Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-11-01

shades who gatheredto hear A. g..
Cleveland and ALI Chartz, represent
atives Of what Is called the anti
Stewart syndicate, and Hon. Thos.
Wren, Populist candidate for Con-
gress, and Hon. j. B. Mccullough.
Populst candidate for Governor, dis
cuss the questions at issue in the
campaign. The meeting was called
to order by 1. B. Sheldon who intro
duced Mr.. Cleveland.
MIR. Cleveland was received with a
springling Of applause and at once
waded into Senator Stewart. He
took up the charge that he could not
honorably oppose Senator Stewart
because his name was presented to
the Reno corven ton for the office of
Governor. He said that his name
had been presented to the convention
without his consent and that he
could not have accepted nomination
on a platform that endorsed foreign
ers ipr Office in this State. He refer
red to his application for the U. s.
Marshalship of Utah under Harrison's
administration and said that he want
ed that Office because he was develop
ing the resources of Nevada and had
he been successful Nevada would
have been the gamer by $4,000 or
100000 more of taxable property than
she has now. He had asked for the
position to bring something into the
State not to take it out. He was
paying the expenses of the campaign
out Of his own pocket, Boss rule or
home rule was now the burning ques-
ton in Nevada. Stewart was not a
taxpayer in the State and never spert
dollar to develop it's resources. He
was here for political purposes only.
He charged that Stewart was an at
torney of the railroad company and
said that no man could honorably
represent the people in the Senate
and be an attorney for a corporation
at the same time. He referred to the
decentralization OF silver and charged
that Stewart knew what he was do
ing when he voted for it and that he
was the first man in the United
States to make speech for the gold
standard. He defied the Senator to
show where he had ever made a
single sacrifice for silver. He talked
silver in Nevada and Washington,
but never when it would do the most
good. He urged the people to look
we'll to their votes on the Legislative
ticket. There we're. he said, 1U0 men
in Nevada the peers of Senator Stew
art in ability and 10000 his superiors
in integrity and manhood. Stewart
was bowling for silver at social din
ners in Washington, every fifteen
minutes, morning, noon and night.
He referred to Senator Stewards
first election to the Senate and said
he was the only Republican IN the
legislature at the time who did not
cast his vote for him and that he was
proud Of that vote. The passage of
the Dingley bill was a serious matter
for the people and Stewart had voted
for it and received in return the APP
polntment 81 his nephew as Consul
at Hong Kong. Another nephew
had been appointed assistant consul
in return for that vote. Plenty of
young men in Nevada we're compet-
ent to fill those positions, but they
we're passed by to make room for the
Stewart family. Nevada had great
resources and he believed in building
up the State, not tearing it down.
This could be done by voting the
anti-Stewart legislative ticket as Ne.
vada would have no standing in the
National Legislature until she declar.
ed her political independence, The
political conditions IN Nevada were
very much mixed this year and, with
four tickets in the field, voters should
have no trouble in selecting honor.