Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-21
SILVER PARTY ROT.


the people OF Nevada were all fools
when they penned the last paragraph
OF that precious document. With
the JUNCTION peculiar to converted sim
ners, they invite comparison be-
tween the expenses OF the State gov
eminent under the last Republican
administration with that of their own
party and claim big reduction as a
consequence of their being in power
for the last four years. While the
figures look we'll in print and show a
splendid balance OF the Silver party
side of the ledger, they do not tell the
whole truth. They do not speak of
Secretary of State, Eugene Howell, a
candidate for reelection. They for
got in that precious document to fell
the people that the salary Of the Sec
rotary had been increased S720 a year
over and above what it was when he
was elected. It's trainers also forgot
to state that every Legislative session
since the Silver party has been in
power has been prolonged far beyond
the needs of tie State in order that
some members might fill their peck
cts at the expense Of the taxpayers OF
the State.
Then, too, as if this was not enough
to win them the support of the people,
they parade figures to show that this
immaculate party, conceived in in
EQUITY, expended S377.000 for the sup
port of the public schools as against
S256,500 by the previous admmistra-
ton. Did any party ever inflict such
nonsense on suffering people before?
They, the wise and good Silver party
Of Nevada, expended this amount.
Who paid it into the treasury? Only
members of the Silver party? How
did the increase colhe about. Not
through any legislation carried
through by the Silver party, but by
the increased sale of public lands and
the interest on deferred payments
Can the Silver party show that a
single acre more OF public lands has
been sold under its administration of
the States affairs than would have
been sold under Republican or Demo-
cratic rule? If not why should it
claim She credit for an increase in the
amount paid ont of the treasury for
the support Of the public schools?
The people paid the money and the
officers deserve no credit for honestly
disbursing it.
Then this paragraph goes on to say
that the Silver party has kept its
pledges to the people and reduced
the salaries of the State officials. Blu!
its trainers forgot to state that their
candidate for Governor, whose nomiu-
alton was made before the Conven-
ton met, had tried to get both arms
and feet into The State treasury be-
foro he had been in office three
months. Then, too, it praises the
economical management Of the char.
itablo institutions of the State. but
forgot to tell the people that Sons of
the Board of Managers of the Hos
pital for Mental Diseases are given
places in that institution where the
hardest work they have to do is to
kill time and draw down their salar-
les at the expense of the overburden
ed taxpayers of the State.
Verify, the Silver party State plat.
form is Il remarkable document, the
production Of remarkable men with
gall to throw at the birds. Remark
able for what it says, and remarkable
for what it omits to say. Its sins OF
omission are many and stamp it as a
wonderful emanation from the brains
Of wonderful men. With such rot as
we, have. endeavored to expose the
Silver party hopes to bamboozle the
people again.