Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-04
ARGUE THE CASE.

ARGUE THE CASE.
We would be glad to see the Enterprise
come squarely to the front and argue with us
the points we have raised against Sharon's
candidacy. Sneering abuse and sarcasm are
ill adapted to the gravity Of such case. These
points cannot be laughed away; they must be
fairly argued or else let severely alone by Mr..
Sharon's organ. Such paragraphs as the fol-
lowing, taken from the Enterprise of yester-
day morRing, hardly comes under the head Of
argument:
As an expounder of Constitutional law, the
Carson APPEAL is a dismal failure. 1t found
mares nest in the shape of Democratic
plot TO contest Mr.. Sharon's right to his seat
should he he re elected and to seat Mr.. Hill
h"use-a Democrat-in his stead. Now it
suddenly discovers that should Mr.. Sharon
be ousted, the right to fill the vacancy would
rest with the Governor, and proceeds to argue
that Democratic Senate would unseat one
Republican only for the purpose of seating
another. Our esteemed Carson contempor-
airy, Judging from Its desperate floundering,
has got this question beyond its depth.
We have asked the Sharon organ no less
than dozen questions during the last two
weeks relative to Mr.. Sharon's candidacy, no:
one of WHICH has been answered, the editor
simply contentng himself with az attempt to
amuse himself at our expense. if Sharon
expects 10 stand in the Senate Of the United
States as one of it's members. he will be I'M
der the necessity of answering these anes-
items satisfactorily or stepping down and out.
If he succeeds at Washington ia establishing
his CLAIM. no better than does his leading sr-
gan iu Nevada, the appointment of Senator
will form a portion of the Governors duties
next winter.
SLIGHTLY MISTAKEN. The Elko Iadepen-
dent (Dem.) has the following:
The Carson APPEAL which has strenuously
aud consistently opposed the candidacy of
VIM. Sharon for the United States Senate by
every legitimate argument, reserved the most
weighty one until this time. The APPEAL new
urges upon the party that to elect Sharon
IS to secure the seat for a Dem
ocrat, upon the ground that the former being
a non resident of the State, is ineligible to the
position, and his seat, which will be awarded
to the latter by Democratic Senate. The
point is well taken. A protest against the
seating of Sharon a Senator from Nevada
should certainly prove effective, whatever The
political complexion of the Senate. Mr.
Sharon has air. ady held for one term an office
to which he had no legal title, and a repe
tition of the outrage upon the State, will
scarcely be endsred without a vigorous effort
to prevent II, at least.
The above does not exactly define the AP
PEAL position upon this question. In the
article which the Ioieneadrt alludes to We
simply outlined the plot by which the Demo
Gratis hoped to name Sharons successor. This
scheme can be carried out so long as there is
constitutional law TO back it. If it can be
shown that Sharon is not an inhabtant of
Nevada or that he secured his Office by brib-
cry he can oe expelled from the Senate, but
this yindication of justice being accomplished
the Democrats will have ceased to have any
further finger in the pie, the vacancy made
after Sharon expulsion can only be filed by
a Gubernaterial appointment We can, there
fore, assure the Ltsje pendent that Sharon
successor will be Republican and an inhab-
liant of this State.