The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-01-26
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS-.

The more ole travels IN tine rtnIpter
east,' portions u the state tne ore
one tonnes convinced lnaI the o."," oil
indep. nLence Is GROWTH. isiho 60 "ily,
for utr, beats Wasnoe comfy all n,Iio@
for IA mixed vote, which some people are
pleased to call an independent vote.
The three last general elections have
fully borne out that assertion, when
Skaggs, the independent candidate won
over tIc cunten.,oh nominees, a,Ii inuie
So ~ien Hardesty, McAiee and SiuileA
poll, nu idr5c ,ule, u,ci tnci, 1t
le,IJ- 1t up % - inrlJh culHr.,"pD
Alinuu.d Wnn. auilie, MAS II nonuI, "a
the later, he might as well be calir,i ~
independent as thai convention lCusil
the place of Coryell, one OF their slate
nominees. White Pine furnished a si;G-
liar proof by e~lecting Conins, the indie
pendent, thereby ignoring Sol Hip, the
regular selection OF the convention.
Lincoln county overthrow boss Osburu in
favor OF Denton Tor the State Senator
ship, the latter in this ease being per.
haps considered by the State at large an
inferior choice. humboldt held no CON
vention, but elected men to both branch
es Of the Legislature, who were no
pledged to j. Z. Jones. Lander county,
four years ago, supported the peoples
candidate for Congress, and will this year,
doubtless, support for that high office,
Il maj who has been identified with the
interests OF the State for better or worse
during "a period of over 20 years. Con-
corning his higher aspirations Senator
Richards un bosomed himself to your re-
porter. This is the substance OF what
he had to say: My political career
commenced in 1890, when my cons,itu-
ents honored me by All election to the
Assembly. l succeeded myself for
another term, and in 1894 | rose II step
higher by being sent to the Senate, which
Office | now hold. l have always been u
Republican and since the d~emonetiza-
ton Of silver l called myself IL Silver
Republican. Although for protection,
am free TO confess that the tariff issue ls
. dead one as for AZ our State ID concern.
ed. What does the tariff on wool, which
only benefits n few, amount tor Talk
about Protection. Why do they not
protect silver, our most important indus
try? | have been in Nevada for over
thirty years. | know | nave a good
many friends. | hope there may be u
u%nitication OF all factions who favor sill
yer. The Silver Party, to which | belong
MS il silver RepubticaI, should bear III
mind that it recruited i,g ranks from the
regular Republican Party, without
whom barely more than AN organization
would have been possible. Of course,
it is too lar ahead 10 convention Time to
formulate minute plans. | shall go be-
lore the onvention AS Il candidate, and
ii that body should nominate Il man
who, in my opinion, would make Il
strong run, in o her words, whom | con
siderd a stronger and better man than
myself, l would fight for him and use
the influence at my command to elect
him. would fight ior snci. IA man AS ii
| were u candidate. But should that
nomination be bestowed on an outsider
or carpet Dagger, or a man that il owned
or controlled by corporations OF any des-
cription, 1 shall surprise the people OF
Nevada with a novelty in the shape OF
politics. would get the prescribed per-
centum OF the vote from every county
and run by petition the same as We do
in our and neighboring counties. Fol-
lowing in the footsteps OF our late Gov
erno Jones, | would make Il house to
house canvass, and | am sure that |
could make a good showing ever ii l
should stand no nance of being elected.
| am not in sympathy with the Purity
OF Election law, which l consider only Il
cloak, behind which Il large mount oil
money is advanced to subsidize papers
by millionaire candidates, who, in spite
OF such collision, will commit perjury
with immunity in swearing to having
kept within the prescribed limit OF cam
paign expenditures. AS | said before,
| repeat once more hat | am a candi-
date Tor Congress in the full sense OF the
word. Time only, and then under con
ditions similar To those alluded to, Will
govern my course, after conventions
nave met and made their choice