The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-01-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
NEvADA'S WONDERFUL CHANGE.

NEvADA'S WONDERFUL CHANGE.
The recent election shows that the peo-
chasing and have come to the conclusion
that after all the policy of the Republi-
can party is better for their welfare than
that of any other of the parties. The
Democratic is one of promises and the
Republican is one of fulfillment. The
Republican party has 1.-THE courage of it's
convictions while the Democratic party
is all the time trying to tear down. While
there are many Democrats who believe
the best interest of the State and nation
would be best subserved by Democratic
policies and will probably vote for Jeffer-
son all their lives, the great majority of
the business men, the farmers, the stock
growers, the laborers, the mechanics, and,
in fact, people in every vocation in life,
do not agree with them. President
Roosevelt was elected by much the larg-
est vote ever cast for any candidate for
that high office. That Nevada has UNI
dergone a wonderful change in her polit-
zeal sentiment was conclusively proven
in the last election. Nevada for the past
twelve years has been, first silver, then
Democratic, and no one was licensed to
question the power of those political or
CARNATIONS in Nevada. The recent cleo
ton, however, put the State into a new
suit of political clothes. Governor Sparks
was most popular and is in every way a
good man, but the people of Nevada
were not willing to send him to the Sen
ate of the United States. Many thought
Governor Sparks was invincible and
would be elected to hat high office with
but little opposition, and yet in six coun
ties not one Sparks man was elected, and
Hon. George s. Nixon carried every one
of them very easily. The counties Mr..
Nixon carried in their entirety were
Douglas, Ormsby, Humboldt, Lander.
Washoe and White Pine. While 1t is true
that Governor Sparks will have a vote
from every county in the State except
t~wo-Ormsby and White Pine-they will
come from follower Senators, elected two
years g and before the people were
fully awake to their own interests. On
the other hand, Mr.. Nixon will have a
vote from every county in the State. On
the 18th, when the joint ballot is taken
for United States Senator, Mr.. Nixon will
lave 81 votes and Governor Sparks Is.
The victory achieved was a signal one
when 1t is taken into consideration that
paign nine holdover Senators were al
ready elected and pledged to some Dem
ocrat. Thirty-one Nixon men had to be
elected, while Sparks had a starter of
nine already chosen. In other words,
Nixon was handicapped by nine big votes
out of a possible ffty-seven.
Mr.. Nixon was chosen, not entirely be-
cause he was George S. Nixon, but be-
cause he was a Republican and in touch
with that party on all important subjects
demanding national legislation. Governor
Sparks was not defeated because of his
personality, but because his statesman
ship qualifications were Democratic.
Senator Newlands did everything In his
power to keep Nevada in the Democratic
column He used money and exerted
every influence at his command for the
Democratic party, but to make a long
story short, the people of Nevada had
become tired of Democratic rule and vot-
ed for a change. Hon. George s. Nixon
has much TO be proud of, but he carries
his honors modestly. He will be the Sem
ator for the whole people. Democrats as
well as Republicans. and the Silver State
predicts for Mr.. Nixon a great record
a statesman, not only locally, but ma
tionally. He is a broad-gauged man and
will nave the advantage over Senator
Newlands, Senator Stewart or Senator
from the fact that he understands
needs much better h any of