Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-11-02

we - sauly al aIIots:... lie bt gan by
jill .ng tho nLi,r ,,u air COOL i'os /,
and by' ~" wa! tu!i, nni: ,.f thosc pres
ent were m,lies. md cn;,tinLed thIs near
ly th rough :hs sy'.o ., .,f lns speech. A,
II mes he TOR ie rel closely on the vulgar
and the faces II man, " The ladies
plainly Shove Tint tiI-y ,iii not uppr C
late such talk i'll d mixed audience. Mr..
Smith replied To- Mr.. l!artlett's charge
that national issues had nothing to do
In this campuignihy reading Tia, demo.
| cratic stats platform and commenting on
the planks which he claimed hnIe on
national issues. ie cnme very nenr
ndiculmg the eight hnnr law by leclnr
ing tlint be. woulI be in favor of four
hour law Hnd IL elerte,i he wnuld use his
influence to have a law passed exempt
ing everybody FROM work. He took no
stock in the election of United States
senators 10y dire CT yut,.it the people as
he claimGd il could ui,ly lie fJone 10y an
amendment to- the constitution %: the
Uuited SIutcS and HAL he said Was an
impossibiliiy becnuse it took two
thirds majority in each house of CON
gress to pass an ame noment and then it
had 20 be ratified by the Legislatures OF
three-fourths OF the states. In his jude-
ment the cunsiitu'i". had been anc ded
for the last time He was opposed to
revision Of the tariff because financial
disasters had followed all previons re-
visions OF those sacred schedules. lie
forgot, however, to tell his audience that
the panic OF 1893 came white the Me.
Kinley law was in fore aud before the
passage ~ the Wilson av. A very con-
venient lapse OF memory !or rrprb.i-
can spell.bipder,
He devoted considerable time to Cow
ernor sparks veto OF bill passed by
the legislature ot 1903, giving pros-
pectors the right to enter upon un-
fenced lund held by private parti..; or
corporations Tor the purpose Of lucal ing
mining claims and providing tur the
condemnation uf the surface arsl II the
claims. Governor Sparks held this law
to be unconstitutional and vetoed it
Mr.. Smith held that tho law wns con-
constitution md Tint even IL il were
not the governor should have signed
the measure and pas ,ed its constitution
ity up 20 the supreme court. lie for.
got that tue governor had taken mn oath
to protect and defend the constitution nf
the state and that il is his plain duty un-
der the constitution to veto all measures
that in his judgment violate that mstru.
ment, In discussing this question, he
advanced the novel proposition ,hnt n
person could survey ditch across the
lands OF another nnu that all the injured
party could recover was the marke,
value OF the right oi way. This is not
the law. The injured party beside re-
covering the value Of the lend taken FOR
the ditch can recover for the conse ouent
damages to hIs land. i'be veto oi this
bill, he claimed. Ind dpue uutrId irjnry
to the state. He clo'od by urging the
voters OF Nevada to stund by Roosevelt
next Tuesday md set,. linn to- congress
Mr.. Smiths speech was tie most re.
markah'e speech ever made by Il caudi.
date i"r congress IN thus town. Its effect
upon the members OF his own party ia
plainly seen nn their faces when the
speech is mentioned in their presence
Unless sentiment changes greatly no.
tore next Tuesday, MIR. Smith will learn
from tho returns Of this precinct that
something was doing by the voters.