The Record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1902-1904, 1902-09-19
POLITICAL SpURTS.

talk sense. The tickets OF both parties
in the State of Nevada are in the field.
The nominees of each are before the
people. The principles of each have
bean expressed and published broad
east IN their platforms and the issues
Of the campaign are ''up to" the voter
to determine as his judgment dictates.
One Of the parties is known as the Re
publican party. 1t is a familiar cap
ton al the head of political tickets in
Nevada. The other party is known as
the Fusion party. The words were
coined about six or eight years ago.
The first named patty has a national
prestige The second named just now
Is devoid of even local prestige. The
first. commands respect and enthus-
iasm. The second, demands forced
Interpretation from its champions and
commands attention principally be-
callse of the fact that il means absolute
ly nothing. What's the Use of mine
ing words? There are lots of good
Republicans in Nevada who went over
10 the Silver party. They voted the
Silver ticket, both local and national.
Well and good. We don't propose TO
denonnce them for il. There was a
chance once-just mere chance that
a Silver party man might occupy the
Presidential chair. Many Republi-
cans took IA chance of making their
votes count and unfortunately were
waste basket. Twice they did it..
That was all right Republicans are
''stayers" and you can't discourage
them 10y mere disappointment or
two. Neither can you change their
Republicanisn. It's inborn and in
bred tattooed in the flesh. Bryan was
defeated not once but twice. The
Democratic party which he nationally
represented went down with him-the
same number Of times. In 1904 he
probably will not be u candidate. Not
becallse he doesn't want to be, but be-
cause his party has No use for the Free
Coinage of Silver or for any presidenti-
al candidate who dares TO proclaim it
~ Il party principal. David b. Hill
and Grover Cleveland decided that at
the Tilden Club banquet in New York
and Senator Carnack and Mr.. Towne
and multitude of other former silver
champions have lost their interest and
their faith in ever accomplishing any
thing for the white metal. They have
seen the determination of the country
to stand upon gold basis and they
have seen their own party declaring
their former platform idol These are
verbal statistics. Facts, not gnsh or
mere talk. Mr.. Newlands is DEM
ocrat. He wants you Republicans TO
be. He couldn't come out bare faced
and ask you TO ilop over into his party,
because he knew you wouldn't I do II
for even 50 great man as he. 80
what did he envolve in his irrigation
sprinkled brain? Why he didn't know
but maybe he could make the Silver
Republicans believe that the silver
question was still burning question
before the people. If he couldn't do
that, he proposed that the Silver party
should he kept alive AT least until after
the conventions.
II he could keep the party intact un-
Ill the Fusion ticket would be put in
the field. why he reasoned that he
might get good Republicans TO vote the
Democratic ticket and thus throw the
state of Nevada into Democratic ranks
Fusion was accomplished. Newlands
a Democrat was indorsed for u. :.
senator. Three other Democrats were
indorsed by the Fusionists and New
lands clapped his hands in glee over
the prospects of the State of Nevada
going Democratic this fall But ii
won't Republicans everywhere are
going TO vote the Republican ticket.
We are coming back to the days of our
birthright. Newlands and his
schemes will be repudiaied al the polls
this fall The men of sense in the
Republican party (and there are very
few exceptions on this seore) have
awakened 10 a realization of what's
what. They won't swallow Democracy
nor will they he fooled by n political
gvinnast. Nevada once more Will be-
come banner Republican State, for 1t
will east larger Republican majority
in proportion 10 It's size of lis suffrage
than any other state in the Union.
MILE y.