Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-10-29
REPUBLICAN
MEETING
The Opera House Crowded
to the Doors.
The Speeches Of YeringtOn, Nixon,
NOrcrOSS and Senator Stewart
Evoke Hearty Applause.

Crowded TO the doors with an ap
preciative and enthusiastic audience
the opera house on Tuesday evening
presented a most animated appear
ance showing the immense interest
the people of Tonopah are taking in
the present campaign and especially
in the Republican candidates.
On the previous evening Geo. S.
Nixon, Frank II. Norcross and Jas.
A. Yerington had spoken at Goldfeld
to a crowd Of fully 1000 people,
mostly miners, who listened patiently
and attentively to the sound, solid
remarks of the candidates. only in
t%errupting them to applaud when
some particularly telling point was
scored.
The Tonnopah meeting opened with
music by the Tonopah brass band
while the Chair warmers" on the
platform settled down. In addition
to the speakers of the evening there
were on the platform Hugh H.
Brown, T. l.. Oddie, r. b. Davis,
George Keough, G, Wonacott, w.
II. Cuddy, w w. Booth, j. f. Brad
ley and c. i. Reynolds. Hugh II.
Brown who acted as president, in a
few well chosen words referred to
the candidates and introduced TO the
audience James A. Yerington, Re
publican candidate for congress,
whom the crowded house welcomed
vociferously. Mr.. Yerington apollo.
gized for not being an orator or a
politician, but said that for over forty
years he had been to the people of
Nevada plain Jim Yerington and
hoped to be so for forty years more.
whether elected or defeated. He
spoke with dignity and emphasis Of
his record as an employer of labor
and referred with pride to the friend.
~ relations he bad always maintained
with those who worked for him, not
one Of whom could say you have not
treated me right" AS to the allega.
ton that he was the son Of a railroad
man, he said he was proud that ht
was ''ths son OF THAT railroad man.
and asserted that the V. q T. rail,
road belonging to his father had paiC
TO its employees the highest wages
yer paid by any railroad on earth.
Mr.. Gerington spoke modestly but
with evident pride OF the great ser
vices he had rendered to Nevada foi
over ten years as commissioner fol
the state at all the great exposition,
commencing with the Chicago world
fair, during which period he hat
gained the friendship and esteem 0
the leading men Of this country who
through this mountaineering haC
learned more Of Nevada than the,
could possibly have done otherwise
The speech which was frequently il
terrupted by applause "a followed
by two excellent songs by AL Borlini
accompanied ON the guitar by 7. l.
Oddie, the first OF these Lucky
Jim specially adapted to the candi
date drew forth such loud and con
tinuous applause that the second wa.
given as an cor
George S. Nixon followed and il
his speech referred to Parker S state
ment that Cleveland's administrat OF
was the greatest since the civil war
and pointed out the deplorable stat,
TO which the country was reduced b.
that president, saying that If th,
people elected Parker il would Ger
tainly be their own fault. He SAT-
that he had been accused Of voting
for Bryan and he admitted it, but il