Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-10-12

%&eecees@SA MISREPRESENTATION
The Populist Platform does not con
tain one word, good, bad or Indifferent
in favor Of the policies to which the
Silvermen Of the State Of Nevada
and the Silver Party OF this State are
committed.
There are two elements of bai
faith in the action of=the Secretary q
State in certifying the names ofwhich
We complain; .-e .g-
First The Democratic. and Silver
Conventions certified to The Secretary
of State the names Of the nominees
of those two Conventions, each Of them
adopting the nominees of the other
Convention. This certificate was fled
! in the Office Of Secretary of State on
the 10th day Of September, 1904.
| Thereafter the nominees Of the dis
senting Convention came here and til
ed their certif cafes with the Secre-
tary Of State. end in defiance Of the
4 laws Of this state he accepted both
! certificates and fled them and re
fused to make any decision as to
which was the regular Convention,
and to which we're the regular nom
ineas, That was something that he
had no power under the law TO do.
and at which, he exceeded his author
ity under the laws of this State, and
something in which | think under the
Section providing for the duties aud
obligations of Public Officers. he Will
fully committed an act against OF"
laws and .wil1ful1y neglected to do
something which our laws provided he
ought to do.
Second: Thereafter q committee Of
the sC-calIed Silver Convention disseu-
ting from the REGULAR Convention, os-
tensibly appointed to fill vacancies
in the Offices let vacent by the So
called Convention Of the Silver Party.
filed a certificate nominating Reinhold
Sadler for the Office Of Congressman
from this State and in a certificate
nominating ReirnoId Sadler for thaJ
office, it was asserted that there was
a vancency existing in the nominees
Of the Silver Party for q Congressional
representative t. the House Of Rep
resentatives, when in truth and in
fact there was already on file in the
office Of Secretary CT State 2 cert.
fcate showing thar Q. D. Van Duzer
, was the regular nominee Of the Silver
=. Party for that Office. of 7 an killed
it would not make any difference Il
me whether I was shot accidentally
, Or deliberately; I I'm dead"
The Secretary Ct State by his &C
tions, whether done through igno"
ance or design, has attempted TO and
has injured these petitioners. At the
time the certificates were fled ne
should have determined whether he
should have accepted one or both Of
them and would have certified on;
or the other Of them to the vari0u
. County Clerks Of his State: if Their,
was any doubt in his mind, he Ough
to have rejected one or both Of then
and informed the Chairman Of tn,
= respective party lCr parties of his
action and the nominee Of those partie
would have had the opportunity tt
:, have settled their differences in Coui'
without endangering the electors 0
this State.
The Secretary of State absolutei
did nothing up to the very last mir
ute, then in fraud Of the law breakin
:, it's spirit, breaking the very act whic
was designed to prevent the fraud
" which I have mentioned, he certife
- two Silvermen to each office in def
:. ance Of Section 1858, Compiled Law
. of the State of Nevada, wherein it
said that a convention can only MOI,
mate one man to each Office.
Further than that there was alread
: on file in the Office OF the Secretary (
~ State a certificate which he had 2
ready recognized by fling it and
which it was stated that the Silve
- Party had nominated c. D. Van DUE
to be their nominee fer Congress fl
% the Silver Party. A committee frol
this Dissenting convention takes
- upon themselves to assert that thel
. was a vancency existing in that part
:, cular Office, and to nominate Reinho
=, Sadler to be the Silver Party. nomine
!, for the Office Of Representative
:, Congress and our intelligent Sc
! rotary of State" accepts that to |
the fact and believes it, and certifit
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