The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-05-25
NATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICS

That the electoral vote OF Nevada
next year will be cast for William Jen-
uinRs Began goes without saying. He
will carry the State by at least two
thirds majority, and all the powers OF
Z. p. Huntington, Hanna's sack and
hades cannot prevail against him. That
being the case, there Is no particular
necessity for the consideration oil ma
tional politics in connection with local
reform. The delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention will be
chosen BY convention called by the
Democratic State Committee, and an
electoral ticket nominated either by
that convention or another called by
the same committed. The Democratic
will be the dominant party in the State
so far as the national ticket is concern
ed. as it will be locally. II it keeps itself
clear OF the communicating element
which will seek to control II. Ii the
organization is controlled by the honest
and sincere silver men OF Nevada, 1t will
make a clean sweep in all OF the cOun-
ties, locally as well as nationally through
out the entire State. II, however, it
permits the intrusion and resigns the
reins of power to the gang who, through
the late Silver party, has made our
State government a toy and tool Tor
the political representative OF the South
ern Pacific Railroad company, it will
meet the local defeat which it will so
richly deserve. Our corporation dicta
tor cares only for political principle as
a means to effect its nefarious ends, and
the party that can best serve it in that
respect is the one that il always seeks
to control. Knowing that the name of
Bryan and the intense silver sentiment
OF the people will give the Nevada Dem
Ocracy a walk over next year, IL will
seek to avail itself OF most righteous
cause, and prostitute 1t to its I'M
holy purpose. Some Of the injudicious
henchmen of the corporation boss have
already boosted that their master will
have complete control OF the Demo-
cratic party in 1900, as he had Of the
so-called Silver party for the last six
years, and that there would be no
change In the political leadership in the
State.
The Journal has heretofore warned
the Democrats and all Silver men in
the State that such was the purpose of
the Office seeking and treasury plumber
ing gang that has brought one com
monwealth to the verge OF bankruptcy,
and to whom the people are indebted
for the feisting upon them of super
fluous officials in our State institutions
whose aggregate salaries amount to up
wards Of $40, 900 per year. Unless the
schemes OF those plunderers and cor
poration tools il defeated within the
Democratic party IL will be crushed
outside OF 1t, and the journal will be
found among the outside erushers.-
Reno journal.
The above is from the pen of Major
John Dennis, an old and staunch Dem
ocrat, whose reputation is that he can
be neither bought, coaxed nor driven
from course that he has once made up
his mind is right. The spirit which he
displays, il the spirit which should
dominate every true son of Nevada. If
we are ever to rid ourselves Of the polit-
zeal control of the Southern Pacific rail
road, old party lines may have to be
ignored and some new organization
formed, but there should be no he>ita-
tion. Whatever may be our political
faith with regard TO the great national
problems of the day, We can and must
unite to rid the State of ''boss rule,
and to regain the power that the peo-
pie have lost to control the State gov
eminent. The movement was started
In the last campaign, but 1t was started
too late. Nevertheless, the issue was
plainly drawn and failed only on account
OF the lack OF organization. Let US not
make the same mistake again. We
look TO the journal to suggest some
nodus operandi.