The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-06
WALLACE EXPOSED.
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pletives that they were voting wrong
whereupon the boss .'lambs'' turned
pale and theneeforward voted fright ,
A more fragrant instance of unlicensed
bossism and insolent contempt of the
rudimentary requirements Of common
decency probably never was before wit
messed on the floor of an American
convention.
The close of the convention found
Wallace in highly satisfactory frame
of mind. He had secured the indorse-
ment of Stewart by the convention,
he had punished all his enemies who
had aspired to a nomination, he had
four editors on the State ticket, which
insured cheap newspaper campaign
for his man, and, by the nomination of
his favorites, he had the control not
only of the party machinery but in
case of their election the State govern
ment with all its patronage in his
hands.
TREAcHERY AND THE TRAITORS.
We now come to the blacklist page
in the history of that maze of intrigue
in which the black leader was involved
during the campaign of 1898, the story
of the vilest conspiracy in the history
of Nevada politics, history which
long previous to that time had earned
for unfortunate Nevada the opprobri-
Gus title of ssthe Rotten borough"
For long time previous to the Sill
yer Party convention of '9S it had be-
come apparent that the popularity of
Senator Stewart, never very great, had
been on the toboggan slide, while on
the other hand, every successive cleo
ton had added to the strength of
Newlands, until in 1896 he had received
the magnificent majority of 1870 over
Doughty and Davis out of total of
$500 votes. Newland's friends in Ne
weary of the eternal promises of Stew
art and his corresponding lack of per-
Torrance, began to urge the candidacy
of Newlands for the Senatorship.
Echoes of these developments reached
Newlands at Washington and when he
returned home in the summer of '9S it
was with a partially defined inten-
ton of offering himself to the people
of Nevada for the promotion he
had earned. Wallace, willy polite
ian that he was, had laid his snares,
however, and all along the line of the
railroad from Elko to Reno, Newlands
was met by Populations of ''promi-
nentv citizens, who told him that the
stories of Stewards unpopularity were
unfounded and that it was the duty of
the Silver Party to renominate Stew
art. Newlands took these manifesto
tions in good faith, and unhesitatingly
decided to sacrifice his personal ambi-
ton to the cause, as he had been led to
believe that his candidacy for the Sen
ate would lead to the disruption of the
Silver Party. Against the earnest adj
vice and wishes of his best friends he
went before the convention and gave
up the nomination. One would think
that this act of self-abnegation would
satisfy the most exacting of Stewards
adherents, but in settling bill, one
must take into consideration the char.
acter of his host. This act of Newlands
should have been the end of his diff.
culties, whereas it was but the begin.
ming.
There is no doubt that the treachery
of Stewart and Wallace to the Silver
ticket began with the very adjourn
ment of the convention. On his way
from Reno to Carson on the train the
morning after the adjournment, Sena-
tor Stewart discussed Mr.. Newlandsi
candidacy for Congress with show Of
much bitterness and stated that he
hoped the Republicans would nomin-
ate strong man in opposition to New
lands.
But the case against Wallace, Stew
art ct al does not depend upon hear
say evidence in any particular. The
Republican State convention met al
Reno on September IA, 1898, and the
question of candidate for Congress
was naturally one of the leading ones
at that gathering. Mr.. Newlands haC
made good representative and hi
views on the tariff were in accord will
those of the Republicans of Nevada
and it was the sense of large part o
the Republican convention that it would
be worse than useless to nominate ;
man for Congress in opposition t.
Newlands. No man of any promi
hence iii the party cared to seek nom
ination which promised nothing bu
the bitterness of defeat.
Here enters DIR. Patterson of Reno
He came before the convention. III
asked for the nomination. He offere,
to tour tho State, to make goldbuJ
speeches everywhere, and promised
the convention that III would not COS