The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-01-01
Carson Letter.
Ed. COURIER:


COURIER the news items written by
the Mottsville High School scholars.
They are newsy and well written.
They are plainly written, without any
straining at long words, and the writ
ers ought to be encouraged to keep up
putting down their thoughts on paper.
I have always encouraged it in pupils.
John Considine, now the Warden OF
the State Prison, late editor of the Vir-
ginia Chronicle, and now likely associ-
ate, if not the leading editor, of the
Reno Star, was brought out as news
paper writer by myself, when he was
attending the Public High School at
Virginia City, and consider it moth
ing against me that the pupil has
turned out better than his teacher In
Justice to myself desire to state that
| never taught him the big words he
is SO fond of using, as | have always
urged the use of little ones, if possible.
He patterned after the style of the late
Mr.. Brann of the Iconoclast, at whose
shrine he seemed to have worshipped.
The Democratic Presidential nomina-
ton is not going to go a-begging next
year. On the contrary, | cannot re-
member when it was more earnestly
sought, since the nomination of Little
Mac.u in 1860. | believe the cause of
it can be found in the vital question
now before the people as to whether
the corporations shall continue to run
the government, or whether the people
will resume their ancient privilege.
There seems to be a fretful desire on
the part of the people to resume con-
troll Lincoln said "a government of
the people, by the people and for the
people shall not perish from the face
of the earth" Such government
has not persisted, but it has been in
sad state of coma since Andrew john
son left the Presidential chair, in 1859.
If the fight is to be between corpo-
rate power and the people, the latter
should bear in mind that the former
have no politics, that is to say, they
are neither Democrats nor Republic
ans. They do not fall under any other
political subdivision, either, as a
steady" They side strictly with
that party that will subserve their
interests. If Roosevelt is strong
enough to force his nomination, they
will attempt to control the Democratic
convention, and, if they fail in that,
they will make the best terms they
can, with either party. If the people
desire to resume the reins of govern
ment, they must therefore be watch
full, and the principal places to watch
are the national conventions. After
the nominations are made, all there is
to do is to see which side is backed by
the corporations, and vote for the
other side, irrespective of politics.
This rule ought to work easy in Neva-
da, particularly. We have no interest
in common with the corporations, and
we can afford to vote any ticket and
for any party that is on our side, and
favors our interests. Since the civil
war there has been no great question
before the people that called for any
exhibition of purely patriotic senti-
ment, and there is none now. The
Union is safe, and the country is not
menaced from any source, except from
corporate power. We should there
fore be patriotic on that point and on
that question, and break away from
our party affiliations, if necessary, to
fight this great danger which menaces
the very life of the Republic.
The Democratic newspapers of the
Pacific Coast are making grave mis-
take in attacking President Roosevelt
for his speedy recognition of the in
dependence of the Isthmians. The
building of the Panama canal is bound
to help the Pacific Coast great deal,
and we all want it, and don't believe
there are many of us who care how
we get it, particularly when the means
adopted were forced on the President
by lot of blackmailers. Their plain
tive walls will bring nothing more
than laugh on the Pacific Coast.
| am reviewing Judge A. l.. Fitz-
gerald's Thirty Years War on Sill
ver," just published, and can be had
at any of the book stores. 1t is not a
large book, but full of argument. If
the Judge has in fact solved the silver
question, it is pity that the book was
not published long ago. 1t is book
which requires not only reading, but
study, and it has to be learned, like
any other lesson, and this cannot be
done in one short oompo;er,, no,t;o,,