Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-01
CONDEMNED BIZ ITS OWN PARTY.

Legislature now in session in that
State is the most worthless that has
convened since that States admission
, ia:S the Union. Even the San Fran
cisco Examiner condemns it, and at
the same time begs that the Demo-
. ciati,. party may not Be blamed for
choosing such miserable set OF law
makers. We quote as follows from
that jat,rnal:
Commencing with brilliant pros
,racts d, All important fundamentally
L. the future success of the Demo-
cratic party in this State, we fear the
present Legislature will prove signal
failure. There is scarcely time enough
left now for its redemption from the
stigma of being one of the most inetfi-
eient law-making bodies which has
ever assembled in this State. Up t"
this date, it has the negative virtue Of
enactiDg no laws perDiciouS TO the
public welfare, and il it be damned by
the people, a. there is danger it may
be, it will be because of its sins of
omission, no. commission. And it is
Just here, and now, that We enter
solemn protest against any attempt TO
hold the Democratic party responsible
for the conduc. of their faithiess rep
reSentatiyes AZ Sacramento. We know
that the general rule is to Judge and
support or repudiate a party because
of the good or bad conduct OF those
who occupy the places of its nominal
representatives. And the rule is prob
ably safe one 10 be followed in poiit-
zeal affairs. But to this, as to all gene
raj rules. there must be exceptions.
One such is found in the action of the
present Legislature. The Democratic
members of that body were elected TO
fill the places they now occupy, mainly
because the voters of the State regar-
ded them as houorabiy and solemnly
pledged TO compel the various monop-
oiies in the State to abate their exorbi-
tant exactions from the people. Yet
some of these chosen representatives
of the will of the people seem to be
ready TO barter with the monOpolists
for their personal advantage, at the
expense of the interests of their con-
stituents, and we predict the utter re-
pudiation of all such venal agents of a
deceived party by the Democratic vot-
ers and Press Of California.
THE CARSON MISr.-A Washington
correspondent of the San Francisco
Post says:
There are some here who are
shre1diy attempting to identify the
smsll appropriation reported by the
committee for this establishment to
the influence of Messrs. Flood &
O'Brien That the reduction in the
APPROPRIATION for that mint is diSas-
trously low there can be no doubt.
But if it were to run with full capacity
the Bonanza people could still send
their bullion to their own refinery at
San Francisco and afterward have j:
coined if needed at our mint at less
expense than at Carson. On the other
hand, if they sell fine silver to the
Government, if any difference to them,
it would appear to be in favor of the
Carson mint, being so near at hand.
There is really no method of arriving
ut any equitable conclusion on the lat
ter proposition from certain railroad
changes which have lately taken place.
Senator Jones says he has heard the
complaint frequently, and will give
the subject close attention, as we'll as
increase the appropriation when the
bill comes to the Senate, if there is any
likelihood of concurrence in the House.
Until there are other developments
stronger than what is stated we cannot
believe that any other motive actuated
the committee or DIR. Linderman save
that of economy in appropriation gem
orally.