Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-10-14
That'State Officer"
EDITOR APPEAL:-

EDITOR APPEAI:-
! nave read with surprise the article Ii
the "News'' purporting to come from th'
pen of a State officer. 1t is not pOssihl'
that a man elected 20 office by the voter
OF an organized party ana having accept
cd 5000 of the States money through
that election. could 50 far forget his man
hood, sense of honor and Common de
concy, as to deliberately try 20 r"ia that
party and The men who. he claims, con
nivcG to give him that money. IN"
tramp who accepts hospitality without a
'thank YOU" and would turn about and
burn the home of the man who fed him
would be considered Il fit subject for tar
and feather or lynching bee. Tn spy
who sncaks into camp and gains the con-
tidcncp of those whom he means to hetray
ever when actuatei hv what he deems
patriotism, is cxecratod and shot when dis
covered. How much lower in the social
and moral scale is the thing who hetravs
h~cconfdcnce 0fthoSH who have trusted.
to1 and clothed him for wears.
I donot believe my state officer capable
OF such culpahle pucrilitv During the
past HOUR years NE iffti occupying inc
Capital offices have appeared to he gen
tlemen. and not ever q failure to secure .
denomination cou!6 So transform any Of
them.
The Iong-windo1 articles at first glance
would appear to set the Silver party in a
lad light, but after reading enc says
Well. what Ofit?" Does not every party
have an organization and a beginning"
Must there not he leaders ofevcrv move
mont political. religious. social or moral?
The mechanic who IahorS all day. tie
farmer who tolls in the fields. the busy
merchant or faithful clerk has little time
for organizing reforms of any sort. but
they have many hours when the brain
can work in lines far removed from the
labor which occupies their heads. These
are the men to sec the right or wrong of
any public question, and they are the
men who so quickly fell into line and
formed a silver party which swept the
! State as soon as its principles were pro
mulgated. Men Of literary tastes, mon
whose business it is to keep themselves
informed upon a. the political and fin
anriaI questions of the tine, become the
natural leaders. As long as men live
there will he differences of opinion and
consequently contending parties on all
great questions.
estate officer" mnst nave been residing
in California or he would know hat the
C2rson APPEAL made the first suggestion,
of9 silver Party forming in this state
for the protection of our principal in
du~trv. and that the "Silver state" fel
in line Immediately. Other papers fol-
lowed long before any campaign come on
or there was a crarcc to "nuy'' them up
But. if there was such a syndicate formed
in the Palace Hotel. the schemer "huilded
better than he KNEW for the people o.
Nevada were anxious for something tC
he done to relieve them of the party
whose broken promises and e~vasivs act.
had become a by word of derision. TX
, cept the whole State had become dis
gusted Will its existing parties, no new
: organization. no matter how Influential
the leaders, could have sprung into eX
istence with such overwhelming numbers
He also must he decidedly youthful O
1 he would see how insignificant are hi
Ilttlp 13lfN tdieS, com pdEeu with lne MS
tory of the Star-chamher work accom-
; plished by the G. O. p. in the earlier day
Il of Nevada. lie had better get into thei
Y camp and learn something Of duplicit!
r strategy, bribery and treacherv before h
tries to anaign any other party on thes
charges. Perhaps he might also lear
" something of the inside of party organ
cations by co insulting some antiQuate
Democrat slightly in his cups. If dul
" sober any old fossil would be too wise t
y give away his party.
" Take the advise of one familiar Wit
T. Nevada politics for thirty years, O WI
l call yourself State Officer. and max
your fight against the Silver party from
more honorable standpoint, and do n
write yourself down a cOmbinatiC
ofthn migrate, kicker and baby.
ATANPAYER.