ia true that the Capitol grounds be-
lsng to the State and also true that
they will b fixed up by taxpayers OF
the State at large II Carson fails TO keep
her word. But ii strikes US that there
10 somsthing better than waiting for the
STATE to do that which has been prom
issd by private enterprise. In short, 1t
seems TO us that the reputation Of . town
for fairness, probity and business intes-
rity IL worth more than the psltry dol
lars required TO fulhll its agreements
with the outside public. Carson City is
. growing town. II is filed already to
s~vsrfowing with people. Within two
weeks there will hardly DO a o OBJ
tainabls in the town. and within seventy
days large sums will be harvested by her
shop-ksepsrs and business men from
the swarm Of strangers who will find
thsir way TO the State Capital daring the
Legislative session. Her taxable prop
srty increases with every new building
erected. and in all candor We submit
that her reputation for square dealing
should Be commensurate with her in
creased prosperity. In all OF which
remarks. and those heretofore submit
ted. We are actuatsd by no carping spirit,
but sheer frisndliness toward that town.