Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-28
RADICAL CHANGE or OPINION.

TO religion IL to make proselytes to his
nsvly-seceptsd faith. The earnsstnsss
then manifested BY that journal In its
efforts to secure favorable railroad lseis-
lation for our people. and the scsthins
denunciation Of the promoters Of "acon-
tsmplsted lottery job" BY its Carson cor
respondent, made for II many friends.
The able letters Of ito legislative corre-
pondsnt. allied with accounts Of the
aggressive warfare he was making upon
the cohorts Of the great enemy Of the
people Of Nevada ct the State capital.
we're read with much interest.
and hopes were entertained BY those
Who "trust that somehow good will be
the anal goal Of III THAT they would
effect much good. Even those most
sksptisal - to the possibility Of purity
Ing the moral atmosphere at the State
capital reluctantly admitted that one
more similarly asarsssivs campaign BY
the Chronicle sgainst the stronghold Of
corruption ct Carson would compel cor
rupt Legislators and thisving lobbyists to
migrate 10 more ~oonesnial climss.
But. alas |! for human hopes. How
frequently has IL happened In the his
tory Of ancient and modern warfare that.
when one more gallant charge upon the
enemy would have resulted In . glorious
victory. IL was discovered that BY sedue-
tive promises the enemy had succeeded
in winning the leaders Of the opposing
forces over to their side, and thereby
prevented another attack
History repeats itself. The aggressive
warrior Of two years ego has shssthsd
bis sword. The journal that bsttled 80
calamity ct the last session Of our Legs.
lsturs against railroad impositions and
lottery schsmss has now become lake
warn and indifferent In the former
cause. and has gone over "horss. fsot
and dragon" to the lottery mems side.
And the able Carson correspondent Of
that journal. who then 'fslt the need Of
Q change Of moral linen. because the cir
Of the capital was 70 dense with the SCOT
Of corruption" appears to have become
fully aeclimaisd to the Carson climate,
and NO longer dips his pen in gall when
hs rsfsrs to 90 gigantic hossins lottery
scheme"
To show plainly the change Of opinion
undergone BY the Chronicle on the lottery
question since the session Of our Legis-
lsturs two years ago. We will now quote
from that journal. First We give an ed.
itorial article Published under date Of
March I. 1879:
There 10 . gigantic lottery scheme pend.
ing In the Legislature, but ~ great care
has been taken to prevent . copy OF the
bill from getting into the papers, We are
unable ct present to furnish our readers
with even an outline Of the provisions OF
| the proposed Law. Let rs bear
from our Carson correspondent.
In resposs to the call, the Carson cor.
respondent OF that journal. under date
Of March q. published March 4, 1879,
wrote a. follows (ths italics are ours)
The Chronicle on Saturday evening re-
quested its already heartily. hated cor
respondent to make . new set Of enemies
BY exposing the contemplated lottery job,
The Invitation Il ehseriully accepted
. y
Then followed what vas designated q,
Mr.. Frsser's Little Bill"
The correspondent continued
Issnd you the bill Just u II was pre-
sentsd. . . II has never been
printed. Such . bill .,
this ,riU fare beet in the dark. 30 much
more exciting and important matters have
engaged your correspondents attention
that this contemplated iniquiy had slipped
from his railroad. burdsned mind.
There 10 no wonder that the bensvolen,
measure has been worked with all possibl,
secrecy. Az you will Zee by the provision
Of the bill. the State 10 10 be given . shor'
bit out Of every dollar that IL will let The
"Nevsda Building Association" hog from
the people.
Much solid. effective formulating hal
been done 10 win such . magnificent vot,
a. the roll.call shows. I interviewed
number Of respectable Assemblymsn who
gave their vote in the Affirmative. and
found that they had been log.rolled In
voting ~ they did. They nearly all ex'
pressed . belief that the Job would b
stranglsd in the Senate. OF falling that
that the Governor would put his foot upon
il. . ] am informed that prom
ises Of clsrkships at high salaries have
been freely made to members.
The passage Of this bill puts another idys'
Of di.graes upon this already deeply buried
Assembly. The scheme 10 simply . cheeky
attempt to give the State a email bride q
psrmif tkrss or Josr fsiioes to run a gigantic
hogoino gaEs. . OF course IL II
Unconstitutional.
Whatever the Senate may do, however
I have tso much faith In Governor Kin
kead to suppose for . moment that he
/ WOulu 9AuCtious W NE ePpAoHsA, sush :
scheme, and even II he did the Supreme
Court would not permit the clear meaning
OF the Constitution TO be o~verridden. q
The mere printiny If the bW Ought
Kill IL.
After stating that the Chronicle il now
owned and edited BY the same gentle
men who owned and edited Il two years
ago. and that II has not Published . line
against ''ths gigantic hossins lottery
scheme" that has just passed both
Houses Of our Legislature; We quote the
following from it, issue Of February 81,
1881:
Our morning contemporary violently
assails the project t"the gigantic hoggine
lottery schems"), and advances reasons
which would have considerable weight. nc
| doubt. In older-settled communities. But
Il sesms 70 us that Il goes a tinis tao .Ja'
In stigmatizing this ~ . "impudsni
frsud." .
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