Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-17
THE SILVER STATE ON SHARON.


ths candidacy Of Sharon for the United State.
6snatorship, makes the following pointed
argument against him
1t 10 now nearly sixteen years since Nevada
wsS admitted into the Union a. sovereign
State. An unpr, JUDGED person would nat
urslly suppose that whatever reasons may
have existed in the early days If the State for
eIscting non-rssidsnts to tho highest offices
il the gift of the people, that no valid reason
eOuld b. given at this late day for selecting
n0n.rssidsnt representatives. 1t is no credi'
to sixteen year old State to say that there
a1s many 1T its citizens as we'll qualified to
represent it in the United States Senate as
William Sharon, If San Francisco. N" good
reason whatever can be adv need in support
VI his Candidacy. He could not get d"z ~
votes for any Office in :hs State except FROM
his rs,ainers along the crooked railroad, aud
possibly Eureka, where the narrow gauge,
owned oy his associate, D. o. Mills, influences
political affairs to u greater or less extent. IL
= disgrace to the St .ts that his election Is
possibls in any event, yet he officially pro-
claims that if the Legislature is Republican he
expects to b. elected
Mr.. Sharon il not foolish enough to i'm
sgins for moment that fair expression Of
ths people Of Nevada would result in his cleo
GOn. E,Otistlcal No he certainly is, he ID t.o
shrswd . politician To believe that. He
knows by experience that money 10 u more
potent factor that principle in determining
sIso.ions in Nevada, and he expects by n Ito
eHHl use Of coin, to secure q MA jprity Of the
Legislature. Nesrly all the hodover Sen
ssors. who violated their pledges to the peo-
pie two years ago, are said to be pledged to
support him They were paid for doing what
they promised their consli uents before cleo
tion they would not d., aud one condition Of
the sale, a. stated 1t the time, in the Carson,
APPEAL, by the late Harry M'ghels, was tina.
they should support Sharon for rs-election.
Knowing that their action on the railroad
balls damned them forever politically, they
will not hesitate for consideration to supp"rt
Sharon for reelection. They have nothing
" lose by doing 50, and they may gain few
thousand dollars by the Transaction.
W. do not believe that the Republicans of
Humboldt county, who in convention assem-
bed two years ago, demanded the resignation
eating his election. As Senator he has
done nothing since then to warrant them in
changing their resolution He has been alb.
sent from the Senate At every session, with
the exception Of few weeks. since his cleo
tion I" that body five years ago last January.
When the Silver and Chinese bills were before
Congress-, and votes were required to pass
them over the vstoes of Mr.. Hayes, Sharon
vas attending to bis private affairs in Cali
fosnia, and to this day it is not known how he
would have voted on those questions. He is
not citizen nor resident Of Nevada, and
under the Constitutional provision, which re-
quires six months actual, not Constructive,
residence in the State, ~ qualification for
exercising the election franchise, he is not en-.
titled to vote in Nevada. Notwithstanding
al this he proclaims himself n candidate for
rs.election to the Senate from Nevada, and
expects ny liberal expenditure Of coin t.
succeed in his aspirations.