Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-28
A DEMOCRATIC PLOT.

II the Hon. William Sharon still refuses to
listen to the voice Of reason and continues In
the Nevada campaign as an aspirant for Sen
atorial honors he subjects the Republican
party to the risk of not electing their candid
ate or the humiliation of not being able to
seat him after the election. Months ago a
plot was concocted in Virginia City to put
Hillhouse, Democrat, in the Senatorial chair
of Nevada at Washington. We have ne proof
that Hillhouse is party to the plot, but we
do know that Virginia lawyer is at present
at work upon the case, preparing the papers
and gathering the evidence. In the event of
Sharon's election his seat will be contested at
Washington and should there be no other Re-
publican candidates in the field Democratic
Senate upon the presentation of the incentro-
vertible proofs of non residence would give
the seat to the Democrat who received the
next highest number of votes in the Nevada
Legislature. The plan was incubated under
the suppostion that after Sharon got in the
field the other Republican candidates, feeling
themselves unable to compete with monied
Col James Fair being in the fight is in our
humble opinion part of the programme
which the Democrats have so skillfully ar
ranged. Republicans who are not Sharon
men are disposed to argue that if Fair enters
the contest backed by his wealth it will then
be absolutely necessary to pit Sharon against
him to fight him with his own weapons, which
will tend to crowd out of the field Messrs.
Tritle and Woodburn, neither of whom have
the means or disposition to make a coin light.
The Democrats will then allow the election to
proceed and Sharon seat will afterwards be
contested under clause in section 3, article l
in the Constitution of the United States which
reads as fellows:
No person shall be Senator who shall not
have attained to the age of 30 years and been
nine years citizen of the United States, and
,ohO shat not, ,cten elected, be ar ii.h t5itant
Of that State from tchich lie is choSen
The legal definition of the word inhabtan.
is found in Burril's Law Dictionary, volume
IL, page -
INHABIrANr. Lat. inhabitans, from iaha5-
itsre, from IN, in, and habitare, to dwell. A
d,reiter IN place; a resident. Oae who
dwells or resides permanently in place.
Webster One who has a fixed and perma.
nent abode in place. resident aud iahab-
itant mean the same thing. Ke,tts Conn.,
430, 431, note 20 Johns H. 209 Waworth,
G. 8 WenieUs r. 14O. But citizen and IN
habitant are not Synonymous. II Peters r
PIG, 500, Barbour, J. The Lat. inhaditale,
the root of this word Imports by Its very con-
struction, frequency, constancy, permanency,
habit, closeness of connection, attachment |
both physical and moral, and the word Il.
serves to give additional force to these senses. |
Now the fact that Sharon claims residence |
in Nevada from the fact that he voted at the
last primaries in Virginia City does not cover
the ground required by the Constitution of
the United States. He must be even more
than a technical citizen, he must be con-
slant, permanent and regular physical inhab-
itant of the State. We have shown by what
means the Democrats of Nevada expect to Sc.
cure Democatic Senator by the legal ousting
IF the man whom they hope to see elected by
he Legislature. That they can GUST Sharon
here is no doubt but that they can name his
uccessor is quite anothereuestion. We do not
oppose Sharon from any personal grounds.
We object to see man elected to SO high an
,ftice as Senator when he has not the slightest
Intention of doing anything in the States be-
half, and furthermore object to see the Re-
publican party placed in the hnmiliating po-
ition Of seeing the man they send to Wash
ngton elected from his seat by Democratic
senate. We have conscientousy and per-
istently raised our voice against this thing
nd shall await the verdict of time to show
hat our objections have been we'll taken.