The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-20
VEROI REPUBLICAN MELTING
Four Eloquent Sppake S Ad-
dress Enthusiastic Crowd

dress Enthusiastic IrOWO
Verdi. New. Oct 19-The best political
meeting in years occurred here last n 'ght
1t was a Republican NEE ing and the
heart-to- heart talks to the voters made
by the s.ate and county candidates made
fine impression. Verdi can be counted
on this election to roll up a Republican
majority. the first In ten years.
Mr. Derby introduced Hon. Frank ii.
Norcross. Republican nominee for judge
of the supreme court. Mr. Norc;o said
that some fourteen years before he hao
been elected principal of the Verdi pub
lie schools ana that he was gratifed to
see present so many whom he had tried
to teach then not only knowledge. but
the high principles and duties of Ameri'
can citizenship He stated that the offic
for which he was candidate was non,
political. that a judge of the supreme
Law aside oil nart'sans. } ard devote HIM
self strictly TO Justice and equity.
Forowing Mr.. Norcross Mr.. Anderson
OF Chicago made an eloquent address in
which he drove home the plain tru'hs
that the party which r,ekes good times
Is the party to keep in power.
James A. yerng.on. upon bci~g in
troduced. said that he had lived forty
wears of his life in Nevada and that he
loved every rock and hill and deser,
within her far boundaries.
He told of what he had been doing for
he state for many years. That he had
represented Nevada in five great interna-
t'onal expositions and had been brougai
American exposition he mad been honored
by being elected president of the COM
missioners of all the American republics
and that at the st. Louis exposition he
had been elected president of the COM
missioners of the states and all the for
eign nations. a position which he held a
the present time.
Mr.. Yerington did not present this as
an argument that he was therefore qua.
! flied to assume the duties of congress
man. but there was no one presen' wnc
was not charmed with the simple direct
ness of his statements and ali felt whie
he was talking that James A. Yerington
was a man who woulu go forward to Ne
vadas creuit in congress as he nao
among those who had been chosen by
their states and governments to repic-
sent them at the world 9 greatest exposi
ton.
! Hon. George s. Nixon was given an
enthusiastic ovation when he was intro
duced.
/ Mr.. Nixon took up the history of the
two Republican administra ions since
/ 1895. and showed the continued and un
evampled prosperity which had come &c
the country under Republican rule. He
said:
4 mo wonder that the Re ubl'can part,
should say that II stands pat on its rec
ord. We have no apolog es to make for
that record. A party is to pe judged no,
by it's promises. but by Its achievements.
/ He stated tnat II was the one opinion
all over the land that Theodore Roosevelt
would be re-e ected by the largest major
ity in history. Theodore Roosevelt has
done more for Nevada lnan any presiden
since the stroke of Abraham Lincoln's
pen admitting US into the Union.
! II say to you that we should uphold
him." continued Mr.. Nixon. And more
than that we should not only vote for
him but we should send to congress ana
the senate of the Un.,ed States men wno
will support his policies Ore Is just as
important as the other 4 am ask ne
your suffrage for that reason for Mr..
Yerirg'on and myself and | am asking
your suffrage personally because | feel
that | can serve you.
Some Ihirgs have been said about me
in the opposition press an. by Congress.
man Van Drzer Mich I scorn to reply
to My record In tins ate is an open
hook. nave held NV noro- NV ho~estv
and my integrity as something sacred
VIII submit any part OF my history to
any ones Investigation. and feel In my
own heart that II Will compare favorably
with that of any who have traducef me
Honest criticism I resnect from an op-
po~ent ard 7 only protest when II Is of
a kind and comes from sources tha self
res~ertirg men cannot renlv to without
dignifying those responsible for It,"