Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-18
TRE CENTENNIAL. AND OUR Err
Ratio CONTEMPORARY AGAIN.

venson was not the right man TO send t
Philadelphia. BIZ. while it may be trU
IL form 1t Is no: the whole truth. W
are satisfied that when Mr. SteyensO;
went away the idea of building quart.
mill in Philadelphia was the first though
IN his mind and the cabinet occupied
only a secondary place. Secondly, We
are convinced that before NJ. Stevenson
left Carson it was perfectly understood
between him and two OK three others o!
the Centennial Directors that If arrange
ruen,s could be made 10 have the cabi-
net put up and labeled BY strangers
thus ignoring Messrs. StevGr: and
WEiteLlll-it would be a good thing TO
have done. Il Is for this ;hat we Gem
plain, for the wrong goes away beyond
those gentlemen; II Is breaking faith
with every man who has furnished a
specimen for the collection, with the
people of every distric. in the State. and
IS re: keeping the implied c0ntEIc. made
with the Legislature when that body
vas pe.itioned to make an appropIia-
ton Tor the exhibition. = IS a strange
thing for Mr.. Stevenson 10 Cause 10 be
published 10 the people @: this State
that Ill the great exhibition hail3iuG 10
play 4 cabine: Of rare specimens. the
only Offering of sovereign State; that
no place could be secured except some
where outside and under tie shadow OF
far more splendid collection. We are
glad, though. iha. d prominent poiu:
with ample space was easily secured for
the quartz mill. We trust that rli!l VII
no; be obliged 10 stop FOX day during
the exhibition. and that every dollar
worth Of silver TUNED out by il VIII be
duly stamped and sold for two dollars.
That will be placing Nevada and its
multiplying resources right before the
world, and be doing exact justice to ev-
cry portion of the deser: State.
Again we are impeI,ed 10 note the
very eccentric course md tone OF CIR
gifted contemporary. When tie AP-
PEAL, upon villa. seemed good grounds,
expressed apprehensions lest the quartz
mill might swamp the cabinet, our emo
'ional friends of the Enterprise, with |
loves blind zeal, coubat.ed our facts |
with rhetoric and demolished our arsu-
-uents with outbursts Of patriotic elo- |
quence. Now that We have shown how
unwilling We are 20 be anything but fair |
il our treatment Of Mr.. Stevenson and |
his motives; now that We demonstrate !
how incapable We are Of a cap;ious op-
position, the EhtJpgiS. takes tie respon-
sibility Of giving publicity TO TIE suspi- |
cion tina. Stevenson was only too glad /
to have the cabinet play second fiddle 20 !
the quartz mill and to put upon White !
hill and Stewart a gratuitous slight. IS |
there any need to 50 all over the ground |
which this manner OF treating the sub |
ject suggests? We think not. We need |
only 10 say in reply to what IS offered /
by the Enterprise that when Ir. Steven
son was authorized By the Board to pro-
coed to Philadelphia. he wss instructed
TO secure space for the exhibition OF the
cabinet Of minerals in the Exhibition
Hall, if that were possible. This, he
says, upon his honor rs 4 member Of
the Board and the Board agent, he vas
unable to 90. The Centennial mana
gers ct Philadelphia Informed him that
the space asked for could not be had.
That was quite conclusive. Then lie
found that the Smithsonian would do IS
sc have stated.
And now, with regard 10 the relative
-, ~.
all and Stewart. There i no need to
20 over again the story # the uutoI.u-
late misunderstanding which resulted in
dr. WLiteLiil's resiguilg lis IGember-
hip of the Board. we beg leave
o remind the Ea!.rgfis8 that at
he time Of that resignation VIE sus-
ested that Mr.. Stevenson also resign;
u: that that suggestion was antagonized
y itself in terms OF very decided disap- +
royaI.) We know quite as much about
hese differences and what has been
one TO heal them, perhaps. rs the En- :
Tpr;ss does. We know that while at
Mr. Stevenson saw Prof. :
lake Of the Smithsonian Institute and $
ad long conference with him. We also l
now that when Blake asked Steven
N % opinion OF Whitehi,l, ne spoke o. -,
I'm in the kiudest terms. Il will be '
EN- that we are making some little
Fort at reparation, after having crit
sed Mr. Stevenson pretty sharply G
e also know that there has been a de- I
led feeling of solicitude on the part Of q
Q Board to eject an understanding with h
: Whifehil in orlie, that his SERVICES b