Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-09-24
Fist AND 3 ECOND
RIDDLES.

Having in yesterdays issue re
piled to tho charges made by tn,
Enterprise that We were not run
ming . Republican newspaper (be
cause We supported one Of tn
broadest planks Of a Republican
State Convention), we now come K
another very circumstancial charge
to wit: playing second fiddle to the
Times-Review.
When it comes to 4 question Of
political equity it matters not t.
US whether we play first or second
fiddle. 1t is related that the great
Mozart once visited a provincial
theatre where one of his compost
tions was being presented, and in
cog took the place of a man in the
orchestra whose duty it was to
pound on the kettle-drum, and
there is no question but that he hit
the distendcd sheep-shin exactly at
the right time and rejoiced in his
own mind that he was doing his
duty by the instrument he was
handling. We are not at all
abashed that we are charged with
playing second fiddle to the Times
Review. We recognize the fact
that the Times-Review is edited by
q man who knows more about the
question Of the Constitutional Con-
vention than any journalist in the
State now writing on the subject
and if our Comstock contemporary
classes us as the second musician
in the orchestra our only hope is
that We will be able to honestly hold
the title. We believe that we are
right upon this question, and if
anyone can manipulate the second
fiddle any better than ourselves,
will be glad to step down to the
trombone, the bazoo or the drums.
Rather than not be in the orches-
ira at all we would consent to oil
up the keys of the double bass or
rosin the bow of the violincello.
The woods are getting altogether
too full Of people who imagine that
they alone shall wave the baton
for the party, and a good deal of
hard and useful party work is left
undone because so few men are
willing to play second fiddle" to
anybody.
Too many first 6ddlers in the or
chestra. Col.
The editor Of the Enterprise has
at his command the largest and We !!
believe the oldest newspaper |
in the State and his
claims to the dos ition of orchestra
leader to the party seem to be
founded upon the fact that he pos
scsses what he considers is the
only genuine Straduarius violin in |
the party. But the instrument
does not make the player. His !
cres:e'sdos are wretchcdiy handled;
his staccato passages are Invariably
in the wrong place, and the less
said about his tempo the better.
Charity forbids US to dwell upon it.
We advise him to take another
twist on the Il string, transpose his
score, turn it right side up and
pause in his work long enough to
catch the true key Of Republican
from the despised second
fiddler" at his elbow, who, with his
cheap and battered instrument, is
giving to the masses the true party
harmonies.
We hope and pray for the day
when the Territorial Enterprise
will be in accord with us, but con-
fess that we do not expect much
from a performer who repudiates
his own original compositions.
Sooner than do this, we would sit
Town like those Scriptural captives
dong side the Babylonian waters
md hang our harp upon the trees;
sgad! we would hang ourselves
here. Tomorrow we will show
hat the Enterprise knows not
Whereof it speaks when it takes
he ground advanced in the Austin
seveille, that Carson newspapers
vant State officers to have high
alsries, that they may lavish their
Eealth upon the newspapers.
rHE Nevada 6ENATORSHIP.