The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-10-24

primaries. their personal hench.
men, who in no wise represent.
ed or had been selected to repre-.
sent, those precincts. and vet
who We're clothed with all the
credentials Of duly elected dele.
gates, in order that they might
vote for Clark and Denton. the
men who appointed them, and
who actually were candidates for
ONCE when they made the an
polntments? Was it not after
Delameter of Searchlight and the
writer had exposed the matter in
all its hideousness; that the suave
Syphus, who had previously spo-
ken for the retention of these
appolntees, seeing the wrath to
come when the people should
understand, himself made a mo-
ton to exclude their names frDn
the roll. So, | deny the allega-
ton that | was outgeneraled 50
long as the convention retained a
semblance of being a democratic
gathering; but when that So
called political convention, atthe
command of General Clark. as
Mr.. Clark sees fit to designate
himself, and General Denton. de-
generated into a field of battle.
with no rules higher than those
OF savage warfare, where brib-
cry and fraud, corporation intim-
ldatlon, treachery and debauch-
cry were the arts employed. |
will admit that then, but not
until then. was outgeneraled.
| did not prostitute a position
as an officer of a county COM
mittee, in which was supposed
to serve the entire party, to the
low plane of using the power in
my hands to further my own
nomination for Office.
| did not sacrifice my honor by
becoming the champion of a false
issue, in which did not believe.
in order to gain personal support.
did not induce and coerce any
young man in the convention to
violate a solemn pledge of honor,
and in return pay him by giving
him clear field for a nomination,
and in order to accomplish this,
force out of the race for that
office one of the best public SER
wants the people of Lincoln
county ever had for many years.
The man induced was Charles
Culverwell. The man forced out
was Henry Lee.
| did not make an alliance with
corporate power and receive thu
support in the convention of cor
porate tools, who were elected a.
delegates but sacrificed every
: vestige of honor by permitting al
artificial creature of the law, tht
Bamherger-D Delamar G. M. Co.
to direct their votes, when Ger,
tainly such corporation had nc
right to any voice in a democrat
ic convention.
\ / did not, by offering nomina'
tions, or any other consideration,
induce delegates to betray the
constituents that had elected
them; Bergman and Harris, were
| induced to vote contrary to the
known wishes of their constitu-
ents.
| did accept, after entering the
race the support that came to me
freely and voluntarily, from the
rank and file of the democratic
party, and from those who, re-
gardless of party, believe in
equal and exact justice to all
men, regardless of class and con.
dition - nothing less. nothing
more.
Mr.. Clark himself, about two
weeks before the convention,
seeing the trend of public senti.
meet, thought it was too strong
for even his machine methods tC
overcome, and said to me, 81
know of no opposition to your
nomination, which was accepted
by me as coming in good faith,
but whichwas shown to have been
insincere by the strenuous efforts
he Immediately started tc
strengthen his machine by cor.
rupt alliance that would defeat
the popular will. | was not con-
fident as a boss, as he would
have the public believe, but was
confident Of winning, because
was confident that the will OF
| the people would have free ex-
preston in the convention.
| Never did | give cause for his
charge that things had to be as
l said; on the contrary | was
contending consistently and tru.
| ly against the domination of the
few, to the end that the conven.
ton should be a convention o1
the people rather than conclavt
of the bosses, and that the peo
pie should rule in all its deliber
ations, and should be permitted
to nominate candidates Wht
would lead the party to victory
l created no organization NJ
machine, and yet, if the secre
ballot had not been denies
through fear that the delegate
would repudiate their dictator