Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-10-21

~ lVINoAN"h
house Saturday night wss n success so
far as numbers were concerned, but
the speck,ng was a dismal failure.
Ed. Remnant, chairman Of the county
committee, called the meeting To order
and introduced II IN. f. 5. harrington
as chairman. On taking the chair, Mr.
Fasrngton proceeded to max Il speech
in which he ran through the gamut %.
republican arguments aud wound up
with purity OF cleo ions. Mr.. Harrington
made the only good talk of the evening
and closed b. Introducing Hon. Frank
II. Norcross. candidate for supreme
judge.
MIR. Norcross poke in Il pleasant vein
for a few minutes. lie steered clear OF
the politi, al issues and promised il
elected to faithfully and honestly per-
form the duties Of supreme Judge If
honored with sufficient votes. lc WAS
not at his best Satur lay night. How
ever. he made Il very coed Impression.
At tho close OF hi- talk, Mr.. Earring.
ton made another purity Of election
talk, took n shy at Senator Newlands
aud wound by Introducing Hon. j. \.
YeringtoD, candidate for congress-.
Mr.. Yering.Un took the floor and
spoke for some time om his connection
with the different expositions as Nevada's
commissioner He told nf the friend he
had made among the great men Of tie
world and that he had received at their
hands. He also told Of his work i'll
inducing people To cou.e TO Nevada and
make their homes II sail II WAS bet
ter to bring one family into the state in
their homes here than to bring
ten millionaires to buy mines. Nevada
was attracting the attention Of the East
and he deplored the lack - literature at
st. Louis to distribute among those who
cnquired about the state, its resources.
climate and possibilities. lie spOIe OF
irrigation and said that Secretaries VIII
son and Netcalt hal promised tu assist
him in case OF his election. He claimed
that his extensive acquaintance with
TIC leading men Of the country would
be a great assistance to him in the per-
Torrance OF his duties ut Washington
in case CT hts election. Mr.. Ycrngmn
was listened to attentively and took his
seat with applause.
Mr.. Harrington bobbcd up AGAIN made
another speech. took u T.; II ont of New.
lands, whom he doesn't seem tolikc talhed
purity Of elections and introduced Hon.
Geo. 5. Nixon.
There was SOME applause as Mr..
Nixon took the fl, II. lie launched into
a discussion OF the national issues.
read extracts from the Commoncr to
show how bad Bryan considered Par
ker before the st Louis convention.
landed Roosevelt aud the g. o. J., to the
skies and tiually spoke OF his position in
the campaiSa. II" was out for the
s~enatorslip i'll his own right aud was
not beng used rs "A cats paw 10 pull the
%chestDuis ont of the tire for Stewart or
any one else. lie spoke Of his speech
before the republican, county convention
and rather doubted the correctness OF
the remark attributed To him hy the
INDEPENDENT. He said that il he
made the remark attributed to him that
that he mean that he would use all
honorable means to- win. He was op-
posed to tho corrupt Use OF money in
elections and fully endorsed all Mr..
Harrington had sad upon that suljcct.
Hotold about his change OF politics and
said that he had joined the silver party
in 1892 and stayed with it rs long ms the
light burned brightly, but when il be-.
gan to flicker and grow Iii he had turnc
to his first love, the &. o, p. lie then
wandered back INTO national politics
poked a little fun at "Grandpl- Davis
and took his seat amid applause.
In regard to the remark that Mr.,
Nixon was reported as making at the
republican county convention. the
lN~EDEPEHDENT wishcs to FAY that il
was taken down as il fell from his lins
and was published exactly as he said il,
In justice to Mr.. Nixon. however We
publish his explanation.
At the conclusion of Mr.. NiXnn's
speech the band played and the audi
encc began to leave. The meeting
closed with three cheers for everything
republican.
IL Saturday nights meeting il The
best the republicans have in their shol
democrats have no reason to be afraic
Of the influence OF their spcllb inGcrs