Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-04-24

ing customs OF ElGnarchies and dos-
DCtisms.
Let US never rc"@ot that this is 9
Republic. in which the individual
rights Oh every citizen are equal tc
those of of the highest servant Of the
| people
| If it be true as has been reported
i that the Yellowstone Park has been
closed to the public during the Persi-
dents stay therein. the officials respon
sible for the order have been guilty CT
usurpation of popular rights. Tho
humblest citizen of the United States
has as much right to the freedom of
the park as the President himself.
And upon any test of the matter. the
courts would doubtless sustain thai
popular right.
1t is announced that because Of the
! Presidents wish to have AS much pri-
vacy as possible" during his stay in
Yosemite the Southern Pacific com
pany has instructed its ticket agents
in San Francisco to sell no more than
seventy-five tickets to the valley dur
ing the time of his visit to that resort
from May 9TH to the 25th.
no transportation company has the
; right to make such an order. The
- and cannot legally refuse transaorta-
T ton to any applicant who tenders the
regular fare to the Yosemite cr any
3 other place. Nor can the stage con.
, panies legally make any restriction on
the number of passengers they viii
. carry intC the yallaE during the visit,
If the President.
Il the President is in any wise per
I sonally responsible for the Efforts &c
/ hedge himself in with such exclusive
/. ness as the sOvCreigns OF the Ol(
f World claim as their prerogative. ht
;. deserves censure. Il is most un
+ American thing for any person. cor
S pOratiCn or set OF men. to undertake
y to rule out the general public from
5, common pleasure ground. merely ina
d the Presidents preference FIR pr
O yacy may be hundred
Il The President himself should lee the
first tc rebuke am such 1unkeyism
L There is room enough in the Ycsemit,
Il for him and everybody else who ma!
n wish to 90 there in May. And i
g view Of his military escort there i
y absolutely no reason for concern 81
e Their over his personal safety or tha
D the privacy Ct his camp ma. be brC
II ken.
n So far as safety is concerned. it j
o q great mistake 10 encourage the il
n ton that the Presidents life is i
e constant danger from Anarchists. e
Their in the forests or in the crOWGe
n streets Of cities. And as he gee
d walking and riding everywhere aDou
4. Washington, alone CT with a singI
k companion, it is absurd to say ina
h people must be kept out of such pleas
II ure grounds as the Yellowstone Ma
e. iOnal Park or the Yosemite Vale
ct when it suits the President to enie
id The truth is that among a larg
9. class Of people, especially in fashion
r able life and official circles. there
lie a growing tendency to exalt the Pr
sident above the people. as a rule
III and not as a servant and to pay hil
ty the sort OF homage that Kings an
I'd EmpercrS eXactAll such toadyis1
CT should be frOwned upon. 1t is Co
i temptible and ridiculous. Among p
IN liticians and officials. who crook tt
or pregnant hinges of the knee, tn;
10. thrift may follow fawning" this
perhaps to be expected but the Peep
should have none of it, and the pre-
should cry it dOwn.-Sacramento Be
Papers have been filed in Reno
the case OF Hattie Lake VS. NJ G.. Lal
IN which the plaintiff has sued for
vorce on the grounds of cruelty, nan
ly. staying out late nights, and ia
ST ure to provide.
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re Ernest Hall and wife, of Virginia,