Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-09
Entered ut tho ElKo postomcc for transmission
through the mails rs second-class matter.
Tic DETERMINATIONS OUTRAGE.

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ravishment OF the miners rights in the
opening OF the Walker Lake reservation
will be the BLACKLIST blot ON the history
Of this state.
It was originally n contemplate piece
of political chicanery, planned by re
publican %manipulators To- defeat the
will Of the people and compe IS the de.
feat Of the democratic ticket. II was
one OF tliuse tricas oi sawdust politics
that the admirers Of George Nixon
delight to ascTihe to his cunning political
manipulation. Mr.. Nixon Is the man,
who, shouting for democracy and free
silver a few yenrs ago, made a bargain
with the republicans at the last election
md %, the virtue OF spending unlimited
money III Wushoe county, became
United States Senator. He won his
tight by disregurdinV the law, and de-
ieated and humilisted a man whose
high sense of honor would not permit
him to Disregard the statutes OF Nevada.
Under the leadership Of Nixon and
hs gang ~ rufli ms, hired gun lighters
and ~murderers, who Infatuated honest
pooswc core in the Walker Lnko rrserva-
ton, al -crn5lancc Of law was trnmpled
III der feet ah,i it became the rule OF the
strongest. Armed men who were will
ny to scnif ut law, Justice aud decency
succeeded in gaining illegal possession
Of goIG claims worth miliious, located
days before Ordinary CT z ms we're
allowed to enter the rrservauop, and
held attervard by the light OF rifles and
REVIEWERS.
In politics the law abiding citizens
who wishes to compete with Nixon must
go down to defeat il he respects the
statues OF his state, and in the mining
business the people who desire to com
pete with Nixon and his allies must
throw the mining lnws Of Nevada out OF
the window and pick up the shot gun
and s~ixshooiers.
Do the people want to 70 back to the
days when SLIPPERY jim Fair (also a
United States Senator 10y virtue Of his
I corruption money! hired asssssins to
put men out Of the way who dared to
w "llh IT'D eCItulCS W pluuuCI I
Stree jim Fairs death the state has
eDjo, ed a fairly decent T. putntion ms u
plnce where IL man could follow any
Legitimate business unmolested.
IL II the purpose now Of the republic
can arty To blacken tie character OF
the commOnw wealth 10y proclaiming to
the world that this country is no longer
the abiding place Of law and d~ecency,
but an annex of some South American
republic where revolution 8 are made to
any bod is bound to respect provided
he has n bigger arsenal?
The opening Of Walker Luke rpaer-
walton Mt this tint, just before election,
to depopulate the n.uhng camps OF
Southern Nevada Of democratic votes,
was wretched enough III itself as a piece
OF political iricKcry and mfaruy; Tut the
extension uf personal %fhvUriiism to me-
connected with the miuung uE2, con.
trolled by GturEo Nixon md Ia HesUci-
ntes, and the brutal rule Of rutlinism
which followed it., will sect bach he
mining bus,ncss al Nevada ten yea
III its march OF progress.
What cuuscrrHtig re cnpitnll sl wIll re
to invest his mono, ~ u -iHte wii re-
bulIies nH"i 1un lighters lny ,o a. tie
law TO the r,1t ~ mankind, and shotgun
sway is piri nniui Ia Inc i,,wcr i me
courts?
lhe e;iu I, inn rel cin uiuu thr wbnlr
gt ,tr. aud tiIc mn;r 'he mc,,l il invcsti
rpt,si ic wUr =. 1t snrifs.
thc luen IN ilr %ri'in,i, Who saw What
was GoinR on Appealed 10 The chief exec.
GtiSe at w e%hingtnu, and tie President
.x0f the United States had full knowlcdgo
oi what ~as pending, hut too no steps
to afford the citizens ~ the state ans re.
lief.
1t 10 an election year, and The pro iratn
incubated IN Goldtcld by the rcpuo.
lican leadep and their hencb men waa
carried out even at the cost Of outraged
jnstite and human II wee.
The fars Sc of it all lies in the fact that
the democrats who wers grubstuked by
the republicans aud l0rsd tn tho scene
by rosy pictures Of free gold hedges.
found agents Of The ring already IN
possessions. Ivy virturc II beng there
several days ahead ~ time. TIE dupcs
suddenly found themselves hunt ny in,
mythical pot Of gold At Tho on OF the
rainbow without enough money To gc
home in time to vote.
Had tLeec men br"0 allowed Tic
slime show a the red. there would nov
DO Btilo complaint.
a Nevada man loves lair play and
She men behind ne Waller Lake job
will snJD learn, {" ibtir cost, thai in The
. run bo will get il. Carson appenj