The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-10-01
THAT NOA-PARTISAN SMOKER
No Pipe Dream If it Was a
Smoker. J. c. Whipp
There with the Goods

A large crowd of voters assembled at
Clark g pavilion last Thursday evening
at which time the voters of this county
were to have been brought into
contact with the candidates. All who
were fortunate enough to be present
certainly got the worth Of their money.
not to mention the Missouri Meer-
schaums and tobacco furnished by the
Non-Partisan club.
The meeting was called to order by
DR.. j. <. Worden, as chairman. He
made a few remarks regarding the
appearance of the candidates. LII.
Kent stated that he thought the invita-
tion to the candidates, individually,
was not as cordial as the one published
in the papers. Be that as it may. the
topics of discussion centered in the
question of the Non-Partisan right and
propriety in asking the candidates to
appear before them, an independent
political organization, and answering
questions as to what they intended to do
If elected to Office. The Non-Partisans
contended that the object was just and
fair to all. Many of those present
spoke to the effect that the request was
out of reason.
The Republican and Democratic CEN
tral committees had asked their candi-
dates not to attend the meeting. 1t
was well argued that these candidates,
until elected to office, are more or less
under obligations to abide by the wishes
of their central committees, and that
not until elected to office do they be-
come public servants. On the other
side it was stated that candidate who
did not have the moral courage to come
out and state his CONVICTIONS was not a
fit man for Office.
Had they been present, the candidates
for county treasurer would have been
asked, where do you intend to keep
the county money" The law provides
that he may keep it where he pleases,
but that he and his bondsmen are at al
time responsible. Messrs. Burr and
Osgood contended that the county funds
should draw interest. |. II. Kent, Fred
Wightman and others stated that so far
as they knew no banks would pay in
terest on an open account. There may
be exceptions to this but certainly not
with county deposits. County Treas
arer 1hos. Dolf corrobsrated this state
ment.
In regard to the Sand Springs road
of which there has been SO much talk,
Commissioner Wightman said: "Wh,
that read was built, the camps of Fair
view and Wonder gave great promise,
and the people were insistent in their
demands for the road. Had the camps
proven as good as was anticipated you
would have SAID The road Is a good
thing. AS 1t is now. you lay the
blame to us.
The question of the county telephone
system was discussed at some length.
Mr.. Wightman stated that the phone
system at present was just about pay
ing expenses; that as the county was
not in financial condition to put the
system on a paying basis. he was in
favor of selling it. Mr.. Burr spoke
strongly in favor of the county issuing
bonds to make the system paying. A.
D. Drumm opposed this. saying that it
takes private capital to rightly develop
any enterprise, as in municipal affairs
there is not the same incentive to pro-
gress as in private affairs.
J. C. Whipp, the genial homesteader
covered all the bases and made a hit
everytime he went to bat, which was
quite often. He is level-headed man,
full of wit, logic and reason. His
mental resources were brought to bear
upon all parties present. He shot ar
rows at everyone. He mentioned the
l,cal political ring, but spoke very high
ly of its members, and particularly OF
their services to the homesteader. He
opposed the object of the meeting from
start to finish. He said Gentlemen,
| am Republican, but say, you've got
fine looking Democrat up for sheriff."
Mr.. Whipp kept the house in an up
roar. After the meeting he was asked
why he talked so much. well, gentle
men," he said, 'I'll tell you. just
didn't want those other blamed fellows
to have anything to say"