Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-04-01

Hon. ". T.. Sharon. Chairman Of the
Silver party State Central C,mu ittcc.
was asked hy the Virginia Chronicle.
the other day Tor his views ON the re.
turn Of George Nixon Of Wmncuucca to
the Republican party and his views un
The iaiters candidacy for the United
Stntcs Senate and HE statements con.
ncCtrd thcrcwIth. Nj Sharon rradily
consented tu nn interview and -pukc ~
! iUllows:
MIR. Nixon and LEFT the Republican
| party Tor th" same reason. NAMELY, their
attitude "n the silver question: and Ec
SAID, -" far ns | am concerned, can
scc no good reason why ! or any oth r
loyal silver mnu should return To- thr
party that boasts that /, h.. killed the
silver question and wl- clad 81 il. aud
buried II =" deep that yuu wouli never
hear Of il again. Mr.. Nixon sans he
bows t" the will Ut the majority and that
The silver question has been fought IN
several battles aud lost. What duc., he
mean by that: Was the filvcT Questions
ever lost III tins State: Not much. |
ale" h"~ t" the wIIl ~ the majority 81
my fellow citizens, III which they have
Tor the pnst twelve Years defeated every
man who WAS Il candidate for office,
"hom they though, was cIs!uynl To the
~iIver cause. nmd they will continue To
DO sn rs long rs TINS question remains un.
settled, Tor the reason that no great pub
lie question is settled until il Is settled
right. II will coEtInu" to crop up until
the people get what they demand
MIR. Nixon say- the irrigation qucs.
nom Will will make u great common.
wealth and gives that as his principal
reason for returning 'r the Republican
part! and m.timatcs that Roosevelt
IL entitled to all th" credit Tor this. He
Kuows, as well ns | and many others.
that Mr. N"wland@ agitaicd tins ques.
long before spectacular Teddy was ever
heard Of III public hic. ana it was
through Mr.. Nrwlands Influence that "A
Clnusc WIS inserted III tine National De.
morratlc platform on this question.
which forced The Republicans later IN
their national convention to udnp, sim.
liar cluu-rs. Hence our present irri.
Egtiou Law. Mr.. Nixon says this Is gong
Ia make Nevada Il great Sinic think
50 too. but the Republican party is not
entitled Ia nuy credit for 1t
Asked ns +" his own candidacy for the
United States Senate. b" said
Il am not seeking the office, but
should contingencies arise wuuld bc
candidate. am determined that this
state shall u" longer be misrcprcscutci
10y un old fraud Hnd humbug liz" Stew.
nrt, {" whom, 10y way Of comparison,
JTiHs lsrarIut WIS SAINT There are
nany good men III hoth the Rcruhlicnn
and Fusion parties To draw from for this
"tlic". MIR. Nixon, 1t is said. La been
offered Inducements to 20 back To the
Republican party. This may or may
not Ice true. ! am not able tutay what
hls r"nsonI are. But whatever the he.
publican party does, amy man they may
NV ''A l'''lN''I~' W Ill ~ " Ibfh Iltlt1 Tt-l-
dent ~ this State. il better than old
Str"ar', wh" never hal any interest N
us beyond ms own political nuhiIinus."
Asked ns to- the course IL the Silver
party; hr stated:
"Why should nny Ioyal Silver man
desert tho cnusc at this juncturc? ..Wha,
d"cs the Republican party otter us as
m ndmccmcnt to return la them? Nh.
s"lu,rly nnthrug except that they 'killcd
silver aud buried it, My advice to nll
Silver rHrty men, Of which | am one. il
I" stand 10y that pnfty Nlrch ha" hcru
i"ynl Ia this question, and Ia whom only
We can look Tor relief III the future, rC-
gari ilC,e ot their attitude and dccla
ra'i0ns III their narIonnl platform. For
political rcaFOna they may br forced to
Iguurc the slI""r pucaliui.. but the iHrt
tcmnlua just the same that the Demo.
cralir rnrty is the ouly PARTY that will
ever give us any favorable lrgisln,inu on
the silver Tucsilou; and fm TINT reason
all the lnynl Silver party mon of this
state phoud stand by their natural
friend rather ilimu surrender Ia their
enemy the K"luhlirau party"