Las Vegas times. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1906, 1906-10-06
A Great Meeting Greets Governor
Sparks and Democratic Asso-
cIates Thursday Eve.
PRINCIPLES THE SOUL OF MAN.
Enthusiasm and Ferver for the Cause
Galore, Republicans Assure Sup
port.
JOHN S. PARKS PREsIoEs.

The Democratic state candidates
we're In Las Vegas Thursday evening.
The party included Governor Sparks.
George A. Bartlett, ID. NJ Ryan. James
G. Sweeney and Richard C. Stoddard.
The candidates were met at the de-
pot by large delegation of citizens
who escorted them to the hotels of the
town. general reception and shak-
ing OF hands was the lot of these can
didates. The whole town turned out
en- masse to greet Nevada's foremost
Governor and his splendid running
mates.
Many were the expressions of ap-
proval that greeted the governor of
his course as executive and many
were the assurances from Republicans
of support of entire ticket.
The Democrats are the popular side.
In the evening there was a mass
meeting. With a beautiful moon in
the evening, and with blazing bonfires
lending additional vividity to the occa-
sion and place, there was assembled
an audience so large and enthusiastic
as to make 1t a record breaking meet
Ing of southern Nevada.
Thunders of applause and cheers
greeted the eminent men as they were
introduced in turn. Particularly was
this effective when Governor Sparks
and George Bartlett and James G.
Sweeney we're introduced
John s. Park was chairman of the
meeting and right we'll did he perform
his part.
AS vice presidents there were such
well known Democrats on deck as DR..
C. M. Rucker, Frank NJ. Grace, e. ].
Roselle, II. A. Barker. AL James. ]. o.
Mcintosh. J. w. Horden. A. N. Pauff.
J. s. Harris, Fred w. Shannon, Joseph
Laravey. Tom Flynn, Adam Kramer, C.
C Chamberlain. r. ]. Sullivan. w. A.
Smith. Lafayette Holcomb. d. d.
Hickey and Proctor Smith and Robert
Shaffer
The meeting was a great success. 1t
was an augur. 1t represented the Dem
ocratic expression of public opinion
organized into a permanent organiza-
tion and which like an electric shock
nothing will be able to resist. Dem
ocratic opinion being passion OF
.<~..au fr~ f,,pkina x,aalrao Il fuvfncih1s.
Democracy is not the impulse and
response of a day. but an unending
purpose to bring all the people into
their own. The finger of destiny is In
it's soul and as consequence there Is
a never ending movement forwards
and for better things.
The time is one of those epochs "in
the history of the human race when
the decayed branches fall from the
tree of humanity and when institu-
tions of oppression. oppressive because
of having outlived their usefulness,
fab from the tree of lie and exhaust
ed sink and leave space for fresh in
stitutions full of sap which renew the
youth and recast the ideas of people"
All this changing and conforming to
up-to-date ideas Is democracy. sub
stitution OF the newer and better for
the worn out. These are the Demo
cratic ideas of today. II does not
mean the change of our policy of gov
ernment, but the application OF new
means and new measures 50 that our
economic relationship may be more
equitable and the blessings of nature
more justly applied under that newer
order when the power of production is
increased manifold through the appli-
cation OF machinery and science to
supply the advancing needs OF man
kind. IL is this conforming Of democ-
racy TO the present and coming condi-
tions that creates such feryor and en-
thusiasm for a Bryan and Hearst
who enforce such ideas Such Is the
doctrine OF progression. as against
money bag domination with its brutal
and barbarous tendencies. that the
democratic tribunes Of the state pre-
sided ON Thursday evening II was
for tAis that the people applanded and
cheered and pledged their support to