Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-10
FLANICAN'S DEFENDER
The News Apologies for
the Water Company's
Reno Agent

0L2tO, ana Gnat Is LAO C2reOn NoWS. |
In replying to the charges made in the
Reno Ledger to the effect that Flani-
gan in . public meeting in this city
said that "hobes had no right to vots,'
the News says:
ga point which the Ledger man
overlooked by reason of not being him
self in attendance upon this meeting, is
that the above is entirely false. Mr..
Flanagan said nothing Of tho kind. He
was an invited speaker at meeting
called for the purpose of discussing
whether or not Carson City should put
to a vote the question of bonting the
city for a largo sum of money. He
spoke of RenO's experience and said
that the danger of such a proceeding
would be that every man who had not
a dollars worth of property and con-
sequently would have to pay none Of
the burden Of the bonds, would vote to
place the city in almost any indebted
flooded with tramps and drunks whose
vote would count as much as those Of
the respectable aid taxpaying element
He was interrupted with q question as
to whether or not he was glad to re-
ceive the votes of the bumners and
tramps, and instantly replied that he
did not want them and cid not believe
that he receved them.
This Is all there was TO it. He
made no slurring reference to poor peo-
| pie at all
| We would like to correct the state
ment in the News that Flanagan was
IAN invited speaker II So, who in
vited him?
He was, moro properly speaking,
an engaged speaker" and engaged
by the President OF the V. & I. r. K.
Co. to tell the people of this city how
to manage their local affairs the same
as the News has attempted SO often.
Most men, when asked to take hand
ia the LEGAL affairs of county in which
they did not reside, would politely de-
cline to be placed in the position of
meddlers, but Senators Conins, Ernst
and Flanagan promptly reported for
duty when called upon by the Presi-
dent of the v. & T.. and the chief
stock holder of the Carson Water Co.,
and stuck their noses into the local af-
fairs of Ormsby county.
1t was proposed to relieve Carson OF
the incub bus OF the extortionats Water
Company that has straddled itself on
the back Of the Carson taxpayer and
give municipal ownership of water.
The Water Company people, who only
value the property at about $50. oOt
| for taxable purposes, but who would
not take 500, 600 for the plant, made q
; rigorous fight to prevent the pas.ag,
OF bill giving the citizens of Carson
the right to vote on the bonds. They
whipped the Senate in line to stife thu
voice of the people in an election, anl
| successfully employed Dolph Shane, !;
, Reno lobbyist, to persuade the Heus'
, that the people of Carson didn't hav'
sufficient sense to know when the,
were being systematically robbed.
Flanagan said in the meeting tina
Only taxpayers should veto on tn
. question course, a poor man VIII,
: was thirsty enough to want water
: would be- barrsd-but in the Legisla
turs he voted to dollar every body fren
d tho right Of suffrage.
: Whenever the V. & I. r. r. Co
desires TO knife Carson'it calls Reno t.
its aid. At the time when Carson ha,
:, the State University in its grasp it wa
= thrown to Reno by the orders OF tn
'. & I. X. r. Co., and the Republi
can representatives of this county
who, in those days were merely pup
pets for the local road, voted to sen
If the institution to Reno and the dea
$ was made by Washos county represen
1t tatives agreeing to aid the " & T. i
e case they needed any Legislation
y Thus the Road snapped Carson off TO
before the Silver party took the clu
out of its hands with which it ha
beaten Carson ever the head for year
= past. The APPEAL will bring tn
question of the municipal ownership G
water up in the next campaign and "
believe that public sentiment is suffic
emily reused to enable the people t
get the remorseless clutch of the mo
nopoly off its threat.
If the town expects to ever advanc
the people must shake Off rule of tn
i V. & I. and the Carson Water Co.
| which are one and tho same thing.