Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-02-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

d1dIIlNb inc StttC
particular, and law and order gener-
ally. On Saturday the Democratic
majority of the committee appointed
by the House of Representatives to
"investigate" Gov. Kellogg, through
violation OF parliamentary rules
and with the connivance OF the
Speaker, got their report before the
House. In this report they set forth
that kellogg has been duly "investi-
gated" and found guilty of numer-
Gus crimes and outrages, and de-
mand that he be arraigned before
the bar of the Senate. Tie Repub
lican members of the committee
claim that they demanded that kel-
logg should be heard and were re
fused, and that the whole proceed
ing is a revolutionary attempt to
subvert the Government, and they
presented minority report to that
effect. The Democrats will spare no
pains to push their report through
and impeach the Governor. Then
thew will strive to have the Senate
follow the example of the committee
and give him "trial" without al
lowing him a chance to be heard.
We shall see how such a perform
ance succeeds. The Democrats have
investigation on the brain so badly
that they can see nothing else, and
have entirely lost sight of all idea OF
right and justice.
Josh Billings says when you put
your finger on a flea "he amt
there" Don Alfonso has found this
true of Don Carlos numerous times,
and just now the telegraph informs
ms that he has Carlos again under
his thumb, that the Carlists are CON-
pletely demoralized, and that the
end of the war is imminent. For
the sake of humanity we sincerely
hope that Don Alfonso may find his
hopes better founded than they have
been in the past. The butchery has
been going on there long enough.
Besides, Alfonso has announced that
the Cuban war shall be squelched
as soon as he succeeds in anniilating
Carlos, and Heaven knows Cuba
needs peace as badly as does Spain.
II the Cuban patriots cannot win the
freedom they have so nobly and SO
persistently struggled for, it were
better that they have peace and rest
even through defeat, for their def~al
will only mean a period in which to
make new and better preparations
for another and a successful rising
And then, it Cuban affairs come to
a settlement the ghost of Caesar will
give our troubled Democratic fellow
citizens much less uneasiness.
Mexico is certainly in bad way
She is unable to enforce her laws a
home, and unable to pay the few
soldiers she has on hand. Her dut
bills, which she gives when hare
pressed by creditors, are difficult t.
negotiate at 60 per cent. discount
piaz' name is given in connection
with new instruction which may
or may not prove to be very serious
and the cattle thieves along the Ri
Grande have put her neighbour, I'm
Gle Sam, in such bad humor tina
already she is in fear that he will
swoop down and gobble her up. tt
keep peace with us the administra
ton would gladly cede a strip O
land on the Mexican side of tn
river to the United States, thu
enabling us to protect ourselve
without violating Mexican soil, bu
there is a clause in the Mexican con
stitution which prohibits the cedinl
Of any territory except by popula
vote, and it is quite doubtful if Pres
ident Lerdo is popular enough jus
now to carry any measure in an cleo
ton. General Sherman wants 1900
troops and full power to act at hi
discretion, and says ii granted thi
he will stop the raiding on Texas
pursuing the thieves home to Mexi
can soil if necessary. That is wha
it must ultimately come to, and til
establishment of new boundar.
between the republics, south of tn
Rio Grande, is sure to come unles
Mexico takes it into her head to re
sist, in which case the schoolboy @
a few years hence will find no Mex
leo among the counties in his geog
raphy. Should this occur, her vas
but Idle territory would in time b
settled by the irrepressible Ameri
can, and her fertile soil would be pu
to some use,
The necessity of doing all we posi-
bly, can do to diminish the wide
spread dishonesty manifesling itsel
in these times, leads us to make tn
suggestion that it might be we'll 70
every clergyman in the country /