The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-06-30
BEGGING THE QUESTION.

The Eureka Leader, which has ac-
auired notoriety as victim of corpora
ton malignity, does not venture to an
swer squarely and openly the questions
recently propounded by the SILVER
STATE Instead of discussing the merits
of the California Republican nominees,
from an independent stand point, it ac-
cuses the SILVER STATE Of viewing the
situation through Democratic spectacles
and accepting as gospel truth the un-
supported charges of the San Francisco
Chronicle. 1t processes to have faith
in the Republican party of California,
and thinks it will carry out the reforms
contemplated in the New Constitution.
This faith is based upon an acquain-
lance with George C. Perkins, the Re-
publican nominee for Governor, and the
principles laid down in the platform
which he endorses.
Considering that the Leader is fully
cognizant of the platform of parties in
Nevada last fall, and the subsequent
action of the men elected ON those plat
forms, it's faith is almost as surprising
as thatof Freeman, the Pocasset fanatic,
who murdered his child, with implicit
confidence that it would be again re-
stored to life. The Leader knows that
a platform was adopted by State con-
vention in the town where it is pub
lished, less than year ago, and that
every plank of it was broken in less
than six months from the time it was.
framed. 1t is aware of the fact, that,
that platform, pledged the nominees of
the party that framed it to reduce the
rates of fares and freights within the.
State, and to oppose the modification
or repeal of the bullion tax law. The
record shows that those who were
bound by those pledges, reversed the
principles of the platform and opposed
che reduction of fares and freights and
favored the modification of the bullion
tax so far as it affected the Bonanza
companies. Does the Leader believe,
that platforms are more binding in Cal
ifornia than in Nevada, or that law
makers in that State are less suscepti-
BILE to corporation influences than in
Nevada? If it requires heavier sack
to make California official ''fall down."
the corporations of that State are far
more numerous and wealthy than those
of Nevada and can supply it. Horace
Greeley advocated measures, not men,
but times have changed since his day,
and platforms have no meaning unless
the right kind of men are chosen to
carry out their provisions. The Re-
publican nominee for Governor of Cali
, fornia, is. according to the San Francisco
Chronicle, monopolist, and, as mem
Der of steamship company, patronized
extensively by the railroad company, is
identified with the interests of the cor
porations. This is fact that the Lead
er cannot dispute, and it is not neces-
sary to accept the San Francisco Chron-
icie's statement Of it as gospel truth to
prove it. Besides the San francisco
Chronicle is just as good authority on
the principles of the Republican party
as the Leader, as it has always been an
exponent of the principles of that party,
though unlike many other partisan jour
mails, it has devoted itself to the task of
ferreting out the corruptionists, and ex-
posing the rotteness OF the rings which
Too frequently control the machinery of
the party, not only on the Pacific Coast,
but at Washington.