Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-08-03
STATE OFFICIALS
A Taxpayer has a Word TO-
Present incumbents
Carson. New. August 2, 1898.

In the Evening Report of August Isl
there appeared "A short article relative t.
Silver Party politics and the aspirant-
for office at their hands.
am not, Mr.. Editor, attempting to in
velgie you into a newspaper fight with
the editors of the Report, but | desire a
little space in your columns.
In criticising the stand taken bv the
silver State" the Report. among other
things, says: upon what ground will
the Silver State tell us is any man now in
the CahitOl building entitled to a renom-
i~natiOn?"
To be sure it may he u useless task t.
persuade the Report that any man. who
has served his term of office with ability
VINO has attended to the business of the
state c~onscienti"u>ly. or who has en-
~deaVored to serve the interest of the
people and taxpayers by an economical
administration Of his office. should he re-
nominated, but with the citizens at large
the ones who are vitality Interested in
these things, it is far differ mt. When
we get a man who has the Welfare and
interest Of The state and its taxpayers at
heart, who sul'Serves all interests to
theirs, we a to keep him.
The present administration is as eff
lectlNe, as competent and as wholesome
as any that has been i'm office since New
ada entered upon its statehood. The
state is not upon its best legs financially.
nor mas 1t been for sometime past. The
fall IN property values, the decrease i'm
population. the low price of silver and
consequent hard times. to say nothing Of
the extravaganza of former state officials
had placed Our state in none to enviablp
a position and mnch praise Sdu to our
present state officers for the economical
manner In which they have conducted
state affairs, perhaps to the executive
more than all others.
From the start he has been identified
with the interests OF the people. The
Governors office has been common
ground for rich and poor al Ike. no matter
how IoWiy a ans p)5ition in life if his
cause was good be had the Governors
ear. Never before have affairs been run
III Nurh = snip shape. business like and
economical manner With the execution
OF a few necessary expenses the State il
tPillg run on Its own resources. Ii j.
one l. hil that the expenditure Of the
state University - today comparatively
smaller han ever before and vet the
e~ltlclency and standing of the institution
- IN no way ahated. IN fact thp college
Is to-day upon a better and frmer basis
than ever before. 70 his PROMPT action
and trim stand is due the fact that TODAY
Inc cattle industry, At present almost the
largest interest in the State. thrivas and
H"uflsheS. When the veal, hy and in
f1uential cattlemen of California ,era
Il"NiAg heaven and earth to ship their
diseased and infected stock to our healthy
grass ranges, and when they were trvino
means foul and fair to acc0mplish their
e""' tue Governor strongly opposed
them. He called together from all PARTS
OF the State the cattle owners and tbo.e
interested i'll the cattle business. he
TO them the situation and toll
'heih ne awaited their pleasure. The
not only unanimously suppor-
nm IN the pOsitian he had taken but
adjourned by giving him three rousino
cheers.
Coming down to a more recent TINA
take the action of our state e~xecutive
since the war began. 1t is in great nart
due 10 nm and his efforts that Nevada
mas been allowed to furnish 50 MANY ,
troops rs she has. Then, too. take his at- |
Ilti'de toward the men. He has dome
everything in his power to serve their in
SereSt. With the battalion of volunteers
IN camp he could not have acted
more squarelv nor pleased the men hettar
nan by allowing them to elect their own
officers, major and all.
ANA SO we find people asking for what
'eaS@n sucii men should be ren0minatad
ma why they should be retained in Of
lce' 1t is time the people at large should
ave an expression Of opinion and the
stamp of their approval.
Yours respectfully,
\ TAXPAYER.