The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-20
RATES.
NOVEL POLITICS

The opening salvo at the DefHocia.ic
convention in Santa Cruz was lively.
1t presented a novelties. MI.
Tarpey resigned his ~well-earned place
as oiato -at-lar~e, and told the con-
vention that as the personal repre-
sentative of Mr.. Hearst he had eer-
tain things to demand. among them
being the Craftsmanship of the convea-
ton end an instructed delegation.
We bel eve that this is the first time
IN Anne. lean POLITICS that a convention
was told by a pc sonal representative
of a Presidential candidate that 1t
must do certain things and not do
certain things. A personal rep e7en-
tative utters the will of the man he
represents. and 1t was as If Mr.. Hearst
were present demanding as his right
certain things from a delegated body.
Such course causes a convention 70
cease to be representative Of a pa
instrument of one pc son.
Mr.. Tarpey's lieutenants followed,
nfo cling his demand. In his eagerness
one forgot the common forms of the
English language, and in a rhapsody
said: Unless those who support Mr..
Hearst do not secure the chairman of
thisc convention. you must concede that
we lose the battle The double nega-
tive with a dash of the s~ubjunctive
mode depressed the convention. It was
a.;IaNt tLot tha IIaarct nrata g bod q h.
sorbed their style fl ON the Examine.
Their speeches were like the recent
remark of hat paper about the Ger
man Prince Ratibor that: While fas-
tidious in d. ess and manner he asks
many questions and answers queries
readily"
AS Mr.. Tarpey put his candidate into
the fight 70 the craftsmanship the con-
vent IN took it up and the battle ragged
until one member declared that "Jeffer-
son had never counseled K.lken' cat
fights" and strove to convince the
delegates that they must bury their
differences or call for two shlllalahs
apiece. TIL refe. ence to the time
hunored and battle looded blacktho. n
seemed to louse the fighting spirit of
the crowd. and a San Francisco dele
ate int. oduced a fiery and defiant
bunch of whereases and a therefore-be-
it'll resolved, which denounced Hearst
for being a mill onaire born In this
party which was being imploled by his
personal representative to support him
for the Pr esidency. Hea.st's pape s
and his style of journalism were
roasted to a cracklin, and he wa,
accused of appealing ito the mos.
easily satisfied lusts of men. envy ard
malice"
Then one of Hearst's supporters, Mr..
Tim McCarty. look the platform 10 de-
fen his chief. The report INDUCES
McCarty. His speech is not repo ted.
and the incident ended with a deputy
sheriff robb-ng the platform of his in
teresting presence.
Mid these sounds of confusion and
creature complaints a roll call was had
and Mr.. Hearst's cand date for the
Craftsmanship was beaten by the rath-
err narrow margin of twenty-five votes.
This esult unco ked more of the Walls
of wrath. Several of the Alameda del
egation deserted Ia pey OF the roll call.
whereupon that personal representa-
tive rose in his wrath and sad: "All
of YOU that voted for Mr.. Jeter are
my friends. and l invite you TO par
take of my hospitality In my pri-
vate headquarters. All of you who did
not vote for Mr.. Jeter l consider are
not my friends. and | do not want
to have anything to do with YOU"
This instead of casting oil upon the
trouble waters was like tn owing ke.o-
sene on the fire. The members from
Alameda who were outlawed from Mr..
Tarpey's graces. grub and headquar-
ters went at him like bad face hor
nets, and the dove of peace few high In
a pane.
While the battle ragged the astute
McNab OF San Francisco leader of the
anti-Hearst forces, was ubiquitous and
consp'cuously uno atorcial. He KEEP
his rhetoris to- himself and repealed no
one. He saw the danger in the mar
row margin by which he won the first
battle and ~foregathered with the weak
kneed Hearst men TO lure them from
the losing side and increase the
strength of his own.
The edito. ial de~nunciations of Hearst