Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-10-05
EISSUE.
HOW CLEVELAND AND HARRISON
CAN BE DEFEATED.
The Prospect of a Silver Man Be-
ing Named in the Elect
oral College.

cent issue OF the ROCKY Mountain
News of Denver Colorado. They
tell us that a vote for Weaver is a
vote for Cleveland That chimera
falls fiat before the sound reasoning
and common sense of the article be-
low:
WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-The silver
men who believe the RECOMMENDATION
of silver to be the greatest issue of
this generation have an opportunity
this year to accomplish their object.
A wise general always resorts to
strategy, especially when he is fight
ing odds, and by so doing he can de-
feat the enemy and win victory.
If there is no election of a Presi-
dent in November the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, or of the
American product, is foregone CON
cusion.
If both Harrison and Cleveland are
short the necessary 223 electoral
votes it does not mean the election of
Cleveland by the lower house of
Congress. This latter alternative
comes only in case there is no cleo
ton by the electoral college.
CAN DEFEAT BOTH
The electoral college votes the
| second Tuesday in January, and be-
tween the election by the people of
electors in November to choose
President, and the second Tuesday in
January more than two months must
elapse. An elector has a right to
vote for whom he pleases. 1t does
not necessarily follow that either Mr..
Harrison or Mr. Cleveland will be the
next President of the United States.
Suppose the Republicans capture 210
electoral votes in November and the
Democrats get the same number, this
would give the Populist % electors,
and would give the Republicans and
Populists together 235 electors. If
united, more than enough to elect "a
President, when they meet in Jan
uary to cast their votes.
CONFERENCE PROBABLE.
A caucus of national Republicans
will surely follow such a result and
Mr.. Harrison will join with them in
asking the Republican electors to
cast their votes for some Republican
agreed on who can command enough
third party votes to elect him. This.
of course, would mean an agreement
by which the silver men would get
either free coinage, absolute, or of
the American product, and either
means S1.29 per ounce to the Ameri
can miners.
BOTH OLD PARTIES ALARMED.
The cloud that appeared in the
West two months ago, no bigger than
a mans hand, is now assuming q
threatening appearance to the East
ern politician. The report has been
confirmed that Nevada has gone
hell bent to the third party. AMI
the Republicans cannot count on her
vote. Kansas, too, it is thought.
will kick clean out of the traces. and
1t is feared the contagion will spread
to Colorado, Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming, if not to include Washing
ton, Oregon and Nebraska. That is
the way it is viewed by the Repubh
can leaders.
A prominent Republican said the
other day to your correspondent with
tacit understanding that his name
would not be used:
COMEDIES 1T.
L know what self interest wi do.
and | expect the silver States to not
only vote against Harrison and Clevc-
land but to send speakers and money
into the doubtful States adjoining
them, and it is as sure as death and
taxes if they control the balance OF
power in the electoral college they
will put silver back to 81 % aud name
the next President Why, said this
man, continuing, supp Use Pennsyi-
vania iron interest was to be as
sailed like Coloraao's silver interest
is, there Is no power under heaven
that would prevent her from voting