Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-04-18
County Official Paper.
STILL ON DECK.

Rene Gazette claims "that the last
Legislature, by a statutory act, abol-
ished the democratic party OF the
State from among the political organ
izations recognized by the Australian
ballot law. Senate bill No. 81 does
this as clean us whistle. The act
raisss tho proportion from three to
ten per cent. of all Of the votes cast at
the last election to entitle party to
hereafter nomir ate ticket under the
provisions Of tho law. III is knocks
out tho Democrats who con only run
State ticket next year by petition
which will require the names Of over
LOO qualified electors in the State to
enable them to get a ticket before the
people. 1t will requirea proportion
ate number of signatures to run coun-
ty tickets in every county in tue
State"
Section 1, Of Senate bill No. 62, as
it passed the Legislature amends Sec
tion Of the Australian ballot law as
follows: Section four. A candidate
for public olIice may be nominated
otherwise than by convention in
the manner following: A certificate
of nomination containing tho name of
the candidate to be nominated, with
the other inforr alton required to DO
given in the certificate provided for
in section three of the Act, ebaIl be
signed by electors residing within the
district or political division for which
candidates arc TO he presented equal
in number to ut least ten per cent. Of
the entire vote cast ct the last pre-
ceding election in the State, district
or political division for which the
nomination is to be made; provided
that each certificate shall not be valid
unless signed by five voters. =
1t will be seen from the above that
the only purties affected by the
amendmenG rasing the proportion of
the voters necessary for uny cundi-
date TO get before Ills name can be
put OH the official ballot, from three
to ten per cent, applies only To those
candidates not nominated by con-
ventlOn and not TO those nominat
by political convention representing
party polling three por ceat. Of thu
vote ut the previous election.
The only candidate berore the peo-
pie last Fall, representing the whole
Democratic purity OF tho State, was
Judge Belknap who was nominated
at Winnomucca by convention of
delegates elected by tho Democratic
voters OF the SLave. Surely, he re-
ceived moro than ten per cont. Of the
vote OF the State, which would on
title the Democratic purity ~ IL pIuco
on the official ballet eyen il the
amendment ABOVE quoted applied to
the candidates nominated by polit-
icdl convention.
The correspondent Of tho Gazette
goes out 0f his way TO attack Hon
Geo. RUSSELL for voting for tits
amendment TO the Australian ballot
law, aud acCuscs him Of being "a
"load nonLhGd candidate for feder
al poa'tIon undur our Democratic
Pfesldoht." So FIR as tho Democracy
OF MIR. Russell is concerned, it needs
No defehso at our hands. lie has
served his party faithfully in the past
and will bo found lighting it's BATTLES
in tho future whether he receives
anything at the hands Of the present
administration or not Ho has mover
boon seeker after olIico until now.
mover has rononnced tho Democratic
party, and, il defeated in his present
aspirations, will continue rs he is now
the plain, unassumiug Democrat
reudy to do battle ia the cause OF
Democracy. Nothing can be gained
by his political or personal enemies in
misrepresenLing or abusing him fol