Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-13
Partly 4. R.ba,sai

EprroR NEws /: In a notice Of ny com.
municatien TO the News yesterday. the
Enterprise this morning. instead Of
''naming . good reason Why Demo-
cratic United States Senators ought not
to have embraced the opportunity just
afforded them to elect the President pro
hmpors from their own party" begs the
question, aud abuses the Democratic
party. II Ii were argument. I could 70.
tort by abiding to the scsndalous com.
plicity OF President Grant with the st.
Louis whisky ring during his admins.
tra.ion; to the Congressional expose Of
the Credit Mobilisr Of 0skss Ames. and
to the acts Of the Waiting Statesmsn to
Louisiana in l876-77. but I do not bs.
lisvs one political party 10 any better.
from Q moral point OF view. than an
other. A man II neither better nor
worse because he is called q Democrat
or q Republican. But "itisa well rec
oenized rule In politics for the majority
to take every advantage. aud yield
none" In the election OF Bsyard Pres
idspt pro tempore Of the Senate. the
Democrats simply followed custom
aud precedent. The New York
Tunes. Q Republican paper. says: "Cars.
full research into the records Of the
Senate shows that II has always been
the custom OF that body whom the pre-
siding officer has been removed BY death
or by reason Of the expiration OF his term
since the last session, to choose o Pfest.
dent pro tenn. before the newly elected
Senators are sworn in. The records are
clear and indisputabls. and they should
settle the case. Debate over the N after
will not alter the facts Of history"
And 1t appears strange to me that the
Enterprise does net see that the pro-
test Of Edmunds against the election
OF Baysrd previous to ths swearing In
Of the new Senators was made merely
for effect. as q lawyer. who knows that
hs cannot win his case. notes o multi
tude OF exceptions during trial, partly to
lead his client to believe he 10 earning
his fec. .
did not cite the case OF the Electoral
Commission Of 1877. by which Hayes
was made President by mi vote. ii q
parallel to the case under discussion. a.
Il Is far from Q parallel. bot only to show
that when the Republicans have had Q
majority they have proated by It.
But how pr.ttily the Enterprise tries to
excuse President pro tenpore Wade for
his indicate. II not illegal act In virtu.
ally voting for himself to take President
Johuson's place. by saying that "it was
q matter flor his own conscience to de.
termine 7" II the act had been that OF
q Democrat the Enterprise would have
attempted to hold the Democratic party
responsible for II. but - Wade was q
Republican the question Of the propriety
and legality Of the act was simply "a
matter for his wi conscience to deter
mine"
When the Enterprise can cite o case
showing that 9 Republican majority In .
legislative body have ever neglected to
avail themselves OF the rights OF q ma.
jority; or when IL can name q good
reason why the Dsmocratsin the United
States Senate ought not to have Gun.
brscsd the opportunity just afforded
them TO elect . President pro tempors
from their own party, I shall be pleased
to communicate with you again.
FAIR Play.
Gold Hill. October -. 1881.