The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-14
STATE POLITICS.
FACTS. GOSSIP And COMMENT FROM
OUR EXCHANGES.
carson" TALKS ABOUT FU-
SION.

Editor Report; The situation does
not seem to crystalize with any great
celebrity; the political pool is stagnant
and is likely to remain SO until after the
two great national conventions. Still,
in a town like this, where we live, move
and have our being in the very atmos-
phere of politics, there is always some
thing DOING in political way.
"of course the great question is fus-
ion That is the topic, par excellance.
And, of course it should be; for fusion
will decide the election in advance. Let
the Democrats and Silverites combine
and it will be all over but the shouting.
"Tn view of this, it is interesting to
note that Judge Bonnifield, who was
supposed to be Wallace man from tur-
ret to foundation stone, is for fusion UNI
limited; for fusion -string-to-
it, for fusion on electors, on Congress
and even on Supreme Judge.
"E. D. Kelley is another who is out
for fusion on the American plan. He
openly declares himself a Newlands
man.
| mention these two in particular be-
cause they were supposed to be Wallace
men. II they stay with their present
course they will have fallen heir to a
new and honorable distinction. For the
Judge, | consider this good politics.
With fusion he cannot fail to win.
Without fusion he will lose; for even if
Wallace could make the Republicans
pass the nomination for Supreme Judge
| (which | very much doubt), the whole
thing would wear such dubious COM
plexion that | fear Judge Bonnitield
would fall victim to the suspicious of
the average voter, regardless OF pol
itics.
"In direct opposition to the course of
Mr.. Kelley, may be found Attorney
General Jones. Mr.. Jones is at once a
practical man and a dreamer. He is a
dreamer because he expects to go to
Congress: he is practical man because
he believes that in order to go there it
! is well to have the friendship of the
various powers that be. Needless to
say he is bueking fusion in the alto
gether. He is for fusion on the half
shell, and whenever he goes to Austin
he spends a considerable portion of his
] bltuo btliAbR INV mum AiC uOtSh Y
think of Newlands,
"By the way, the Austin Reveille has
passed out of the hands of Mr.. Jones,
aud is now controlled by Dalton and
4 Clifford. men whose necks are too big
! for Charley's collar, | am told.
Governor Sadler returned several
days ago from Eureka where he was
busy trying to elect pair of school
trustees. | don't know how he stands
politically, but from his attitude toward
rum-and-gum, ! should judge him an
ardent fusionist-at least far as those
two liquids are concerned.
"While the results do not sustain the
contention of Mr.. Wallace that he con-
trolled the Silver Party State Central
Committee at Reno on April u, | find
fresh cause every day for wonderment
that he did not. He voted dead
man 5 proxy, the proxies of two non
residents, and the proxies of two Re.
pubicans. In addition to this | learn
from grapevine telegram, just re-
ceived from Eureka, that one of the
committeeman there sent his proxy in
instructed for fusion, but despite this
circumstance that proxy was used to
defeat fusion. This makes 6 votes
that Mr.. Wallace used against fusion
that he had no right to cast. Those
are six that | know Of; the question
naturally arises, how many were there
that we know nothing OFF, CARSON.