Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
THE WORK OF THE CONVENTION

The Republican state convention recently held at Goldhed, nobly
supplemented the work of the national party by nominating an excep-
tonany strong ticket; and the adoption of a platform, which positively
announces the stand it will take o the important issues which materially
concern the people of Nevada.
aakable language declares its position. 1t contains a message Of condol
ence to the voters of Nevada for having intrusted the law making power
%s onna ansnoaS wonId hana nrotectod ad saved conedipg denositors
their earnings, accumulations and savings of a life time.
1t arraigns the Nevada Democratic party for its laxty ana deriiction
of duty in the conscientious, efficient and vigorous enforcement of the
inadequate Democratic banking law and all other laws calculated to con-
what does the Democratic party caref for that? They are the unterrifed
The law and order plank is good, the party stands for the enactment
OF such legislation a. shall maintain the peace and tranquility Oh I'M
state. and which shall protect "An u people in life liberty. property
each Of which shall have the power and it shall be his duty to arrest and
detain in custody any person whom he shall suspect of the commission of
any onense; and compel sherins and other officers, who are under heavy
bonds to receive and detain in custody all persons thus arrested, under
penalty of fine and Imprisonment if they refuse to do So
That plank does not mean to enact a law creating a political mob
consisting Of a super, an inspector four sergeants and twenty-five active
subordinates at salaries of $4,000, $4,000, $500 and $1,000, respectively
per mum and a reserve bunch of $50 more at $40 each per month while
doing nothing and IS per day when engaged in active service.
The Republican platform does not stand for the creation of such ex-
traordinary power in a governor to legally organize a gang of 200 politi
cal pensioners to gnaw at the public crib, and thereby perpetuate himself
and cohorts in Office and this at the expense of taxpayers in the sum of
$15O,OOO. 0, no; no such depravity is contemplated
The extravaganza plank though short is best of all: we condemn
Democratic extravagances in creating useless and expensive Offices
Mindful that offices are not created, except for honest and efficient gov
eminent, economically administered, and aware of the perfdiy of the
Democratic party in such matters the extravaganza plank was adopted
without dissent. The Democratic party merits condemnation; it de-
serves rebuke at the polls for its gross extravaganza. 1t has, with lavish
hand, disposed of the peoples money in more ways than a dozen and We
have only to refer to the general and special appropriation acts in at
hesitation thereof
The creation of useless offices is instanced by the last general and
special and previous sessions 0. the Democratic sagebrush parliament
The last session and special session were held during times of frenzied
finance and depression, demanding extra care and precauuon that no un-
necessary expense be incurred; that a rigid economy be pracdced in
public expenditures in order to lessen public expense and TO reduce tax
alton. Our rockribbed mountains are bursting with metallic contents
awaiting the investment of labor and capital for development and pro-
ductive purposes; every encouragement should be extended in that direc-
tn. The prudent and most potent inducement is good laws, with effci-
et enforcement and a dimhuton of the tax rate by conservative bust
ness methods. Yet the Democratic administration has not been equal TO
the task and hopelessy destructive by the creation of additional useless
offices and officers at an unnecessary and enormous expense; such IS the
mineral land commissioner, railroad commissioners, state board of asses
sors, state police, fish commissioner, bullion tax inspector. publicity com
missioner. state auditor sheep commissioners; with a horde of secretar-
les deputy state officers, stenographers, clerks, typsts, etc, etc. galore
all of which serve n useful purpose and entirely unnecessary; add to
this the expense of that special session and it's incidents, its appropria-
tons for the iunketting trips of the governor and attorney general dur
ing the so-caled labor troubles at Goldfeld and the aggregate runs up
into the hundred Of thousands of dollars. This the Republican platform
denounces and condemns.
OF course, you are no better than your fellow man, but somehow he
lis always Just a little worse than you are.