The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-12
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Interesting Budget from Our
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Silver State.-At present the principal
question which the republican mana
gers are considering relates more to
practical details of the coming cam
paign than to the choice of a presiden-
tial candidate and the platform upon
which he will stand. AS Mr.. John S. |
Wise, the celebrated Virginia lawyer
who lives In New York. but who re-
Gently visited this city, said few days
ago: There viii be no race in No
vember next. Roosevelt will simply |
trot against the record of his prede-
cessors" Not but that the democrats
will enter a candidate for the race,
but he is likely to be so badly handi-
capped that he will never pass the
judges stand. Hearst, the yellow
kid" as he is affectionately called /
may get sendoff at st. Louis, but
he is no more likely to be nominated
than Bryan or Miles. Just now he is
much advertised and talked about on |
account of the recent supreme court |
decision in the suit that he brought |
before that body, which decides that
the coal carrying and combining rail-
roads must submit their books and |
contracts for examination in the suit
pending against them in New York |
If publicity is cure-all for unlawful /
trusts the more of it the people have |
the better.
Who shall be candidate for vice I
president with the president, and who /
shall be the chairman of the repubi- |
can national committee are questions
still waiting for a solution. Senator
Fairbanks st.ll hesitates to take the /
second place. He is a tall. Abraham
Lincoln-like man, though handsome /
and IL Is thought that he would like to
be a presidential candidate before the
Panama canal is finished. AS to the
chairmanship, it is admittedly d.ffieul
to find man who is willing to take
that responsible position and who can
measure up TO the standard OF the late
Senator Hanna A number of promi-
nent men have been approached, but
all hesitate to accept the rather thank
less place.
Tho question of a campaign fund
must be considered. If it is true that
Wall street is the storm center of OPP
position to the president and that the
trusts are afraid of him, money will
be forthcoming from some other
source Commissioner West os the
District of Columbia says, Hanna be-
ing dead, there is no one in the re-
publican party who can command the
money which would have been forth
coming upon his demand" This APP
pears TO be a mistake. since Andrew
Carnegie Is said to have offered TO
give a million dollars, if need be, to
help elect President Roosevelt.
Money or no money. President
Roosevelt is destined to succeed him
self. So great and thorough is the
democratic dsintegration; SO sadly
are they at sea over all important
questions: so determined are they not
to become reconciled; so hungry are
their leading men for the coveted nom
ination, that the public expects to see
the party totally shipwl ecked next
November. With Hearst as a stand
ard bearer the campaign would be
something immense. Imagine how the
country would be flooded with grand
and graphic cartoons! Cleveland en-
dorsement of Parker causes much hi
larity here. 1t is thought TO injure
the mutes chances.
All sorts of people are interested in
the decisions handed down by the SUI
preme court. On the 4th inst. the
great negro Acknowledgement case
was before that body. and the court
room and the corridors leading to 1t
were thronged with Africans of all
degrees. who evidently expected to
hear the case decided out of hand.
John S. Wise appeared for the prose-
cution, and made an mpassonei ar
gument. The absurd rumor that the
president was displeased with Mr.. JUS
tce Holmes by reason of his stand
in the merger decision has been set at
rest. The justice has since d!ned with
the president
A few papers are opposing the pro-
posed extension of the capitol on the
ground that the architect who has
made the plan Is employed by the gov
ernment and has not consulted some
of the fashionable ana high priced
fellows In New York. There is agi-
taton OF mild sort for curfew law
In Washington. 1t would not apply
to government officials. -. Regarding
the requirement which has added half
an hour TO the tasks of government
clerks, opinions differ as To results In
some of the departments the clerks
go to sleep the last half hour; in 9TH
theirs they angrily watch the clock
In others they take to the extra work
like ducks to water. The great argu-