Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-07-31
OUT OF THE
The Appeal no Longer a Reform
atory Institute.

not advocated the immediate arrest
of all drunken men addicted to fast
driving on the street or hoodlnms
awakening the echoes of the nioht
with obscene songs and drunken
rloald V"callZstiOn 10 the west end of
town In order to answer the in.
quirles OF these people we will state
APPEALS position.
10 tue first place, we are not draw
Ing a salary as a peace officer ard
secondly, this paper has gone out Of
the reform business. For come wears
past the APPEAL has beer looked noon
as the champion Of the opposed, but it
no longer poses in this "a capacity.
Years ago it tackled thu V. ct R
Il. and told the truth about il. Local
merchants said we wer,. "on the RIGHT
tract" but were afraid to advertise for
fear the road would get even.
h APPEAL next tackled the South
ern Pacific K. r., a road that has sert
Nevada broke with high freight
charges then a lot more merchants
quit advertising for fear it might hurt
them with the road. They wanted the
hight kept mp, however. but were nc
Wiling to put up a cent to compensate
for the loss Of business. We then
showed the tax payers of Ormsby that
the Board Of County Commissioners
were letting illegal contracts and
placing additional burdens on the tax.
payers. Everybody said it was time
the gang was exposed md they turn
ed in and reelected the same gang
for another term. The next COM
plant was the Board of School Direc-
tors which unlawfully let contracts
without advertising for bids. An out
ragged public begged the APPEAL to
show 'em up They we're showed
up, made no defense and we're re-
elected.
linen came the rotteuness in the
trial OF the Mint thieves The vho,a
town groveled at the feet of the rss-
Gals. The APPEAL staid out for the
law and lost subscribers and alvar
Users 1t would not assist in
shielding criminals who were p1ou-
lar Al attorney was caught dead to
rights bribing witnesses to get out cf
the country and the APPEAL exDosed
the incaeacity, or worse, of a United
States official who dare 0 do his
duty prosecuting him.
The public said it was Just the thing
out the attorney who bribed the wit
ness is still at large and the U. S
officer who email les him to keen ont Of
IDe clutches OF the law still holds his
Office. Now .he public wants the APP
PEAL to do the work Of paid officials
and prevent fast driving and drunk
eness on the streets. We begleave to he
excused The APPEAL is not paid 70
public order on Main street It
furthermore any citizen who sees an
violated is at liberty to
make the arrest personally or swear
o a complaint. The town Of Carson
$ mace up principally of people who
iei1ght to be boodleized. robbed.
walked on and trampled under foot
me majority fear to resist an invas-
OF their legal rights. The popnIa- .
ION as a whole is an aggregation Of E
LIE most peculiar c%owardice. They are
uied by a gang of tax dodgers, hum
Jugs and smooth cbnnubiators and
GU can bet every dollar you have
hat they enjoy it. d
Inc APPEAL has made an honaet il
noft TO advocate their rights and
ct 'hem from various impostions.bat !.
icy uou seem to want any in
'rierence In their regular psstime Of
eng walked on and mposed nron p
ooot a dozen people asked the Ag- a
EAL yesterday to make a move IN
hnlsh people who endanger the lives A
others by fast driving. Please av -
Use Us II you don't like fast driv. .
2 on Main street, stop it yourself
e also don't advise anyone to SWEAR es
1t a complaint with the idsa that re
csc people will testify to awning
len the case comes up. Most Of &C
will find it convenient r. die ne
pear, and leave the COMPLAINING
taess in the lurch.
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Inc case OF Newton Morgan VS.. the -.