Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-01
SpE CI1sEV COLLECTORS.

By an Act Of the last Legislature $40
$50 Of State lands, was appropriated for
| the collection and exhibition Of >reci-
mems Of the ores ana minerals OF Nevada
at the Centennial. The expenditure of
! the appTo priatior. by the provisions Of
the Act. was LIFT to the Executive Com
mittee Of the State Board OF Centennial
| Managers. The members OF the Board
! receive nc compensation Tor their ser
! vices, cnrse gGently bat t@Ur meetings are
held, Guli 4. quorum Is seldom present at
the meetings A. the time for action
had arrived and no p-Ts0a had been Sc
l7c;ed iy the Pparl to carry ont the OBJ
jscs fo- whi, the approximation was
made. the President Of the Board
sImsd the responsibility Of EIn.imE one.
subject to the approval Of the Board.
The person selected VAS y. /. S't :r4Et.
tnan whom no person IL the STATE = bet
ter qualified Stewart al once cnit:e!
upon the duties assigned lin. and suiIe
time -iuce visited the iasAiuI camps 81
rt.4teG atonc the railroad II Humboldt
and Lander counties. Some nC"nt Was
EXPIRE :, /: .ss to- his authority by R-pu5-
lican lGII:si~. bit none aS tn his quail
ficuiioa&. Last week Il meeting OF the
Executive Committee wis u-id 1t Car
son. all the uIeEiers prese,E being lie
pu5licaus. / appears that the appoint
ment of Stew.st 10 represent the State IN
the collection. and exhibition OF spscl-
luens die rot met the approval "f Il
majority If The Committee. l.. ct.,.-- "t
his political principles L won't! Ia: do
20 -Iv= :. person entertaining roii'lc's:
3 70 ] FF-..
Of tee collection. even though his gag.i-
ticatious and iitns - for the position Wee
acknowledged t. t.e superior I" all
others who nst irtd to the place. he
Board therefore appointed Is SECRETARY,
Il. L. Whitehall, chief ana W. = S:eN-
art assistant collector OF specimens Ia
Nevada. Stewart Is now IN Lander
county collecting samples g: the ore> "i
that cuEnty for the oxAIUItlon. and
though he viii probably he expected 10
10 all toe work - assistant. .Ae credit 81
course viii hslougt TO the principal. So
much iog politics where politics do n"i
belong. and should not figure in any
respect whateytr.-.Siirer state.
There are 10 politica! considerations
affecting this matter. save what yoU
have dragged into it. The chief man Of
the Centennial Board i'll this State Is
Major Mccoy. He Is q Democrat Of the
striciest sect: bat we never heard any
questioninSs OF his fitness by Repubh-
can organs. As to the relative positions
of State Mineralosist Whitehi!l and ".
Frank Stewart. certainly it seems fitting
and proper that Mr. Whi.ehill should be
at the head and not second in authority
in this business OF collecting Centennial
specimens, and for various reasons. In
the first place he holds the only position
in this State through which our States |
mineral resources, as such, are officially
ondiy. he is the Secretary of the Centen-
NAL Board, and to overlook him and |
place an outsider first III authority as |
the chief OF the State Cabinet al Phila- |
de,phia would be most unwarrantad |
slight to himself and his position and !
Thirdly, since you, Mr. !
Sirer Stale. have forced the comparison. |
il is bat jnst TO say that Mr.. WEitehilI
by position, education and professional |
is much the more preferable |
man OF tine two TO be placed at the head |
OF this business at Philadelphia Ever !
since the nomination Of the two rival |
tickets there has been a very evident ef- |
fort IN Certain quarters TO elevate MIR. |
Stewart at Mr.. Whitehii's expense: and |
the issue being made, it is simply mag
unanimous that Stewart be retained at all |
In connection with this business of COL |
lecting specimens for the Nevada Cen !
tennial Cabinet.