Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-01-20
NIXON AND THE REPUBLICANS.
Reasons Why The Party Has Nothing
in Common With Him. {

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not a matter of any party concern to
the Appeal. But in a broader sense
the election Of such an officer is al
ways of concern to the whole body
of the people.
Looking at the matter from strict
ly Gon-partisian point of view it
would seem as if those Republicans
who oppose Mr. Nixon's election have
the better of the argument. 1t is hard
to see how he has any claim upon the
Republican party, much less claim
to the richest political plum within
Ks gift. Mr.. Nixon left that party in
1892 and fought it continuously until
a few months ago, when he announced
his return to it and his candidacy for
the Senate almost in the same breath.
1t was repeatedly charged during
the last campaign and never publical-
ly denied that only few weeks before
his return to the Republican party,
Mr.. Nixon stated to a prominent citi-
zen that if he were candidate for the
Senate it would be at the hands OF
the Silver party. Between the time
he made this statement and his formal
abarG nment of the Silver Party lite--
ally nothing had occurred politically,
which in any way affected the merits
Of the Silver party: and the conclu-
sion comes irresistably that Mr.. Nix
on about faced" merely because he
thought his chance for the Senator
ship was better in the Republican pa
ty than in the one with which he had
been acting for dozen years
1t is not at all surprising that the
old wheel horses of the party-those
who stood by it when it's fortunes
were at the lowest ebb and who con-
tributed of their means for the main
tenance of the organization while Mr.
Nixon was fighting it hard-that these
men should object to having the
highest honors the party can bestow
nothing to earn them.
1t is urged by some that Nixon spent
can party last fall, and has earned
the Senatorship in that way. From
the standpoint of political decency
r@tnis is an argument against Mr.. Nixon
and not in his favor. 1t is equivalent
to saying that he bought the Senator
ship and therefore he ought to have
it.
But in reply there are many Re-
publicans who claim that it was the
strong Roosevelt sentiment which car
ried Nevada back to the Republican
column, and that Mr.. Nixon is nor
entitled to any credit whatever for
his financial contributions.
Perhaps the most cogent argument
of the anti-Niyon Republicans is the
one that he, being a railroad man
must necessarily be opposed to Roose
velt's policy OF forcing the roads to dc
justice by the people. There is NJ
reason to doubt that the Senator re
Gently elected in California is an Out
and out railroad man Both Republi
can and Democratic newspapers make
the charge specifically and those Of
the Republican faith are bewailina
the fact that Legislature swept into
power by Roosevelt tidal wave
should, as it's first political act, have
elected a Senator who will be certain
to oppose one of the most importan
features of Roosevelts internal policy
The same condition exists here.
Without Roosevelts personal popu
larty Nixon would not have been NOR
than 1.-TWO spot" in the Legislator
or is to give the credit for the victor
to Nixon's money and not to Roose
velts popularity. Thus reason tn
anti-Nixon Republicans, and it is har
to See where their reasoning is a
' fault.
However it is not unlikely that thes
dissentant Republicans will swallow
the pill, bitter as it is. If they ca
stand it the Fusion party certainl
can, although we don't like it an
better than they do.
It looks very much as if the Amer
can people delight in being humbul
ged politically. They have bee
many times but probably never NOR
effectually than in the last election
The country went Overwhelmingly Il
Roosevelt because of the popular ide
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