The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-02-25
STATE POLITICS.
Some Sensible Suggestions Not Of a
Partisan Nature.

The following from tue huteN'
Sentinel is well-timed and deserves
the consideration of the County Gen.
trail Committees of botA parties;
Nevada elects this Fall, besides the
Presidential Electors Ii member Oi
Congress, a Justice of the Supreme
Court, Legislature aud fun line OF
county and township officers. Ii is
pity that eur Constitution compels the
meeting OF Il Legislature every two
years. There is no United States Sem
ator to be elected this Winter, and no
earthly use for session OF Tie LeglS-
! lature that we can conceive at THIS
writing. 1t would be better for the
State ii the session could lapse. 1t
would save the taxpayers ut least SI5,-
900 if it were possible to dispense with
a session. But 1t was our purpose 10
write more particularly OF party mat
ters. In Presidential years there Is
always more or less difficulty exper-
fenced by the State Central Committee
in arranging the time for the holding
of the respective conventions. What
We are saying applies with equal force
to both parties, and We are writing us
much in the interest of one as the
other in this particular case. 1t is a
question involving the convenience OF
tue people forming both OF the parties,
as well as an item OF considerable cost.
Shall there be two Democratic and
two Republican conventions IN Neva-
ia this yearl II we had the deciding
of the matter we should vote in the
negative aud have but one of each.
One of each party is as good as forty
Time cuts no figure in local contest
in Nevada. The State candidates may
as we'll be in the field four months AS
four weeks. In any event they will
not do their active canvassing until
the closing weeks of the campaign.
There has been feeling of opposition
to long campaigns in Nevada. There
is absolutely nothing in it, In 1880
the Democrats put up their State
ticket in May, and at the same time |
selected their delegates to the National
Convention. The plan worked well
and gave entire satisfaction. The |
people are too poor, and we speak for
both parties, to be put to the trouble |
and expense of attending two conven-
tons of their respective parties. In
the large counties of Eastern Nevada |
the holding of a County Convention |
is attended with heavy tax ON the |
delegates. If each party held two |
State Conventions, two County Com |
ventions of each would also he neces- |
STATED. This is too much. and be- |
sides it is always difficult to enlist |
general interest in the first. where the |
only business to be transacted is the |
selection of three delegates and three
alternates to the National Convention |
Notwithstandil g this apathy tie State
Central Commit y is never Justified |
in assuming the power tn appoint del
egates. Whenever 1t has been dome
in this State it has always resulted in
The people want a
voice and are entitled To il. in all
party matters. Both National Con-
will probably he held in
June, the Republican being already
fixed for the 10Th of that month.
State Conventions of both parties
night be held early in the same
month, and all convention business of
zach for the year attended to then and
here. This would require the meet
ng of Central Committees tn map out
he work some time in April. We
write wholly disinterested on the sub
ect, and have no other desire in the
premises than to save the members of
10Th parties unnecessary trouble and
lost.