Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-10-14
THE REPUBLICANS AND eARTINE.
Scrap of Political History That
Might be Well to Consider.

Bartine who is the regular nominee
for Supreme Judge On the Fusion tick
ct. They are fighting him covertIy IN
the pretended grounds that he lacks
the ability to sit on the Supreme
Bench.
Now it might he well to 90 back Il
few years and consider the fact that
the Republican party twice offered him
the nomination for Supreme Judga
and he twice refused It.
At the Republican convention Of
1888 he was a candidate for Supreme
Judge with Murphy and Leonard in
competition with him for the n0mina-
ton. He won his fight 50 successfully
that both these gentlemen withdre7,
and he was about to be nominated by
acclaimation.
AT this juncture there arose con-
siderable uneasiness regarding the
Congressional nomination. No one
was in sight who was considered able
to win or who was acceptable to the
convention and finally someone su@-
gested that Bartine run fer Congress.
This was looked upon as a preposte,-
Gus proposition by many as it dill
not seem likely that he would reIin,
quish the honorable Office Of Supreme
ledge, a six year position. with but
one canvass to make at that time.
carrying with il CmoIuments of over
$50, 1000 and accept the hardest fight
on the ticket Ca fight with George
Cassidy, with emOluments of but $40.
coo. 1t was the writer CT this article
who said at the time hat Bartine was
neither selfish nor sordid and that if
he could be shown that the good of
the party demanded it. he would make
the sacrifice, An hour later there YVES
a conference in which D. L. Bliss. VIM.
Sharon. Lon Hamilton, c. c. Wallace
and many others beside the writer
was present and the case was laid be-
fore Bartine. 1t was urged that no
one in the party desired to enter into
a campaign with George Cassidy AMI
they urged him to enter the fight
against him or the State of Nevada
ran a chance of loosing its Republican
representative in Congress.
That the writer's estimates Of Mr.
Bartine was not misplaced was evince3
by the fact that Bartine in few
wOrds-which brought the conference
to its feet with chenrs-stated that
while he had a very high regard for
the office of Supreme Judge and hal
been very solicitOus to obtain it THAI
he would not refuse any place on tho
firing line Of battle when his party
needed him.
He had the nomination by the unani-
nous vote of the convention and it
does not seem stretching a point >
assume that the Convention, cOmpos-
ed Of some of the ablest men of the
party, must have considered him as at
feast the equal in ability to either
Murphy Or Leonard, who have both
distinguished themselves as able jur
lists. Leonard had been two terms
upon the bench and Murphy had serv.
tine agreeing to run for Congress, re-
ceived the nomination and was elect.
ed by heavy majority.
Meanwhile Bartine went into the
campaign against a man who was
considered one of the best debatOrs
and most experienced politicians il
the State and after Bartine had me-
the issues advanced by Cassidy an
debated them he demolished his o.,
ponent and beat him by over 100
majority.
In the next campaign he was agai,
offered the Judgship by the Republican
party and again the same state o
affairs prevailed, as confronted tn
party two years before Cassidy wa
hot after the Democratic nominatio
and anxious to wipe out the recor
of defeat at the hands of Bartint
Meanwhile Bartlne mad MADE Splet
did record in Congress and at ono
became recognized as one of the mo;
logical debators upon the floor c
the House. His friends urged thu
he had made a sacrifice two year
before and that it was unfair to agai
ask him to step aside from a plat
upon the Supreme Bench. Tt iva
the place he wanted above all other
and the wires were hot between N
vada and Washington for day.
He again listened to the call of h
party and accepted the nominatio
for Congress, much to the disgust {
some of his friends who did not co,
slider that Bigelow was in any wa