The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-10-03
MASS MEETING A HUGE SUCCESS

serVatlVe ana having tne courage OF
his convictions--who will carry out
the protective policies of the Republi-
can party which for the past twelve
years have given to this country such
an era of unparalleled prosperity.
Why should we give up certainty
for an uncertainty! You know that
under Republican policies the country
is safe. What this country wants, what
this country must have, is confidence
means continuance of prosperity; and
that you will get if you elect William
II. Taft. (Applause).
Why should we take chances on
Mr. Bryan Mr.. Bryan is good man,
but Mr. Bryan is theorist. If elected
president, the people would look upon
him with suspicion. They would say,
81 will keep my money uninvested
until those theories which he has ex-
pounded have been put into practical
operation
/ want to say to the farmer, the
stock man, the miner, the mechanic,
the laboringman--the backbone, the
stability, the perpetuity of this repub-
lic-how can you vote the Democratic
ticket9 During the last Democratic
administration which most of you
remember, nine-tenths of the farms Of
the United States were mortgaged for
more than the money lenders would
take the farms for; but under the
protective tariff niaugurated by that
wisest of presidents, William Nc
kinley, the wheels of industry were
again started, giving work to every
man who cared to work, and that mort
Cages on nlnetenths of the farms were
reduced to about one-tenth. Would
you go back to these conditionc again.
| know you would not.
And God knows | hope we shall not
live to experience another such ealam-
ity as was experienced during The
eight years of that Democratic admin
istrafi0n.
Gentlemen, ] am not going to take
up much of your time; | am going to
talk to you hut a short while on my
candidacy for United States senator.
appeal to you. as the people of
Nevada have appealed for long years.
for a United States senator who Is
Ncvadan Ladies and gentlemen,
claim to be a Nevadan. Senator New
lands may in sense be termei
Nevadan; he has residence in Reno;
hut had oae-tenth part of the sharon
estate been expended in the state of
Nevada and for the benefit OF her
people, instead If being used III dc
bauehing the v1.ers of Nevada, he
could, as long as he lived, have repre-
sented the people of Nevada in the
senate of the United States.
Ladies and gentlemen, | have the
courage of my convictions If | did
not agree at the state convention
which was held in your town to send
an instructed delegation to the Chi ago
convention. pledged to Secretary Taft,
it was not that | did not love Secre
tary Taft. | must explain that just =
little, for l think the people of Whine
mucea and the people of this state are
under wrong impression as to what
prompted my action at that conven-
tion. did not oppose instructing ouI
state delegation for Secretary Taft,
because did not think he was a
strong man, or that he would make
strong candidate. | opposed this course
because | did not think it wise to
send an instructed delegation to any
national or state convention. What use
would there have been, if we hal be
instructed for anybody, for us to go to
Chicago at alls Why not simply enclose
our proxies and request that they be
voted for Secretary Taftf
/ believe that Secretary Taft is today
the greatest man in the world. Gap
plause). l believe that on account of
dissenstions in some of the pivotal
states, led by Senator Foraker and
others, we might fnde wnen we reach
ed Choicago that the nomination OF
Mr.. Taft would be inadvisable-that
with him as our candidate, the Repub-
lican party might not lie able IN this
campaign to achieve success, unless
these disseneions could be cured, anl,
aides and gentlemen, ] belive that the
Republican party is greater than any
cl4e man.
If this agitation had been carried on
nd the negro vote h:.d been turne
away from Mr.. Taft ! did not thlnk -
wn Id have been possible TO eleet h,m
nj if that condition did preva :, |