Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-24

| no other mention made Of this object OF
our fearful contemporary tender soiici-
| tude. save in our issue of May Ia
| month after tie foregoing was said.
Then. as on March 81 we find tho APrEAL
replyinc to some remarks made by the
| Si!rer STATE VIVA. We said was as
follows: As to the relative positions
of State Mineralogist Whitehill and W..
Frank Stewart, certainly it seems fitting
and proper that Mr.. Whitehill should be
| at the head and not second il authority
| in this business of collecting centennial
specimens, and for various reasons. In
the first place he holds the only position
IL this State through which our State 5
mineral resources, as such, are officially
made known to the outside world; sec
ondly, he is the Secretary Of the Centen-
NAL Board, and TO overlook him and
place an outsider first in authority as the
chief of the State cabinet at Phlladei-
pnIa, WOuiu De u l+OSb IL wa
slight to himself and his position and
attainments. Thirdly. since you. Mr..
SiIrer Stat. have forced the comparison,
it is but Just to say that Mr.. Whitehill,
bv position, education and professional
association IS much the more preferable
man Of the tv TO be placed at the head
of this business at Philadelphia. Ever
since tie nomination Of the two rival
tickets there has been very evident
effort in certain quarters to elevate Mr..
Stewart at Mr.. Whitehill'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 Centen-
NAL Cabinet" Up to the discussion OF
the past few days, We DO not remember
TO have made one line of comment upon
Mr.. Stewart since the above was pub
Ished. We thought it right then; we
think it right now. There had been
most persistent and offensive boosting Of
Stewart into this business by his over
Jealous friends, and We thought that the
subject needed just such plain and IN
mincins treatment as We Bestowed upon
it. If there is any "slIme IN such
comments, we do not understand what
slime is.
As to the part taken by Messrs. Rice
and Yerington in the matter OF appoint
ing Mr.. whitshill, We cannot say what
influence the APPEAL had. 1t is quite
compliment to our influence to say that
any efforts of our own brought it about.
But the truth had better be told. much
Is We dislike to disclaim such pleasing
tribute to our power over the official acts
of those gentlemen: Mr.. Whitehill had
been appointed some days before We
were made acquainted with the fact. We
did not even know when the meeting
was held.
In the first part Of the article in the
Enterprise to which We are replying, We
find the following:
| At the time the Centennial bill passed
the Legislature a majority OF the mem
bers would have abolished the office OF
State Minsralogist (for the sole purpose
of giving public expression Of their
opinion OF Mr.. Whi.ehilll had it been
| possible for them to have stopped his
salary.
We beg leave to ask if it is the policy
or purpose of the Enterprise to provoke q
discussion of the erents and causes
which prompted certain conspicuous and
active members of the lobby of the last
Legislature to set Oh foot very strenu-
| Gus but somewhat secretly conducted
opposition to Mr.. Whitehill: We mere
ly ask for information. We may be per-
mitted, with some vagueuess to express
the opinion that the least said about
some things, the better. As Mr.. James
Russell Lowell has lately been saying,
IAN author should consider how largely
the art of writing consists in knowing
| what to leave in the inkstand.'
! In connection with all this matter, the
| Enterprise has letter from Mr.. Stewart
We have not time to say anything abou;
it in this issue. Perhaps We may find
time to do SO tomorrow.
TIE slavery question still continues