The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-08-04

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Republican Convention meets co sept.
3. aud will, DO not doubt, nominate
the present incumbent Tor tie office Of
Governor Tie Dyrocrats, On the 9TH
e. hand. are divided on t@o candidates,
man named Canasea aud another
named Adams. 1t IS difficult to say
which will be nominated. as we'll as TO
predict tie result Of the casnpaign.
Taere are fea social issues in our State,
such as tbs temperance Of lawlessness
issue. tn instance. The Democrats, i
il true. have tried TO make political
capital out CT Chinese immigration, but
since President Arshur signed the bill
limiting tee u.aox Of Ceiestials this
has beea very poor weapon ia their
hands However,, they are now laying
great stress on tbe TACT that more Dem
ocratie than Republican Congressman
voted Ter the measure IN question. "
nosoPoLY AND NrI-MoEoPo4Y. w
Then aeti-mouopoly Is net an Issue
in your state as N come othefsi'
"Ob, not at al. said the Senator,
with smile. cot late years
there has been some cutlery against the
Central Pacific Railroad. Tat no leeisla
tive measure. have been taken against
that corporatiou Neyadans have m.
gued wish morc or less reason that it
was extremely unjust Tor the company
to charge more Tor dropping Eastern
coed. Ia Nevada than Tor transporting
.hem all the way TO san Francisco. So
called special rates have 2.so been d
subject Of much controversy, but re-.
peat. 10 political issue has been made
out OF the matter Ia isct. know SO
far CT nc State Ia which aati monopoly
has really been political issue. For
the last ten years ! have heard the cor
pofations nos led al and abused IN ev-
e.y shape ard manner, and yet each
tlae tae election came, the question
was pm altogether in the background
And wh,2 Because the great masses
OF the people are too practically DIS.
posed to destroy an institution useful
Ia itself without having something 70
put IN is place This Is precisely what
the snt,-mouopoiy leaders went them
to do AS tar as / am concernsd, !
have never set been able 10 make an
anti mouppolist gave clear and precise
programme Of the intentions OF his par
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ANTI moToPoLIsrs LIKE NIhilIsls.
Like tie Nihilsts, 70 certain eN
tent. they are eager to destroy, bat to-
tally unable 30 reconstruct And mark
you. when they do propose a remedy il
ia far worse than The poison. LOOK At
the prcposioa to appoint railroad com
mission q three, FOR example. ia there
anstbing more absurd that thiss In
stead Of fulfilling The Obj Ct for whi b
& IS intended, the bll in question: val!
really streu- then the railroads. The
iatteg VIII Cad It hundred times easier
TO influence three Commissioners than
70 soanence whole Legislature Ct al
most 200 members. And even il it be
argued that the commissioners are to
act merely as Ieierees, my reply is that
their presence viii only complicate
matters and render the administration
81 railroad affairs more cumbersome
than il is az present. ] do not TINS
any Of the anti monopolist leaders
grasp tie question property. In one
respect | am an anti nonopolist myself;
that Is. 90 not believe that tAe huge
railroad corporations should have The
power and actual sovereignty shry pos
sess. At the same time ! think that
as long as the railroads are private
property aud belong te a Mr. Wander
Lilt or Mr. Gould aud others, TIE
State has no right 10 tax them immsas
urally as some anti monopolists pre-
pose, or to fix the rates 81 transport
How could such thing be done any,
how without ruinlpg tue railroad alto,
nalLnr and thne crinnlinor thu fnada