Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-15
Tho SIloer Party seance.

6lAIy VOLer5, n uOZSn or 80 or LADIES'
and a number Of children gathered at
the courthouse Friday night listen
to the speeches OF the Silver Party
candidates. The meeting was called
to order by Edgar Reinhart, chair
man of the Silver Party county com-
mittee,who wasted no time in getting
down to the business OF the evening,
and introduced Mr.. E. D. Kelly, can
didate for Surveyor-General as the
FIRST speaker. %
Mr.. Kelly began by complimenting
the ladies of Elko for their beauty
and modesty in taking the back seats
and then said that he was formerly
resident Of Elko, having come here
with newspaper plant i'll 1869 from
Humboldt county and established
what is now the INDEPENDENT. He
said he voted at the first election ever
held in Elko. He then launched into
discussion Of the Sherman law and
its effects on the mining industry of
Nevada. He explained the effect of
the Government stamp on a disc of
silver changing it from a commodity
to money. Without the stamp it was
merely a commodity, but with the
stamp of the Government impressed
on 1t at the tLints it would purchase
as much as the gold dollar. He then
turned his attention to the political
conditions existing in Nevada and
claimed that the Silver Party State
convention was the only representa-
tive convention held in the State
this year. The Democratic State con-
vention and its action in placing
ticket in the field seemed to cause Mr..
Kelly great deiI of unpleasentness.
He went over the list of nominees
and claimed that the Democratic con-
vention had appropriated the Silver
party nominees for Congress and
Supreme Judge. Coming down TO
the candidates for Superintendent of
Public instruction he said the Dem
orrats were in league with the Rep
ubhcans to elect their State ticket be.
cause the INDEPENDENT was openly
supporting Mr.. Ring for that Office. He
then paid his attention to the Re-
publican State convention and criti-
eised it for not nominating Con-
gresham. He forgot to State, how
ever, at whose solicitation this was
done. He spoke in complimentary
terms Of Governor Sadler, whose
private Secretary he had been and
said that the Governor was a Demo-
crat from the ground up. No lackey
stood at his door to take the cards OF
visitors and show them into his
Excellency's presence. In closing
Mr.. Kelley returned to the Democratic
State convention and chewed the rag
on the way the delegates to that con-
Ivention were selected.
Mr.. Kelly held the floor for over an
hour and then Governor Sadler made
his bow to the audience. The Cover
nor was greeted with sprinklrng Of
applause. He began by saying that
he was gratifed at the large attend
ance considering the state Of the
weather. The Governor stated that
he had formerly been Democrat
and had represented that party on
State and county tickets and was
still pretty good Democrat. He
turned his attention to National af-
fairs and stated that he hoped the
country wouldgo overwhelming Dem
ocratic on the 9th of November and
elect a silver Congress, (Will the
Governor please tell us what reasons
exist for the maintenance Of a seper-
ate political organization il the only
hope for National silver legislation il
to come from the Democratic party.)
He also chewed the rag on the fol-