Orion is concerned about Sam’s life of dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure; intemperance. dissipation
politics
The VC Union prints the angry letter from the Ladies
Four Carson City mucky mucks print a counter-attack on Sam, it is seconded by the Virginia City Union newspaper. Sam’s cohorts urged him to challenge the publisher of the Union. The husband of one of the offended women (a man running against Orion for Sec. State) showed up in Virginia City with reporters to fight […]
Sam tells Orion to abandon the Sanitary Fund
because he is annoyed at them, that the situation has upset his life, he asks his brother to ignore a popular political organization. absurd. MT&OC pg 96