Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-10-18
A FEW WORDS FROM THE REPUBLI-
CAN CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.

In view of certain statements made upon
the stump by Democratic orators and by the
newspapers opposed to me, relative to what
have, in past times, written upon various sub
iects, notably the Chinese question, 1 deem it
proper to put forth tho following statements
and extracts:
do not say nor do seek to create the i'm
preston that have not written things which
are not in accord with the views of some of
my fellow-citizens, but do know that have
oftentimes expressed myself in such fashion
as to let it be known that l am not wholly
without sympathy for the men who toll for
their bread in and out of the mines; and fair
play entities me to such consideration as is
my due in this latter regard. And fairplay is
all l ask for at the hands of anybody.
l am willing to stand or fall on my record,
public and private, and shall not complain or
rnurmur if on my own showing or that which
is fairly made for me by my writings, am
suffered to continue in private life. / value
my self-respect; and cherish with something
of sensitive pride my professional indepen-
dence; and would rather be defeated in my
political aspirations than achieve success
through evasion, equivocation or any suppress
sion of the truth
1t is to be said in my own behalf, that if l
have not sought by my writings to please or
fatter the workingmeu, neither have hesita-
ted to write as pleased and when pleased
concerning the attitude, purpose and affairs of
the rich and powerful. In other words, / have
endeavOred to present myself to the public in
the light of an independent and outspeken
journalist, combining myself to such respectful
ness of tone as the theme and occasion have
seemed to warrant and demand.
As have already intinlated, no hope of
official station shall for one moment tempt me
to forego this sense and impulse of indepen-
dence; aad with this avoEal, claiming at the
same time the right to DO heard in my own
behalf, submit what follows;
Certain gentlemcn of the opposition have
been reciting an extract from an editorial
which appeared in the APPEAL in the Autumn
of 1869 upon certain questions which had
arisen in Massachusetts, concerning the Labor
question. l and my family visited the East
that year, and it was my impression, from
what had been reported to me concerning
these quotations that 1 had not yet returned,
thence; also that what WAS charged against
me had reference to the troubles between the
miners of Virginia and Gold Hill and tho Chi
nese employed in grading the railroad, that
year.
find By reference TO the files of the APPEAL |
that these troubles occurred day or two after |
my return. They did not form the subject
of any editorial comments OF any significance
in that paper.
notice by reference to the ApPEAL of that
time that the Gold Hill News reported that
the leading men of the Miners Unions them
selves were foremost in denouncing the law
less acts thon perpotrated.
With regard to the article quoted from,
find it ending with the following paragraph;
Four dollars day gives us at least one to
save. Lat us make homes, we poor men,
while the land is yet cheap and the laborer is
worthy of his hire. Do not let us waste our
present earnings by the employment of means
for the exclusion of any other class or nation
atty of men; but let us on the contrary, re
membering that we have future before rs,
live to exemplify that this free, broad Amer
lea is wide enough to warrant hOma to all
who bravely strive for and deserve it, and
whose minds have not been narrowed down to
the niggardly creed that one mans misery is
necessary to another mans thrift 'The dig I
nity OF labor" is far above the appreciation
of any man or set Of men who think that theirs
are the only hands which God has shaped for
honorable toll, and theirs the only palms wOr- {
thy to receive the reward of labor done.
Last year, when the distresses of the work
ing mon of the Eastern States eliminated in
dreadful riots in Pennsylvania, New York and
Ohio, believing as did that the great corpo t
ratioIs had taken advantage of their wealth '
and power to oppress their employees, wrote
for tho MORNING APPEAL series of articles :
from which some extracts are herewith pre- il
sented: il
Under date of Friday, July 81, 1877, the t
editorial of my writing appeared in :
the APPEAL:
The other day when Governor Lucius Rob v
nson OF New York Issued proclamation h
against the rioters along the railroads and q
shipping centers of that State he smoke of the q
awless demonstrations then making as ga ]
conspiracy" 1t seemed to us at the time as "
4 this were an unfortunate choice of terms | 81
The people mover enter into conspiraces. The
mob which is the dangerous explosive material Of