Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-09-02
SAM DAVIS GRILLS
ANGELIC BOLTERS
State Controller Pays Respects 10 the
EIemplars Of Purity Who Play TO
Nixon.

Vt the joint convention at Wiune.
mucra Tuctlay ..i.hi Sam Davis WAS
requested tn nddfcss the gathc ring. lie
selected for his subject the bolt, or more
properly the kicking ont. ni the immucu-
tate coteric "t political rrncGades who
hI two months hav: been under the
tutclaGc ~ George >. Nixon, the Rc.
publican candidate FOR Senator. Mr..
Davis speech 'ni"we:
Mr.. Chairman. members OF the con.
vcn:Inu, ladies ats! gentleman.
have been hard AT WORK prreidIng
over convention AT the courthouse Tor
the last Few days, which Tor while
promised to- bc beer garden. Hm
physically nearly exhausted with this
some what lnburiuu~ exercise. and from
prOtrHctcd Sessions and loSs 81 =lccp, dm
overcome with prniouud sense OF
wcarIncs- The thing. however, which
seems tn most ~ all give mo n tired feel
ing Ii being compelled to listen hour
after hour to windy discours"s on polit-
zeal purity from t",. hold, SadIrr. Judgc
Mack and Eugene Howell, NnnghtcrJ.
Two yrar@ ago some ui thcs" gentle.
men vino got ruCh a liiXIng III our con-
venunm today were running primaries ia
TIE city ~ Reno that caused the hard.
rncd politicians to gusp for breath, bnt
to-day, when the! mud themselves III the
minority. suddenly turn rrforucrs.
ciptho themselves with tie garments Of
righteousness and u.fOrth to preach the
gospel ~ rcpentnucc to all the world
they are particularly anIiou- to reform
the primary law ui Nevada aud place II
on Sun lRy school hnss. have not
had time in TAX" IA cOnuplrt" study of Il
Sndlcr Howell primary law but i'm.
aginc that when IT IL completed there
will bc Il minister = the gospel III each
precinct and The po,r will bc opened
with prayer. ULaugtcr and cat calls.l
These pi"u" rrtormcrH never noticed
Nevada primary election Law until this
year when they found that the old tricks
and jobs they had practIccd 30 long
failed Ia work I" their satisfaction md
the moment they find themselves III the
minority, hey begin Ia squcal like sly
teen pigs under one gate.
When these political missionaries go
forth to stump the state they will not
c0ndcsc, nd to Talk from these ordinary
platforms, but they will take along
portable pulpits from whch to address
the vnt"rs tbaurhtcrJ
Dick Eirmnn used To do some pretty
Ormsby when he lived there, and he
uope the push ns lively us anybody
when ihngs seemed ,n u"gd II little IL
nnncinl liz ~ them. but tiurc ho hna
been tak"u ~ charge b, hiH spiritual
HdvIsor. Judge Mack. who has nlsu re-.
formed. he hnq hrrnmc So pure tiiut
every time he pas 80 ynm there seems tO
10" n pcrrcpiihl" rustic ~ wings and you
sH :" yourself. ~l'horc gucs Dick kir-
man. The lnYcly unI"r-tuhy II nn nngol:'
O"uEh'cr nmd huptsD
Those emit hc check bunx,s tina. bulge
III their poctrIa when they ~ ahOui the
buck streets during pri iDmary election
Int Bibles, prayer honkI and litcraiur"
from the American Trnct Society.
Some ,rarA ago when attending II cor-
rcntl"n III this city was accused uf
putting u randiIH,r into fight from
White Pine who had been dead Tor
eighteen years aud gottrnR thirty votes
I" draw him out. We'll. thirty votes for
corpse ia a fairly good trade, but
don't thinlt | could dr nr well M TINT IL
wanted To spccuIuic with the cavaliers
"f any II ihoIo RtiiTa who tried tO con.
vince th" Silver convention thnt thCY
worc not dead uuca thin morning.
(Chccra
fhoy havC gOnN Ia the lO,tcra Ficld
"f Nevada politics and while some ~ us
only just nsrcrtancd that they worc
drad, think TINT u minority ~ those
rcnric who designated thcmsclvcl as
holtcrs were entitled Ia u Chriatiau
burial H"mo time ago. tApplausc.l
They have been taken up n strccI
here ahpnt II blnck away uud Mike Bon
nilicld is eprinkl,ng tho cnrbnlic acid Or
tho romans. aud GtO Orgc Nixon IN pay
my cSpcnsOs ~ the uu,opry. (chccrs.
IIc regards them na "rclluw servants
under tho Hardin lIill and Pccrpis tht