Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-08-10
THE WINNEMJccA" CONVENTION
Something Of the Three Gold Bricks
It Handed Out.

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Something Of the Three Gold Bricks
It Handed Out. t
The Winnemucca invention had It's
humorous as well as it's pathetic sides.
The affair was called to order by Geo..
Mills, who again related to the Repub-
licans gathered there, what he has /
been telling them for the past ten
years-that the party is sure to win
this fall because of some per centaga3
he has figured out for the guidance
of his party in making bets. Accord /
ing to his system OF percentages, clue |
idated and tested with great matne-
matical nicity, 1t is clearly shown
that during the past ten years Nevada |
was liable at a0S time to lurch into |
the Republican column. Mills ac- !
knowledges that these figures haN e !
failed many times but he has discov-
cred and eliminated the errors Of other
calculations and this year all will oe
| well
His explanation caused great joy
to his party but the people who have
tried to make speculative merchan-
disc off his percentage tables are rot
going down very deep in their jeenas
this fall.
The framing Of a ticket was the next
in order.
Mr.. James Torreyson was offered
side stepped it gracefully. Mr.. Orr
was next wrestled with but ~ could
see no special nutriment in it. Mr..
Frank NorcrOss was appealed to oy
his friends and shown Mr. Mills PEI
centage tables. He gave them a care
full study and asked for day or %
to think the matter over. He was not
allowed the time and finally consented
to run with the understanding that he
should not be called upon to do any
strenuous work in the campaign.
The Congressional honor was the
next on the list Sam Plat was ask
ed to run but declined. Patsy Elan
, nigan, it was said. would be glad of
the nomination and the Convention
, was about to nominate by reclamation
when it was announced by near
friend of Flanagan that he would mt
take it even if it was prOffered with
-, pair of tongs. Harrington was wire'l
but he gave an emphatic refusal with
the air of a man who knew something
of running for Congress on Repub
: name was next canvassed and thu
wire was called into play but MaXor
couldn't be induced.
The next proposition was to nom
. mate someone who wasn't in the StaC'
=. land could mt refuse James Yeringtol
, came up as likely man and some on
wired to Charles Reeves of the ST
, Louis Exposition to induce James L
f., stand in.
>, There was an Immediate respons
h from Reeves who runs something u
, lie Pike and Ierington was given III
II nomination by reclamation.
The weight of the Missouri PRESSING
in the Convention was felt on al
sides.
The matter Of a Senatorship, C
s. was not canvassed much. Georg
- Nixon a recent arrival in the part
&c was endorsed by the Convention.
!, was argued tat it W. not often tina
:, men of Nixons standing in polite
20 had come INTO the party and the
&c should be encouraged.
=, From this on every man who come
into the party will be given some sol
of a prize package.
After the adjournment OF the Coz
vention the various candidates wer
- the gold bricks to ascertain thei
a., real value.
,,- The first assay returned was mad
III by the " 4 I. f. r. office by tn
Sc head assayer H. Nj. Yerington. +
y, made a humid assay and a fire ASA
III and at once wired to James in :
Louis.
Get rid of the Congressional Go
Brick at once. 1t carries no metaI
ferrous values. | think George Mil
20 will be willing to take it. H. NJ.
ri Nixons friends say that not-wit
,c standing the gold leaf rubbed off h
? brick going from the Convention
,is his Office he still thinks it is all rigt
he ne oeciines 70 assay II saying 'hat u
an peple who sold it to him are all rig
IN and he feels perfectly satisfied. 1t