Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-14
AN IMPORTANT MATTER. :
Status Of the Nevada Democracy
From a Legal Stancooint.

EDITOR CHRONICLE There has been
G rs derahle discussion as to how ana
by wh"me IA Bryan electoral ticket
shall be placed upon the State ballots
to he voted for at the coming election.
A prtiti"n, it is undrr-tOMd. has been
circulated in different portions # the
State, c"allltg tor IL Democratic con
~ventiun to be held a Carson City Oh
the 9th Of Septemh-r, for the purpose
Of nominating electoral and State
tickets. This method. according 10 the
declaration IF the uriginators, 8 in the
int rest of harmony AND for .re I'ur-
pose Of IeorganiZ,nG and consolidating
the Democratic party in the STATE.
While harmony ard cunso,i.ta ion ate
certainly desirable incidents, it ~ one
the less important that uch harmony
and unanimity should inure to the
beL eft OF rm Silver caudidnte il stead
Of the Mckinley party through non
compliance with the electio law, vi
the State.
Section 2 Of the Australian ballot
law reals as follows "Any convention,
as hereinafter defined, held for The
purpose of making nominations for
public Office, ADD also electors 10 the
number hereinafter sp. ciiied. may
nominate candidates for pu~oitcuf1c--,
to be tlie'i 10y eirctlou Within the State.
A convention within fhe meaning OF
tt,iS AT IL .n AZ 4, izA,i a,,tlD,y .f
delegates representing d political party
wnich, at the last election, before THE
holding OF such cCnNeLtlon, poled al
least three per cebt. OF and entire vote
cast in the State, county, district OF
other poll ical division, for whlcn the
nomination is made"
The Only Democratic ticket on the
State ballots w years hSp vas he one
headed 10y Theodore Wi-tets tor Gov
eruor. anu il ''pollrd at least thee per
ceut. OF the eutIre vote cast III Tie
Stat )" heuce ii 10 only by authority
II the org aniz .tiOu whlcn uOnluatoI
that ticket thai al electoral or STATE
Ticket, uesIguaLeu IS 'DcuiOcratlV,
can ie legally paced upon Ihe Sat
! ballots. except by petition, for the en-
suing election. III other wUIuS, that
. Organization through Its Stale Ceutral
2 Committee, is, under Tie election la 5,
the only leg Al representative vi The
Den ucraIic patty, at the pr seat tine,
IN the State,
There ls an erroneous Impression
2 prevailing that the above quoted Sec
= ton was III 1898, requiring
ten instead OF three per ceut. ol tue Ell
2 TIE oie polled, to entitIe ID political.
party to place d tickle III tue hrld ny
tue convention m~thOd for TIL t,lO"'
lug election. INe amendment OulS
applies 10 mountainous 10y sttIti"u, IA
5 creaolug Tie proportion iIoIn thIee t,
ten per cent. but leaves the c~OuVeutIOl
~ nomination as in the original Act. L
~ is therefore lam to be sten that num
nations made W d conNentlun. Gale,
i'll tue mabuer proposed, could Onl.
Il receive legal recognition trum tue elec
4" tion authorizes, 10y ID petition Tor eacI
~ seperate Candidate, sigued by ten pc
cent. OF the VOtere OF tue Stale.
rs Ibis is too important a mater to III
d cur any fisk upou 1t is 10y 10 meau
n Impossible that the three Nevada vote
viii decide the result. and no fnctlUna
feeling or prejudice should vt alluwt
to intervene TO prevent tue viii! OF III
. people being honestly and coIrectI
voiced in the Electoral College. Let
not be forgotten tpat il 1876 thlt
States were wrested from tue Dem
4 cratic candidates upon far iII.o
re Ous ttchuicalltles than an el~ctoli
tick,t tein5 illegally placed upon II
y. State baIloIs. Ii the Nevada vute wOuI
decide tue result, the gold plutUcra
90 wouu uuquestionabiy spend million
IF II dollars, II necessary, TO transfer
from BryaD to Mckinley and it stan'
the silver meu Cf this State in haud
take every pIecaution tuH: to See til,
III not the slightest vpening is left in
ne which d legal or technical wedge cou
- possibly De inset d.
IL TIE situation briefly desc:ibed is
III follow A Bryan electoral ticket to
al legally placed upon the STATE bail,
mus from the Democrat
organization which nominated Sta
can'ldaies two years ago, from t
Popuiist or Silver party or by l%etitiO
II run under the desiGnatiun "f De
his OcIatic,' it must tie paced in the liz
for by authority OF the organization whI
held tt St Lte COnventlOn in R4nO