Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-31
A NEW WAY OF ELECTIONEERING.

wayWaIrlness uf its own free will Our edito-
rial brother Daggett IL a candidate. He stands
responsive to the eager demand OF the upst,rg-
ing masses Of his fellow -countIymen that he
permit the use OF his electrifying name as the
Republican nominee for Governor. He ac-
ouiesces in that demand with the alacrity of
an uuhesitating patriot. His feelings being
enlisted, his blood is up. He has given his
banner to the breeze, and his soul is eager for
the fray! Some weeks ago, in an Hnguarded
moment, the MORNING APPEAL with its char
acteristlc modesty, suggested the name of
General Common for the Republican nomina-
ton for Governor Far across the deserts,
even in Nye county, the suggestion was heard
and warmly seconded. Then up spake Dag
gett in tones of bitter indignation Being the
peoples darling, he was wroth that the people
should thus be cheated. Lincoln county
spoke, responding to the wild cry of "a Dag
gett, Daggett :" and appointed her dele
cation for him. His perturbed feelings We're
soothed and ne resumed his wonted serenity,
and became jocose. To clear himself of all
suspicion of unfairness, General Conner wrote
TO the County Committees of Nye and Chur-
chill to resnind their resolutions of instruction
in his own behalf Then came a display of
the true Daggettarian genius Daggett poured
upon Conner the walls of his irony. He de-
noHnced him parasite of the Central Pacl-
fc Railway. He pointed the finger of scorn
at the man who had dared to let his name be
asserted itself Some years ago Hon. Henry
Il: Whitehill incurred the enmity of our hero.
Some imaginary coal mine we believe fur
nished the fuel of Daegett's wrath. Up out
of the wastes and base ranges of the Great
East rise the poisonous vapors of foul rumOr
His eye in fine frenzy rolling, Daggett sees
Whitehills stalwart form rising like a spectre
Of the Broken come to plague the spirit of
his gubernatorial aspirations, and he belabOrs
him with the cudgels of his ire. He, too, is a
creature of the Pacific Railway. Words fail
to express the measure of his Indignation. AS
with his other enemies, Daggett uses the
Territorial Enterprise 1.-The leading Republi-
can paper in the State" to maui Whitehill as
he were a felon. Our excited brother, I'M
duly stimulated by the peutacostal tongue of
faded ambition, is wasting away in the mad
ness of an attack of the political jim jams!
Whitehill, faithful, patient, honest and hon
cradle officer that he is, is perambulating the
State, riding over long stretches of desert i'll
the broiling sun, to fulfill the lawful duties of
an Office whose very existence is virtually at
md Ha h. orr Of tha&I
hope which looks to another term of official
labor; he is out of political life; he is faith
fully toiling to present, at the close of his
term, the fruits of his office to the attention
of the peoples representatives,. And the re-
ward offered him by THE leading Republican
newspaper in Nevada" is Misrepresentation,
utilization and SANDER. Mr.. Whitehil, after
passing a highly creditable examination before |
the Supreme Court is about entering upon |
the profession of the law. 1t is absolutely |
untrue that he represents in any degree how
ever remote, the interests of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad Company. IT, as he travels, he
can serve the party which has honored him,
by assisting toward the nomination Of availa-
lie men to office, he is performing the part of
I. true Republican, and merits praise rather
than censure at the hands of the conductor of
1.-The leading newspaper in Nevada. wise
politician of the old school never seeks to
make, at one and the same time, a positive
and a negative movement. One cannot well
push with effectiveness with one hand, while
pulling with the other. But the genius of
Brother Daggett disregards these homely
principles of political action. He seems to
think that his way to fame and station lies
along the pathway OF, intolerance, petulance
and personal detraction He is as impatient
of opposition or rivalry spoilt child. The
sight of a competitor or an opponent causes
his usually serene and complacent face to be
distorted with the alarming and painful lines S
and wrinkles of a bitter and binding rage 1t )
ia sad in one so young and yet so gifted ,
General COnnor's crime consists in his coming
upon the field 10 share with Daggett the votes l
Of the State Convention. Whitehill's Offense q
lies within the darkened measures of coal i
mine In Utopia, supplemented by peripa- y
tetic tour of inspection among the mines as v
by law ne is directed to make--,the latter a
lighted up by the lurid fires of Brother Dag .
gets excited and disordered imagination. -
But time rolls on apace; and with the COM u
pletlon or the work of tho State Convention |