Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-09-23

To THE EDITOR OF THE APPEAL
Under this head the Enterprise
Of Sunday prints a column editor
ia) and in reply to an APPEAL ed.
itorial advances a great many
reasons why q Legislative gathering
can accomplish all the reforms nec'
essary in Nevada without the aid
of special Convention to frame a
new Constitution.
To point out the many misappre-
tensions Of our Comstock contem-
porary would entail an amount OF
labor upcn our small typographical
force not to be thought of in sin
gle day, and We shall therefore
make series of replies, which will
occupy our time during the present
week.
In the first place the Enterprise
charges that Constitutional Con-
vention is a Democratic measure
aud something for which the Re-
publican party is not responsible
In the platform Of the Republican
State Convention of 1882 the fol-
owing appears:
Resolved, That in the judgment
Of this Convention the Legislature
when next convened. should make
the necessary provisions for a Con
vention to revise the entire Con
stitution of the State; that in pro-
viding for such Convention, we'll
guarded restrictions should be
made, defining the number of dele
gates, their compensation, and fix
ing the duration of the session;
that we believe such convention
is imperatively demanded by the
urgent necessities of the times. and
among others for the following
cogent reasons: First-To change
the fundamental law as to secure
as nearly as may be the equal and
uniform taxation on all property
subjected thereto. Second-To
regulate and render equal and just
all the rates of passage and freight
upon all railroads doing business
in this State, to the end thai our
leading industries may be fostered
and not oppressed, built up and not
ovcrthrown; and third-To secure
the reduction of the expenses Of
the State to the minimum by dis
pensins with all unnecessary Of
fees and employees. rendering more
speedy and economical the collec-
ton of the public revenue, and the
execution of the law and the admin
istration of justice.
The assertion, therefore, that a
new Constitution is not Republi-
can measure is not true. The last
Republican Convention, held in
Carson, omits this plank, for the
simple reason that Col. Shaw, the
editor Of the Enterprise, wrote the
platform and probably omitted the
plank so that the platform would
fit the Enterprise like the paper
on the wall" We arc also in
formed, upon good authority, that
Col. Shaw wrote the platform of the
Reno Convention in 1882. At that |
time the Constitutional plank was
good enough for him, but having !
experienced a change of sentiment !
in the meantime, he is now VIC
lent opposer to the new Constitu
ton, and charges all who cannot
flop as fast as he can with not be-
ing good Republicans. The idea
that the Republican organs Of this !
State must keep constant step with
tac various political meanderings OF
the Territorial Enterprise in order
to retain their political credentials,
is a new test Of party fealty tc us.
In such an event we would be like
the Frenchman, who, in the midst
Of the Revolution, called to his
landlady every morning to bring
him the paper from the door stoop
that he might find on. what kind
Of = government he was living un-
der. We have seen the time when
= newspaper, in order to faithfully
chronicle the position Of the Enter
prise upon vital public questions,
wou Id be obliged to get out two
editions daily. We think that VIC
have shown conclusively that the
editor of the Enterprise Goes not
know his own mind upon the ques-
lion Of a Constitutional Conven-
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