Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
COL. ELLIS ON THE RELATIONSHIP

While Colonel Ellis was IN chicago
he WAS run down by II 1imeS reporter,
and the result Is given below. 1t Will
be seen that the Colonel is not san
guine about Nevada going Tor Cleve
land: -
"What is the outlook in Neyada?"
asked The reporter.
Il do not want 10 90 on record as
saving that Cleveland will carry il. II
depends somewhat on future events
We will probably cast total vote of
about $4,000. The Democrats, as yet,
have not made any canvass, or al least
none worthy of mention, and no money
has been spent on our side We ex
pect Senator Fairs mid and II conlribn
ton that will help pa, exp nses, How
much he will put in the campaign It
is hard to say, but il will moi be
$50 ,000-possibly half thai sum. Tie
has been Telegram bed to by The National
Committee, and left Europe on the
11th, but whit action he Will take is
problemntical. There is II bitter feel
ing between him and John Mackey,
and If Fair takes too active pat he
will be antagonizrd by his old paliner.
The result would he good for The boys,
but would make II stand oil IN The
result Possibly it would he better for
him to keep out of il. as Mackey is
not very slaunch Blaine man. Sen
atOr Jones has never been for him,
and Sharon, who has considerable
influence on The Comsiock, l. n bitter
enemy of the Maine statesman. The
Republicans are badly torn up over the
attitude of their leaders, and are vigor
ously denouncing them II is even
charged that there is II conspiracy
between Mackey and Jones 10 trade
everything for the Legislative ticket,
and let the State go for Cleveland by
default, and this feeling may defeat
Jones for re-cleclion; it certainly
would if the Democracy we've IN
position to make n vigorous fight
1ackey has contributed $4,000 10
help Jones out in his contest, but
otherwise is. up 10 the present. keep
his hands off"
HAS Mackey no Senatorial aspra.
tiones"i
"Not this year The fact is, he
wants 10 make a few hundred thousand
dollars now more Than ANYTHING else,
apd he is. paying particularly close
Attention To the affairs of the Nevada
Bank, of which he is the principal
stotkhnldtr, and some mining invest.
ments that he has recently made in
Arizona, M, has lost a rood deal of
money lately, anywh re in the neigh,
horbnod of four or five millions, in
different channels, although the most
Of n has gone in,o The Cpmstock in
vain effort 10 finn n new bonanza.
Then he has tied up large amount of
his canital in unts,de schemes. such as
the, Postal ,Teleyrnpb and the new
Atlantic cable and he has concluded
10 devote himself 10 business in order
IN rrcuperaten
sym, snake of The total vote of The
State mo-, exce.din,r IL ono Is no,
Nevadu fast losinr lis n,pulntjonY"
There has hern a lar1e emf, ration
conseouent IN the uiyinp ont of The
Comstnck loIe and GENERAL falling off
nf,he vold and silver nroduciiun of
m. S,.Ie I'm, we hnve reached he'd.
rock In that direction and there will
he n gradual pain in The future lis
mineral resources nre ma, half d.vel.
oned nc va, md there is n 6up field in
.hat direction Far wears ia Gomez
uis /, M, rather hur,lensomr on the
neonIe IN snnnort n :, ale organization
viii so small y nonnl1iony"
ayes The tax nayers have felt it
rather. onrrnns md there has been
crvlfnr re,rrnchmrn, md The cnn.olI.
d.tion at HE S,nie offices. Both mar
ties favor The ralIiur off, q, Consli,u.
tionai Convention to amend the
Constitution md i, will doubtless be
done There nrr many reforms that