Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-11-23
MUNICIPAL TROUBLES.

went home in triumphant state of intoxica
ton Biddy," said he to his wife, Tn
an Altherman" can Altherman !'' says
she, "What's that?' "Ye've heered of the
lords and iukes and airls at home2" says he
yes" she responded. "Tm one of thin,
exclaimed Felix. But uneasy lies the head
which stands on City Fathers shoulders.
1t matters little by what title they are known.
Trustee by any other name would fare as
bad The readers of the MORNING APPEAL
have learned something of the troubles that
have arisen lately on account of the move
ment looking to the retirement of Doctor
Butts and the filling of his place as Road
Master by another. Also our readers know
that Butts is out, and Mr.. James st. Clair,
ex-Trustee of the town, the new incumbent
of the new Office of Inspector. With this
accomplished fact we do not propose to deal.
As is sometimes said of Mr.. Hayes's South
ern Policy, What can't be cured must be en-
dured. We think the movement, or the re-
moval, unwise. Butts had conducted the
affairs of his Office with rare industry and
surprising economy. No man should be
ousted from an Office he has filled with faith
fulness and benefit to the public, without
some good reason As far as we have heard,
no good reasons have been produced for
Butts's removal As to Mr.. st. Clair, we
have no doubt he will perform the duties of
his new position with zeal aud to the salts
faction of his fellow citizens. We make no
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any nutriment in squabbling with the newt
able. But the Butts party's blood is up.
They are not willing to submit without a
struggle Yesterday we saw a paper pre-
pared with signatures to a mutual agreement
to furnish the sinews of war wherewith to
contest the question of the legality of the
structure of the present Board. 1t is held
that certain members of that body were cleo
ted at time when they were ineligible.
Their names do not appear among the quail
fed electors of the town of Carson. In other
words they were not registered. They did
not vote, of course, being disfranchised by
noncompliance with the act of registration
The question is, were these gentlemen eligi
bic at the time of their election Some |
weeks since Mr.. st. Clair resigned from the
Board. Mr. Slater was chosen to fill the va
cancy The Board thus composed passed the
ordinance creating the Office of Street In
spector, and elected Mr.. st. Clair to fill it.
The Sheriff is ex-officio City Marshal. AS
such he, and not the Board of Town Trus-
tees, is the appointing power of all city po-
D. ! IL
ciates contest the Inspector ordinance as the
unauthorized act of an ineligibly constituted
body. They have made up pony purse to
carry on the war. Now we cannot see any
good to the corporation growing out of these
troubles. There are some pretty stiff
backed fellow citizens who have always been
opposed to the Town Government. They
prefer less order and more freedom from
taxation. Now these and the Butts interest
have joined forces. All these facts and con-
wiser if the Board had not done the extra
official thing of removing faithful officer
without cause and lifting another into his
place. They have reawakened some ques-
lions of doubt and given impulse to move
ment in opposition to the Town Government
itself which the friends of the Act of Incor-
poratlon cannot but regard with regret and
apprehension. The fact is, Butts is regarded
by good many people as the victim of a not
very creditable job. We do not believe that s
the Town Government can afford to incur a r
powerful opposition. 1t is not very popu- t
lar institution, at best. Where and how |,
and by whom this action is to be commenced g
we are not advised. But it is very evident o
that there are citizens who are enough in F
in opposition to the rather arbitrary
action of the Board to join those who are n
opposed to all forms of Town Government in h
providing the means and seeking the occa-
sion for impairing the municipal structure
and casting cloud upon the validity of its r.
ordinances. t
Barnes, he of the long, flowing side whis- b
lers, who taps lightning at the Mound House, :,
has turned out In new role, He is full
lodged detective now. He went out the -
ther night, with two or three assistants on
he track of the China tobacco thieves. They
racked them for few miles, and finally XII
cached the cabin of party who knows all te
bout it. Barnes told him that if he didn't fu