Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-31
THE GOVERNORsHIP.

and ascertain il we can, the election
OF which one Of the quartette would
best serve the interest OF the state.
and also most strengthen the cause,
upon the succt So of which the future
prosperity of our commonwealth
mainly depends.
r. Sadler is the nominee Of the so
called Silver party. That he was the
choice of the political agent of the S.
p. Railroad Company no ore will pre-
tend to deny, nor the fact that his
nomination was due solely to the
money influence and power of the
corporation which has for many years
practically controlled the politics of
the State. Apart from this question
able endorsement, has his administra
ton in the last three years been such
as to commend him to the reputable,
independent and self-respecting
voters Of the State for continuance Of
his official term?
If any one commendable act can
be cited it is exceedingly strange
that his partisan supporters have not
discovered it and made it known in
justification Of his being placed at the
head of their ticket for the place
which he accidentally holds by the
death, three years ago, or Governor
Jones. The scandals which have
marked his administration are well
known to the people, and we leave to
his supporters the task of threshing
over the old straw for the purpose OF
finding, il we can, a solitary kernel OF
gram i'll the unsavory debris of his
most unwholesome administration.
The bimetalIic sin cerity of the die
tator of the Silver party has forcibly
illustrated in the selection of Mr..
Sadler to head the only simon pure
sixteen to ono without the consent Of
any other nation ticket III the State.
when only three years ago that some
what erratic gentleman declared,
publicly and privately, in and out Of
his cups, that he had gone over to the
Republican party, and swore by the
great horn spoon that he would
thereafter always be found marching
under the gol len banner of the single
standard party Of the nation. And
this is the man who heads the ticket
which Mr.. Huntington's agent tells
US we must elect to demonstrate our
fidelity to the silver cause to our BIZ
metallic bretheren in other parts Of
tho Union!
While nothing can be said against
the personal character, integrity or
ability of Mr.. Mcmillan, the Repub.
ican candidate, it must be apparent
to every intelligent friend OF bimet-
alism that his election would prove
most serious blow to the silver cause
all over the country. Nevada is a
silver producing State and is regard
cd everywhere as the most reliable
and perhaps the most radically bi.
metaiic Of any of the common weaIths
in the silver regions Of the West. For
these reasons the election Of Repub.
loan Governor would have a most
disastrous moral effect, not perhaps
in local, but a national point of
view, for the gold men Of the east
would exultingly claim the result as
evidence Of the complete downfall Of
the silver cause when the banner BIZ
metallic State Of the Union elects ia
its Chief Magistrate, a representa-
tive OF the single standard party Of
the natiol.
Mr.. j. q. Mccullough, the popu-
list nominee, like Mr.. Mcmillan is
personally ilnobjectionablc. His
election, however, is nm impossiblity.
1t must be apparent to every 1ntclli.
gent voter N the State. The votes
cast for him will he thrown away, or
perhaps worse, for if cast where they
would naturally fall, we're there no
PopuIist candidate in the field, they
would doubtless insure the election
of fine eonon1 nhoirn IF ,,c,r1,, ,,o..