The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-07-24
Jimmie DUGAL A
VISITOR IN CAMP

way of Eureka. A man that can take
the ride over the f. and ?. from Pail
SADIE to the Base Range town and top
it off with the stage ride from Eureka
to Ely, behind a couple of spawned old
skates and he in good health and spirits
after landing in front of Graham S
store in Ely is tough enough for any
ordinary pursuit that may be presented.
came here to look you over and to
say that am highly pleased with Ely
is but telling half the truth. The min
ing interests of the camp are so i'm
mensc that one can have but slight con-
ccption of the magnitude of the de-
post unless he visits the section and
keeps his eyes and cars open. He can
see Indications Of great prosperity on
every hand and can hear about things
that arc soon to happen if be can Dor
row the tongue of the men behind the
enterprises. met General Manager
Requa Sunday and had a talk with him.
Mr.. Rcqua imprcsscs mc as being a
man of large affairs and one who knows
Just which iron to strike and when to
strike it. He made speech at the
Cherry Creek banquet the other even
ing and is reported to have said that
pick was one of his playthings when a
child and that the drop of the stamp
was his cradle song. Mr.. Requa has
evidently not forgotten that the pick
and drop of the stamp have made him
what he is and | imagine much is due
to him for the high development of
Robinson district, and my only regret
is that | was not in the camp years
ago. Mr.. Requa is about to reap the
benefit of his foresight and when the
Nevada Northern is completed, con-
Meeting the copper properties of dis
trict with the trancontinental line of
Southern Pacific and the Gould line now
in the course of construction, money
will tumble into his lap like rain from
cloud.
You know, Mr.. Editor, my weakness
for politics and it would be impossible
for me to visit any section without
"sizing up" the politics of that section.
am not party hide bound and think |
can recognise both sides and sift the
grain from the chaff at least to my
own satisfaction anyway.
White Pine county has at the present
time a small voting population it is
true; White Pine, in common with
every other county in the State, chased
rainbows while trying to get silver
back to it's old ratio and came near to
going to the bottom of the file" but
her people were brave and came to
realization that they were milking a
sterile COW and began casting about
for other things to enable them to keep
up with the march af progress. All,
or nearly all, Republicans went back to
their party, and as for the Democrats
they were never anything else but
Democrats. although branded Silver,
but with Democratic iron.
Local politics is attracting fresh at
tention now and the fight for county
offices has every indication of being a
hot one.
Since coming into the county, | have
had chance to make only superficial
survey of the situation. From Squire
Van Volkenburg, who has charge of
the registration books, | have learned
that there arc few new names register
cd. Tho many newcomers here this
year arrived after April and at the
time of the election in November will
not have been in the State and county
long enough to take hand in politics
For this reason, the cold timer"
will have full swing. 1t may be the
last election at which they will rule the
ballot absolutely, as by the time of the
next election Ely will have become
city of 10000 or 5000 population and
the county vote will have increased
MANIFOLD, thus giving the newcomers
the ruling power through the strength
of numbers. But this year the "old
timers will have their own sweet way.
and should make final record to which
they may in the future point with pride.
This applies to. both the Republican
and Democratic parties.
have been told that in both the
Democratic and Republican parties the
former leader have both died, and that
new leaders must be hailed. Whom
these new leaders will be is still
matter of conjecture. Some persons
tell me that J. B. Simpson, "Big Sim"
will wear the mantle of leadership
among the Republicans and that Dan