Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-29
DEMOCRATS HAVE
A merry time
CAUCUS LAST NIGHT UNCORKED
PENT-UP STRIFE OVER THE
LAST PRIMARIES.

JOUDSfy. OOuDlc-CIOoSAu6 III
maries conducted on San Francisco
linesl Red, white and blue tickets!
My candidates! Delegates represent
nothing! Direct primary One lone
tax payer These were some of the
expressions that were hurled back
and forth at the Democratic caucus
last evening, forerunner of what
will happen at the coming Democratic
primary on September 5.
The meeting was called to order by
County Central Chairman w. R. Nc
Fadden George B. Thatcher was Sc
lected to act as chairman of the eau
Gus with Thomas r. McCabe occupy
ing the position of secretary.
The object of the meeting having
been stated by Chairman Thatcher,
he called for nominations for dele
gates to be voted for at the coming
Democratic primary. The official
balloters got busy nominating their
side and the non-official ballote' S
placed their men in nomination, NAM
ing every Democrat in the Tonopah
district, and having exhausted the
list of unterrified they attempted to
add thereto by the selection of Harry
Epstine, prominent Republican,
but which was withdrawn upon the
suggestion of a man from the Yazoo
district, who was willing to sacrifice
himself and allow his name to APP
pear upon the ticket in two different
places.
After everybody had been nomi
mated the chair decided that as there
were no more names to appear upor
the ballot he would close nomina
tions.
A motion was made by w. R. Nc
Fadden to the effect that all ticket;
: presented at the primary on Septem
!; Der S be recognized by the election
/ officials at said primary provided tina
the names of not more than So dele
gates regularity nominated at thu
/ Democratic caucus appear on sucl
) tickets, and that all delegates nomi
: mated whose names shall appear OF
the official ballot pay $3.50 to tn
> secretary of the county central com
: mittee not later than IL o'clock Sc !
I TENDER 2. An amendment to Nc
' Fadden's original motion was mad
r by Robert Bennett which required tn
abolishing of all outside tickets o
any nature and requiring but one Of
. fetal ballot, containing the names o
: all delegates nominated by the Demo
/ cratic caucuc and this to be the onl
ballot officially recognized by tn
: election officials.
And here is where the fireworks be
: gan. Half a dozen speakers clamor
ed at once for recognition. Ke
Pittman upon being recognized state
E that he wanted three or four ticket
t as there would be no chance for dc
o ception and objected to the voter be
S ing surrounded with technicalitie!
He referred to the disgraceful syster
e of balloting at the last Democrat
t primary upon which there was lou
: applause on the part of those partic
pating in the said primaries.
i Dick Dunlap agreed with Pittmal
but didn't agree with him, for h
wanted all names on the official ba
lot.
r Jim Degan rose in all his majest
4 to inquire If the county central con
o mittee would be able to collect tn
: $3.50 from the sixty.three men nom
mated and announced that he was al
cused of being San Francisco war
politician and must therefore hay
CLEANED quite few ideas about pol
tics himself.
Pittman again took the floor H
}. didn't believe in crossing in from
G neither did he believe in crossing
the back-much less double crossinl
Many Democrats were not familis
with the marking of ballots and stoo