Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-06-30
HELLO, DID YOU
SEE TAGGART?"
How the Republican Committee
men Greeted Each Other When
They Arrived this Morning.

When the Republican committeeman
arrived this morning to attend the
meeting Of the State Central Commit
tee almost every one of them after the
first greetings were over asked, did
you see Taggart?"
'Taggart," is the transportation
man of the S. P. and his Office is at
Reno.
Fifteen or twenty men, calling them
selves the State Republican Central
Committee met this afternoon in an
upstairs room of the Arlington hotel,
and resoluted till the cows came home.
A lot of the committeeman came up
from Reno with the firm intention of
butting in on what looked like a pre-
arranged plan to hold the convention in
Tonopah. They butted in all right.
"We got to have votes" yelled one
member from the grass meadows of
Washoe, ''or we wont be able to do a
thing"
"Sure," doomed a big Tonopah man,
come to Tonopah with the convention
and wen get you all the votes you
want, ever if we have to buy EN-"
"But the fare is so high way down
there" whined the aforesaid grass
meadow delegate, IAN the trip is long,
and hot and | don't see how we kin get
there"
saw fergit it," crowed another
Tonopah delegate. ''Haint you seen
Taggart? Didn't we tell you before
you came up here it won't cost us
nothing if the convention goes to
Tonopah?
"0rder gentlemen" raped the
chairman.
II move you Mr.. Chairman" began
a lawyer from Reno.
"You can't move me a minute, " said
the chairman. "Wha we want to do
here is to call this convention at some
place where it will do the party some
good. Now the chair is ready to hear
motions and suggestions.
Hadn't we better call the roll and
find out if there are any Democrats
here?" suggested wise old Dennis, OF
Humboldt.
eyes, chirped in Warren Williams,
eve had a lot of black sheep in the
last"
"Fergit it." said Washoe with ons
breath, and that pretty loud, what
with Con Ahern's munificence, anC
Nick HummeI's desire to be popular.
"Now gentlemen" said Maxson
''1et's get down to business. I'm bus.
and we want to get through here thi
afternoon. | have some business t
attend to, the Salt Lake road has beef
sued for not having the right kind o
couplings on the cars, and there set
the man." pointing to Sam Plat, "tha
done it."
Order" raped the chairman.
"Well order is all right" retorte
Maxson, ''but what | want is a motto
that Sam Plat gets out of this CON
mittee. A Republican district attorne
that forgets himself enough to brin
suit against a corporation just becaus
some workingman gets his finger
pinched, 'aint no good in a Republics
committee that is all | got to sa
about it,"
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Platt, rising.
"0rder, " rapped the chairman.
"Mr. Platt had to do his duty, We
unteered Dennis. II know how hal
that is some times and | don't blan
the young man at all"
"Well, why didn't he sue the S. P.
the V. & T. or some of the other roa
that have been violating the law,
yelled Maxson.
Order" gentlemen, raped Il
chairman, 1--WE are here for a purpo
and we must stick to the question
well, | want it understood that
get the nomination for attorney genei
this fall" piped up E. r. Dodge, ''al
if that goes, | vote for Tonopah,
Traitor" Kissed Hummel. "Y
would go back on Reno to get
Office"
swell" retorted Booth, of Tonops
what are we here for"
YES" said Comins, who came
the way from Ely to declare in.
would like to get this thing settled"
Before this meeting proceeds a
further" int ERECTED Doughty of Ell
want to say that our man Earring