Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-24
THE CONVENTION AND POLIT.
ICAL GEOGRAPHY.


the nominee OF the R-pnb'iran party IL
Congress. Also We will go farther an
say that. il being understood tina, Nj
Woodburn will not be candidate for r.
election, also that Mr.. DeLong is not j
the field, the APPEAL confeases 10 4.
cided preference for Mr. Wren. Further
we owe it to ourselves 10 state that tn
unfriendIiness manifested by the ArPEA
toward Judge Rising during the editor
absence from the State does the cor
ductors of this paper an injustice. W
entertain very high regard for Jndg
Rising as man, u Republican and
jurist. and hope TO see him nominate
to the Supreme Bench With this mncl
of explanation in advance. let US no, b
misunderstood in wba, We are going Il
say abont topography" Perh"r
geography" ouebt'nt 10 be considere.
at all in selecting our nominees. 1t i
certainly more consistent with the &C
cepted rules Of action if W. select then
solely with view to their fitness anc
their capacity. Now. supposing every
man selected by io-day's convention
should happen to be from the Far West
instead of the Great East, let's see if any
great sectional injustice would be done.
Let rs take q census of the States Of
fetal incumbency and see bow things
stand. We present the following table
OFFICE. LOCALITY
Gov crDnr. ............... Elko County
Lieut.. Governor w Storey County
Secretary of State Humboldt County
Atty. Gen. .... White Pine County.
Treasurer. Nye County.
Controller. ..... White Pine County.
Supt. Pub. Ins. ...... Eureka County.
Mine raloeist. .. Churchill County.
Hs~ley) ...... White Pine Couaty.
Beatty Sup Cour,) White Pine County.
Earl ...,....... Eiko County
Surveyor Gen. Lyon County.
elk. Snip. Court. .... .Ormsby County.
State Printer. ...... Humboldt County.
Now. then, We have three out Of a
total Of fourteen State officers who are
from the Western part of the State; and
not one of The entire number from the
most popular part of the State: namely.
Storey county. On the other hand, our
in Congress. that is 20
say. two Senators and one Represent
alive are from Storey county. This gives
he following summary of present of.
icial incumbencies:
From Eastern Counties .......... II
From Western Counties. ........... 81
Iotai ..-... ..-..-........ ~
Now We do not wish to be misappre-
hend7d. We are not making an argu.
ment against the claims of the gentle
nan whose name is presented with such
by the representatives of the |
of Eastern Nevada as a
'andidate for Congress; not at all; for as
re quite earnestly aid in the outset, We
Eel strongly in favor of his candidacy |
lr. Wren is an abls man, a sound and |
sreful legislator, a thorough Republi
An and mature, substantial man in
II respects. But if he should happen,
bis accep:ability and
availability and valid claims, to be IN
uccessful before the convention. let us
lot hear coming up from tho bills and
Nd oil, aS |
,st a wall of woe as from people upon
Ebom is imposed the burdens o. tax
lion, while the hand of injustice With
Odds from them The boon of adequate
presentation. 1t is best that these con.
sbonld be fully and fairly
ated and weighed. We have made re
renee to Judge Rising. We under
and him to have been most unjus,ly
tackt d through these columns. 1t is
nr desire, on this very appropriate oc-
lsion, TO make amends for that assault
'e believe him to be not only a man of
,est purity of mind and character, but
be quite und-serving of the charges
JUS made npon him. At any rate, we
e convinced that the accusation of his ,
implicitly with an attempt to invalidaie ,
bullion tax is absolutely unfouDded
e know be would be at once an orna- =.
ent aud an honor to the Supreme, as ,
long has been to the District, Bench.
FINE SroCK dispatch dated :,
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