Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-31
OUT WITH KNIFE
and TOMAHAWK
DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS HAVE A
HOT OLD TIME AT
CAUCUS.

After the smoke or battle had |
cleared away in the preliminary
skirmish by the Democratic braves,
the field represented one of the most
frightful scenes of carnage that has
ever been witnessed since the battle
of the Little Big Horn, where Custer
met his last defeat.
The signal fires had been lighted
and were burning from every knoll
and HILL The tribes of McFadden-
Pittman had unsheathed their scalp
ing knives and tomahawks and the
ThatcherMcIn early donned
their war bonnets and bedecked
themselves in feathers and paint.
Fire water had been dealt out with
a lavish hand and the braves were
there resolved to have each others
scalps dangling at their belts. The
talk of peace by big Chief Smith of
the Observation-Disclosures tribe sounded
good, but the her-McIntoshes
scented treachery. When he an
nounced that as a sucking babe he
had imbibed Democracy in Texas, d
grunt went around the circle of
Observation-Disclosures that BODIED no
good. When hostilities ceased for
the night it meant that more ter
rife combat will ensue at the pri-
maries on the fifth of August.
The caucus of the Democrats of
Tonopah district, Nye county, was
called to order in the Miners Ex-
change hall promptly at s O'Clock by
County Central Chairman w. r. Nc
Fadden, who stated in few words
the object of the caucus. There were
present some 200 of the faithful, 1S9
of whom were aspirants for Office,
ten expected to get deputyships and
the other was the janitor and he had
to be there.
B. H. Smith and d. G.. Robb were
placed in nomination as presiding Of
ficer, the honor falling upon Smith.
Upon Mr. Smith taking the chair he
delivered an address felicitating the
Democrats upon their being able to
be in the hall and listen to him ad.
dress them, while he referred to the
deeds of that patron saint of De
mocracy, Thomas Jefferson. Ton
has had many eulogies, but he mus
have turned in his grave upon thi:
recital of what he accomplished. The
2 chairman then related a story OF
records in the justice court, follow
ing which he said that men onl,
should be nominated by the Demo
Gratis who had records. "a voice il
the audience: He must have beer
scanning Judge Brissell's calen
dar.")
Walter Shelton, the follower o
Blackstone, in speech redolent o
babbling brooks and green fields ia
away, placed in nomination w.
McCabe for the office of secretary
Mr.. McCabe was elected by acclama
tion and escorted himself to a desl
2 on the platform. The chairman an
nounced that the secretary woul
now read the following resolution
which had been dug up from the in
side of McFadden's coat pocket an
had evidently been prepared with
: view to getting a Bryan steamrolle
push on the same. They are as FOL
! lows:
Whereas, The use of more tina
e one ticket or ballot will cause con
fusion in the minds of the voters
u make more difficult the counting c
Z. the returns, permit the injection G
= the names of persons not. nominate
= at this caucus, and tend to other mi:
takes and errors which this caucu
7 desires to avoid, and,
- Whereas, There is no method pro
vided by law for meeting the e,
% penses of a primary election, and n
ie funds are available in the Nye Coul
ty Democratic Central committee fC
= such purpose, therefore be it
= Resolved, First: That any men
Der of this caucus may nominate Oh
u candidate. whose name will be place
10 upon the official ballot to be vote
for at the primary election to |
y held in Tonopah precinct August
y 1908, as a delegate to the Democrat
y state convention to be held at Tom
y pah August 81, 1908.
- Second: That the names of a
" nominees, in the order of their nom
nation, shall be placed on one ball,
u to be provided by the Nye Coun
r Democratic Central committee and
y be known as the official ballot. tt
~ judges of the election are herel