Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-09-14
F~AEEISGToS'S SPEECH.

~@- 80 49, E~"N- -AN-A
day aiEht thre=hsd oTer tie old straz
Of -aOme rule This bugaboo has
done service IL Nesada pglitlcs since
Stewart ~s impo!te / by the Repub-
lcau party IL lSS5 to make the race
Tor the United States Senate. Since
that time tie Republican party has
been upon all sides Of the question.
l. elected Stewart Ia the Senate
Eheu DC LaI no legal residence III
the State and would be supporting
him nov if he were q candidate.
Two years ago tue home rule
doctrine was preached against Stew
art, but We do 0 recolIect that Mr..
Harrington oppose arm either on
The stump o. in private con TersatiOn.
IL be had opinions on the question
lie discreefly kept them to himself.
But thus year he Is candidate for Con-
gress and the situation compcls him
to tell the people upon what grounds
he claims their support. lie cannot
tell tell them that he favurs the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at IL
to and opposes tie eTorbitant e1
actions o! the trusts because these
are contrary to the national platform
Of his party. This leaves him but
three subjects to discuss before the
people, ioTit: Imperialism. home
rule and NcHlando' record in Com
gress.
The first Of these he ignored entire
L.. The seconi although thr-shed
over yearly since 1886 WAS made 10 do
service again. The third has more
merit. but ike the ser,.n1 :. Ia din
duty before. Mr.. wren used it two
ycars ago and was overwhelmingly
defeated at the polls. The verdict
this year will be the same not be-
cause the people endorse Mr.. New.
lands absence from his seat IN Com
gFc5s, but because b" represents the
principles ~ Il party that stands for
the best interest Of all the peOpI. and
for the preservation OF the republic.
Ia discuss ng the silver question,
Mr. FaTrugcnn said shat IL a bill
we're brought before Congress pro
vidHg for the largest uze Of silver,
conslstent with tie public good. he
you'd vote for it,. while Mr.. Far
rihgtOn may be sincere and honest in
that statement, let no one be de-
ccivel. II he should be- elected aud
such a Till shOulI come before Com
grcss, a caucus 81 the X publican
members would be called 10 consider
IT.. Mr. Harrington being II strict
pIrtisan and having been clecte! up.
on It national platform pledged to the
maintenance Of the gold standard
would be compelled to go into that
caucus and abide by it, decision or
suffer political ~ostracism. II he re-.
fused, his party associates in Congress
would consider him "A traitor to his
party and his political future would
be ruined.
The lHDEpENDEST il inclined to
believe that wbcC the test came Mr..
~Farrington'5 ambition aud party
loyalty wOuld triumph over his lie.
vOtion 10 silver and he would be
found voting with tho gold standard
ndhcrcnts Of ms party. In dong this
he wOnld not violate tie silver plank
81 the platform made for him by the
Republican State convention. II
would only bc necessary for him to
convince himself That n larger use Of
silver wOnId not be consistent with the
public good. This would bc a far
caBicr task than to desert his his
party on a cardinal principle Of it's
faith and by 40 doing become II pc.
litical Outcast.