The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-11-15
I'm A POLITICAL WAY.


ments.
The mining camp OF Ray In Nye
county polled seven votes at the recent
election.
The fight in Nye County for Sheriff is
very close, but it is said that Logan will
be the lucky man when the returns are
all in.
Hon. Walter Ferguson, the Republi-
can nominee for Assemblman, died at his
home at st. Clair, Churchill county, just
previous to the election.
County Treasurer Dalton Of Lander
county broke his leg in two places by
jumping from a wagon while on q cam
paign trip from Austin to Cortez.
DR.. J. ID. Campbell, who recently lost
an arm through blood poisoning was
elected to the Assembly from Lincoln
county on the Republican ticket.
1t looks to US as If a portion of the
boys played both ends and the middle Of
the Hanna sack and then voted for
whom they pleased.-Reno Ledger.
The Elko Independent charges Fusion
candidates on the Elko county ticket with
treachery. Other counties besides Elko
and Eureka complain Of the same thing.
The Election Commission OF San Fran
cisco has requested the Grand Jury to in
vestigate the alleged purchase of votes on
election day in the Aims House precinct
in that city.
A number of applicants Of both sexes
from Eureka county are aspiring for posi-.
tons in the Legislature at Carson this
Winter. Eureka county is entitled to
two clerkships, mi in each House.
Frank McNamee and Ben Sanders,
two former Eurekans, were opposing
candidates at the recent election in Lin
coin county for the Office of District At
torney. The latest returns favor the
election of Sanders.
The Principal of the Tuscarora High
School secured q number of sample bal.
lots and distributing them to the pupils,
held an election, by way of instruction in
government. 1t was a splendid lesson
and might pro6tably be followed by
others.
The Virginia Chronicle is advo eating
r. E. Sksggs Of Elko for Speaker of the
Assembly. II is understood that Mr..
SksRgs was promised the support of the
Fusionists for this position just previous
to the meeting Of the Fusion State Con.
vention. -
George Ernst informs the Elko In.
dependent that he will contest his OPP
ponent's election. He was beaten five
votes for State Senator, but will contest
the seat in the Senate ON the ground that
voters from Lander county were trans
ferred to Churchill to vote against him.
Apropos with the vote-selling charges
against the young men in the western
part of the State, the Reno Journal advo.
Gates the re-enactment Of the Purity Of
Election Law, or the passage of one that
will at least prevent the recurrence of the
disRraceful scenes Of the recent election.
A %disgrunted Reno candidate who lays
his defeat to the saloon men, entered
upon a campaign to enforce the State mid
night-saloon-closing law in the Riverside
town Immediately after election. As no
successful reports have been received il
is feared the strenuous reformer has gone
into innocuous desuetude.
The boys fooled the sack manipulators
on election day. They went after all the
money they could get and failed to de-
liver the goods. The m~anipulators say
they cannot trust q Reno voter to cast
the ballot they want him to for q ten.
dollar piece. The Reno voter would take
all the money he could get and mark his
ballot to suit himself.-Reno Ledger.
1t develops that John Sparks and A.
G. Cleveland, who are almost lifelong
friends, made g let IN the gubernatorial
election, the wager being q blooded bull.
Sparks. Of course, bet on his opponent
and vice versa. 1t required a yer few
hours after the returns were in for Cover
o Sparks to arrange for the payment OF
the wager. Mr.. Cleveland was asked
yesterday how he came out of the cleo
ton, "Oh / came out ell right. Sparks
has got a good job. but have one Of the
finest Hereford bulls in seven States."-
Reno Journal.
Count Boni Castellane has been denied
admission to the French Chamber OF
Deputies to which he was elected accord
ing to the return OF the popular vote.
Not unlike his Nevada prototype the