Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-01
NEVADA POLITICS
WHAT SPARKS ELECTION WILL
MEAN

lslative ticket on election day because
they believe in the principles of the
party that nominated him. Many will
vote for him because he has made
good governor and they take that as
earnest that he will make a good sen. t
ator Many will vote for him because ;
of his sterling traits of character, and
many more because of his engaging
personality.
No one can quarrel with the legiti. {
macy of any of these reasons. Yet
there are bigger, broader things I'm.
derlying the movement for the cleo
ton of John Sparks to the United
States Senate.
For instance, who would not have
the State cleared from the blight that
has followed her name like pesti
lence since she was first admitted to
the union? What loyal son or true
friend of Nevada would not like to see
her cleared of the stigma Of rotten
borough'-no longer looked upon as a
political harlot by her sisters Of the !
union? What good citizens would not
like to see undone forever the work
begun by Stewart in the eos, when the
barter of United States senatorships
be an almost with the first breath Ne.
yaGa drew as a State?
And could we look a the estimation
in which we are held by other states
for admittance of this reprOacb
amongst us, could we but realize the
adherence in which the sale Of sen.
of in ic 1nl in, no
would be still more eager to remove
this stain from the fame of our State.
Look at little Delaware, which for
twelve long years has resisted with
might and main the endeavors of Ad-
dicks to purchase her honor. Della
ware, filled with large population Of
negroes, admittedly mercenary ele.
ment in politics. Delaware, which,
bounded by states like Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, ever ready to pour
over her borders hordes of purchased
rowdies, and Maryland, flooding her
with purchased negroes, and yet she
has fought the forces Of corruption to
standstill for twelve long years? Let
Nevada look tc Delaware, and follow
her glorious example.
Addicks is Republican and has had
the support of the Republican ma
chine in his candidacy. But it must
not be assumed from that that to the
Democrats of Delaware is the credit
due for his failure to debauch the
State and destroy it's honor. Far from
it. 1t is the decent element among the
Republicans of Delaware that have
no in hat I'd iS
easy enough for the Democrats to vote
against the man who is not On Their
ticket. 1t is not so seasy for the Re
publicans. For, although the decen
Republicans know that the man wht
wears the party badge in Delaware i
not fit to represent either them o
their state, although they know tina
he obtained the control Of the party
machinery by unjustifable and corrup
means, the ties of party still ar
strong. Yet they have resisted tn
force of those ties, and have seen thei
State go without representation in tn
United States Senate rather than tina
she should suffer the greater evil c
being represented unWorthily.
And they are right. A partisan SUI
cess is a gratifying thing, but Their
are times when the game is not wort
the candle, when the victory spell
ruin to the victor.
What does a purchased senatOrshi
mean? 1t means that the State, whic
so sells itself is disgraced in the eye
of the nation.
It means that there is another vo,
in the United States Senate to add
the ample sufficiency now contrOllf
by the trusts and other corporations.
It means a Senator who feels hi1
self under no obligations to prOte
the rights or advance the interests
his constituents. Why should he? H
he not bought and paid for what oug
to be a gift instead of a purchase?
It means to every father in t
State-that is, every young man who
sole capital is his ability in statecrt
the closing of the very avenue
preferment that should be first open
him.
Il means the loss to the State OF t
talent that would be OF the most u
to her. Massachusetts never sold
senatorship. That is why she has
joyed the distinguished services OF
Webster, a Sumner, Hoar.
In a word, it means harm to the C
zen, infamy to the State, and danl
to the nation.
Therefore, let us all unite in volt
for John Sparks. Let us say to De
ware, and to those other co1aIn
wealths that have sturdily maintain
their political purity, I'VE are W
you. We are small in population,
are in the infancy of our developme
we are still poor as compared W
your great wealth, but we can point
proudly to the untarnished escut
cons of our representative men"
To do this, the honest men of
parties must stand together. The
publican who believes that vict
won by corruption is no victory at