The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-10-25
FUSION RALLY.
Eureka Welcomes state Candidates
and Listens 10 Their Exposition
of Politics.

and Listens 60 Their Exposftsfon
of Politics.
The street illumination aud the select
music rendered By the Eureka band was .
Citing preliminary 70 the Fusion rally at
the Opera House on Saturday night.
NJ. G. Foster. nominee for the Assembly.
directed the meeting. He warmly greeted
the visiting candidates TO Eureka. and in
well-chosen words introduced TO the large
audience Z. ID. Kelley. nominee for Sur
veyor-General; Dave NJ. Ryan. nominee
for State Treasurer; Andrew Msute, nomi.
nee for State Printer, and James g.
Sweeney, nominee for Attorney General.
The initial speaker was Mr.. Kelly. who.
in Q fair. frank and generous manner, gave
q summary Of the principal savings accrued
to the State, in she legislative, executive
and Judicial departments. under the we'll
| directed and economic administration Of the
| Silvsr-Demoorats. He charged back on the
attack that the Democratic is the party OF
| ignorance with On unreserved account Of
the successful resistance Of the attempts to
raid the School Fond by reducing the in
tsrest on the deferred payments on the
sales Of State lands; and with the half
| million excess expended for education By
the dominant party ever it's predecessors
| within the same number of years. The
speaker entered upon national issues and
| returned to the local prosperity that would
| exist IL Nevada's silver mines were in
operation. In conclusion Mr.. Kelley asked
that an approval Of his official acts BY the
| people Of Eureka county be given him in
reelection.
True to his profession, Mr.. Maute sch his
remarks solid. His verbal brief was an in
~vitation to examine his record Is . State
official, and if be were deemed worthy, he
asked to be retained as supervisor of one Of
Nevada's most important institutions-the
State Printing Office.
The Custodian Of the Treasury was
greeted with an applause that had the srue
metallic ring, and which carried the convic.
ton that Mr.. Ryan is safely guarding the
'free" silver nest-egg Sam Davis talks
about, which was found in the treasure box
when the Silver Party took charge Of 1t.
The speaker promised to keep it safe, with
sll State moneys. if the people so willed.
The grafton Of the evening was delivered
by Mr.. Sweeney, who as . young public
speaker 10 already in the class Of superior
to many in mental equipment, with csps-
bility to make himself easily understood
and possessing the power Of weighing grave
and m~omentous questions.
Mr.. Sweeney gave . straight talk on the
national questions from g Democratic
standpoint. and he srdently chsmpioned q
silver war to final victory for l6 to l. TAX
ing up the discussion Of the tariff, he ex-
| planned lucidly the Democratic position in
| relation to ID. That ell the Democracy de.
handed was the removal of the high pro-
| teotive tariff from the necesssries OF life
| and from the trust-msde goods. The Re-
publicans on this question find themselves
q house divided against itself. That Presi-
| dent Roosevelt and many distinguished Re.
| publicans have declared for . revision of
| the tariff, and to this end the next House
| must be Democratic. The Presidency and
| the United States Senate will remain Re-
| publican for the next two years, but the
| Republican party will be much more careful
| Of public interests If it have . Democratic
House TO hold il in check. As to trusts
and monopolies his statements implied that
il the menace Of hard times is forever held
| over the heads of Americans by the men
| who produce psnics on the short-order
system, then indeed government by the
| people 10 ended. II is the power of organ
| lied wealth against manhood. All the
causes that are burdening society to-day are
gathered together with money and monopoly
in the Republican fortress.
Mr.. Sweeney had kind words for bis
| fellow candidates on the Fusion ticket. He
| spoke modestly upon his own candidacy
for Attorney General, and plainly stated
| his attitude on the labor question. when
side by side with Assemblymen Rsftice and
| Stinson of Eureka county he worked and
voted for the Eight.Hour Labor Bill in 1901.
The talented young Carson attorney 10
apparently doing effective work for his
party. and will certainly return to bis home
in no way discouraged 10 await the results
Of his labors when the votes are counted on
election day.
A GOOD LEGISLATOR.