The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-14
Carson Letter,


has never enjoyed better opportunit
to hiss into the ears Of the true friend
of silver and create discorI than nov
and he is a-hissing. 1t is difficult Z
tell who are friends and who are, ipee
but generally speaking, those VIII,
have been guided in their politica
conduct by the gentleman who has de
generated from black eagle to blacl
crow should not be. too implicitly
trusted. It has been demonstrated BY
the late Hon. VIM. M. Stewart that q
man can stand upon political or any
other platform and lie like thief; so
it is best TO judge men by their acts in
stead of their words.
The causes and means adopted which
led to the nomination of Judge A. L.
Fitzgerald over Judge NJ s. Bonnifield
by the Democratic and Silver Conven-
tions have been entirely misconstrued
and misunderstood. There was nc
pre-arranged plan, leadership or COM
mon understanding whatever. "Fus-
ion" was at the end of every tongue;
there was not voice opposed to it. ]
made the first motion as to the man.
ner of accomplishing the object, and
that was to the effect that both con.
yentions should meet in joint caucus,
and make caucus nominations, and
permit every delegate to express his
choice as freely as every citizen should
always cast his vote. did not do this
in the interest of any man or against
any one. Democrats and Silver men
were to stand upon one common plat
form, and therefore belong to one COM
monspsrty, because it is the platforms
and principles of men that constitute
parties and distinguish them, and not
their names. was under the impress
sion that there was no difference be-
tween. Silver men and Democrats But
as soon as the plan of fusion was per-
ceived, the old love of office and polit-
ical power was awakened, and the lin
tied success of the plan was immedi-
ately taken advantage of blythe. poll
ticians in both conventions. They
also.saw in the plan means of scorch-
ing Wallace and killing his influence.
The debate ON the floor of both com
ventions and in the conference COM
rnittee waxed warm at times, and the
Wallace men and anti Wallace men, as
they have been known and recognized
In many conventions, seemed TO line
up for and against the plan of fusion,
until when the plan was finally adopt
cd by both conventions--unanimously
by the Democrats and by large ma
jority by the Silver men, it was recog-
nized as the death-blow to Mr.. Wallace
as a political leader in Nevada, and
created great rejoicing. AS before
stated, the plan had not been can
vassed by any one before it was pro-
posed. Judge Fitzgerald came expect
ing to contest for the nomination in
the Silver party convention, and as a
delegate to that convention, and under
the full belief and understanding that
the Democrats would have no vote on
his nomination, because the only un-
derstanding that had been arrived at
by the leaders of the two parties was
that the Democrats would have two
Presidential Electors and the Silver
men one; that Mr.. Eewlands was the
nominee Of both parties; that the Sill
yer men should nominate the candi-
date for Supreme Judge, and that both
parties should have a Regent each.
This was to be accomplished by means
Of conference committee of seven
each. The names of this committee
were already in the hands of the Chair
man of each convention. They were
to meet and report the foregoing plan,
and each convention was to carry it
out Under this plan Judge Fitzgerald
expected to win his nomination, and /
have heard many Silver men express
their belief, since the convention, that
the result would have been just the
same, whether the Democrats had a
vote on his nomination or not. 1t will
thus be observed from the foregoing
that the Democrats did not hog all the
nominations, having two Presidential
Electors and short term Regent, and
the Silver men having the Supreme
Judge, one Presidential Elector and
long term Regent, and Mr.. Newlanda
being the nominee Of both parties. ]
desire to say in behalf of Judge Bonni-
field that he demonstrated during the
heat of the argument, when fusion ap-
peared to be in danger, that he con.
sidered the interest OF silver above his
own political ambitions. Mr.. Geo. s.
Nixon, who seemed to represent the
interests Of Judge Bonnifield, but who
took very little part in the debate
said in effect that If the nomination Of
Judge Bonnifield was the bone of con
kantion rathhr than teoDardiza thf