The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28

am pretty snide politician, and that
canaot new explain how Fred Dang
berg, Jr., managed to escape from the
balefnl effects Of my friendly endeavors
to elect hih State Senator from Doug
las county. Itwould have been better
for the party If l had ''suiked in my
tent,' after the nominations were
made. Then, after the success of the
party, could claim all the credit.
lam heartily Disguised with the po-
litical combination which ought to be
properly termed the Fusion party of
Nevada, and particularly with it's
mechanism. The Democratic Conven-
ton which met at Reno contained rep
resentative Democrats from all over
the State as well as did the Silver Party
Convention. They were leading, rep
resentative men from their several sec
tions. They organized and proceeded
to business, when they were told to
stop and wait for the Silver Party pro-
cession to catch up, its band wagon
having got stuck in mud hole. They
waited for two days, nearly, doing
practically nothing, but wait for orders.
When the conference committee from
the two conventions finally agreed as
to what offices the Democrats would
be entitled to attempt to fill, they were
parceled out such offices as they did
not ask for, except the Office of Gov
ernor, and they were not entitled to
vote for the men they did want.
Worse, they were forced to make the
same nominations made by the Silver
Party Convention, which they did not
want to make. They were not ex-
pressingsthaix choice, in any sense.
They were so often reminded that they
must obey in order to insure the sue
cess of Mr.. Newlands that it became
nauseating to all Independently minded
men. In the Ormsby county conven-
tions, matters were still worse. Here
the Silver Party convention simply
said, "rt amt what you want, but it is
what you are going to gets' and they
proceeded to make their nominations.
The Democrats then adjourned with
out making any nominations in the
interest of harmony. Judging from
the feeling engendered by reason of
the workings and mechanism of this
nen-descript political combination in
arriving at the expression of the popu-
lar will in arriving at nominations, l
am decidedly of the opinion that the
alliance cannot survive the interven-
ing two years between now and the
coming Presidential contest. There is
no reason for its continuance, other
than the reason advanced by the Silver
Party mem that they never could get
any Office before, and cannot get any
without" The history of the political
contests in Nevada, except in Ormsby,
where the Virginia & Truckee Railroad
infiueneeris great, does not show that
to be the fact. On the contrary, every
thing points TO the fact that Nevada is
naturally, as of right it ought to be, a
Democratic State. The Republicans
have never carried the State without
the expenditure oflarge sumsofmoney,
running from a quarter to half mil
lien dollars during campaign, and
the Democrats have always carried the
State when they had the funds, and in
the absence of, any funds on either
side. The Silver party men have now
been voting former whostood on DEM
ocratic platforms for several years, and
they have become set in their OPP
position to the Republican party,
and they can as well stand under
the Democratic banner as to uphold
Democratic platforms There is evil
IDENTIFY more danger to the fusion
forces in attempting to carry on the
two organizations than there is in re-
turning to the Democratic party. Be
sides, it is fair to presume that about
aH the Republicans that originally
joined the Silver party have returned
to their fold, except those who have
become set in Democratic principles
and intend to uphold them in the
future Another reason why there
should be'but one convention to make
nominations the fact that delegates
want voice in the nominations they
make, and that nominations thus made
are more likely to receive the united
support of the party, and better nom
nations are likely to be made.
We are informed that Reno is stretch
ing out tentacle towards the Orphans
Home, situated in Carson. Reno is
strictly a business town, and there is
no sentiment in business. If Carson
thinks Reno would not take the Home
because it would not look we'll for a
sister town to do such thing, Carson
had better go out and study the ways