The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-15

senators and representatives before
mentioned, and the members of the
several state legislatures, and all exc
cutive and judicial officers. both of the
United States and the several states.
shall be bound by oath or afiirmat.o on
to support this constitution"
The constitution of the United States
provides the qualifications for sena-
tors of the United States in clause 8,
Article |, as follows: mo person shall
oe senator who shall not have at
tained the age Of thi.ty years and been
nine years a citizen Of the United
states, and who shall not, when elect
cd, be an inhabltant of that state for
wnich he shall be chosen"
am over thirty years Of age, was
oorn and always SINCE nave been cit
Zen OF the Uluted states. ana am now
AID Tor twenty-five Yeas. nave been
a Doua i.de citizen, lesIaent and inhaDi-
ssallt Oh Tie state OF Nevada, ana snould
4 De CHOSEN Unlted otales senator BY
.ne next leg stature or Nevada. would
-el, resident and InAaD.tant OF said
late OF nevada. 1 thus have all legal,
>.lla TINS includes All const.tutlonai
equi. enienls. a..d ii the people of the
s.dle OF Nesaua want me ior that OF
ace they have Dotn tie legal ana
.loral lignt to nave me. l announced
.4lyseif az a candidate for that office,
nave both the regal and mo- al right
- To 40, aud If 4 should he chosen, 4
...4sah nave both the legal and mo. al
agilI TO serve III tnat capacity. Fair
.uiid and tar pay would not desii {
% oepr.ve me OF 1t on the pretext put
-or.n IN the article of Lex"
Lex" Is the Latin word tor law. So
aacled a wo. d as law should not be
-4e pen-name for the writer OF such
.anons nous Communication. The prop
i signature ior sucn an a.itcle VIII De
e4t 20 the Imagination OF the Ieade.
.lth the one lemaIk tnat Il tning tnat
) in denanee of the law should not
Use as tie offspring OF the law. Lex
) IN such a connection indeed a mis-
.omes. If Lex" as above stated
leans law. he who adopts that as his
@n-name should be lawyer. Now,
Lex is a lawyer, viii ne stand
orth in the OPEN and give it as his
rolessionai opinion that | am nos
.sgipie to the office of United States
e4ator and put such opinion over his
.ue name? This would be- open, fa..
ad candid.
On two occasions has the questions
avoived In this matter been deter
aimed BY the United States senate,
d on each occasion that body found
. difficulty in holding that similar
.auses in state constitutions did moi
j any respect prevent a man elected
.nder a constitution with such clause
i 1t from taking his seat in the United
,ates senate.
yho wishes that the constitution Of
ae United States should be violated in
ae silver demonesizas..cl enactment
md also in the ''greenback" monetiza-
ion enactment should likewise wish to
.ullify the constitution of the United
tates ty an imaginary something that
e has engrafted into the constitution
the state of Nevada.
Again little wonder is 1t that my
lection to the United States senate
: opposed by men who say they art
or silver and some who have ridden
lIto Office on this plea and who also
ay that they want the Money Func
I,c.f "A
nd forty-sIx million (s346. 200 000) oil
gaeenback' dollars. and this when
ae constitution OF the United States is
iolated by each enactment. that Is.
ne silver decentralization enactment
.nd also the "g4 4eenbaek" monetiza-
it that men who thus think and thus
/ .ish could also think and wish that
ne constitution of Nevada should be
perverted as to overthrow the con-
titution OF the United States. and this
Though it is TO the vast and irregar-
sole injury OF the silver mining camps
nd those car ying on business in sill
er mining camps and in the vicinity
+ silver mining camps.
When the constitution of the Unit
"a States is held In slight estimation
~ any mind that mind can readily
se.ze upon trines to overthrow that
constitution. Such mind can use a
ope TO tie up milk
/ would not accept an office for
which am not eligible. Some years
lgo when / was mentioned for COVER
or Of Nevada. myself at once called
attention to the constitutional provi-
sion rendering me ineligible for that
office during the term for which had
oeen elected district judge. Again
some years thereafter when l was
mentioned for United States senator
md the question Of my eligibility there
or was raised the Journal did me the
compliment to say, ASK the judge