The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
Thursday, Dune Is, 1899.


In reply to a recent editorial of the
NEWS. in which we asked the Reno
journal to suggest some plan which OIL
fers some hope OF overthrowing boss
rule in this State in the next campaign,
that paper says
1.-THE contest can he made easier in
side than outside OF the dominant par
ty liza proper spirit Of interest and ac'
tivity is manifested by the honest, IN
dependent and non Otiice-seeklng silver
men OF the State, who desire, as well as
free silver, freedom from Southern Pa
cific despotism and an honest admins
tration Of our State government. Let
this class not wait until the Democratic
State and County conventions are held,
but let them see that those bodies are
composed of proper mlterial. III this Is
done, the contest will be practically
ended. for the election will in that else
be only II formal endorsement oil their
action.
s,But il the unexpected should hap.
pen, 1t Is well TO be prepared Tor the
remote contingency. In the lmproo-
abls event OF the gaining control OF the
conventions of the nationally dominant
D1fby III the Oldbts ny hho Spi PO'f tst'f'
rano. a local organization should be
Immediately effected 10 carry the war
into the election. II neither Of the Ne
vada branches of the two great nation
al parties nominate State ticket that
can be- depended upon to institute the
needed reforms IA third party must and
will be organized which will oyerwhelm
them both and win the gratitude OF the
people by relieving them of burden
which Is as shameful to bear as 1t IS
wearisome To endure. In the remarks
preceding this paragraph it may be
charC ID that ths Journal is actuated
by partisan motive In advising that the
contest be made first in the Democratic
party. 1t would be n wrongful accusa-
tion, however We only suggest IL as
the easiest and most direct method oil
accomplishing a desired end. Under
the present conditions in Nevada parti-
sanship goes for nothing with us, 10
matters OF local interest, and III the Dem
ocratic party is to be made machine
to serve the ends OF the present politi
cal dictator of the State, the Journal
will be found working as vigorously
against its local, as for It's national can
didates"
We agree fully with the Journal that
the contest for the overthrow OF "boss
rule in this State can be made easier
within the ranks OF the dominant party
than by an Independent party, but un.
fortunately in the present unsettled con-
dition OF national politics, 1t is still i'm
possible to say with certainty, which OF
the great national parties will be the
natural winner in this State next year.
1t is a perfectly evident fact that the
railroad boss Is laying his w.res already
to control either one he wants, and both
If necessary. a Republican was not APP
pointed to the Asylum and Democrat
to the State Penitentiary, without some
object Ia view. lie has just completed
visit to all OF the towns along the rail
road, no doubt feeling the pulse of the
people and gathering Information from
his army of lieutenants. He is fully
awake to the contest that IS coming and
will be found ready.
If the anti boss element in the State
hope to secure control of the dominant
party, they must organize at once to
block the preliminary maneuvers Of the
railroad forces. An army stands little
chance OF victory il it allows the enemy
to occupy all the points of vantage be-
fore beginning the fight. At every pre-.
cinct in the State, Wallace will have
his candidate to the State conventions.
The enemies of boss rule must do the
same, and they must, besides, make it
plain to the voters which is the man
that can be trusted and which is the
man who will sell his own honor and the
good of his State fora few pieces OF silver
or the promise OF two-bit Office. This
cannot be done in haphazard manner,
but organization Is necessary. A nom
partisan league. with branches in every
county and precinct should be formed
long before the conventions meet next
year, to see to it that none but good
men are chosen at the primaries to rep
resent them at those conventions. This
Is battle in which Democrats, Silver
men and Republicans can all pull to-
gether, for the question involved IS not
one of policy, but OF polite Il freedom.
To wait until after we find that we have
been sold out again in the conventions,
before making an organized effort, is to
court defeat, just as we were defeated
last year, and with every victory for
the Boss, another livet is added to our
shackles, another blot is added to the
fair name of the State.