Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-15

meralda county. The fact that the nomination comes through a Reno
teresed in nominating a candidate who will be defeated than a man who
can carry the state for the Republican ticket The Southern Pacific has
its lines already laid out and will not brook the opposition Of a real in
dependent.
The candidacy of Colonel Maxson Of Reno is distastefui to the great
corporation, which demands absolute allegiance from every a who
enters the political arena in Nevada. Colonel Bakeslee, the ringmaster
Q war a corporation collar, and will fight him to the last ditch. IL
does not matter where party lines lead; the railroad knows no party. It
demands the complete abasement of manhood and the expunging of all
opinions that d. OF comport with the corporation idea of government
Douglas would be a good man to lead the party to slaughter at the polls
in November, for then the railroad would not have to bother itself with
the issue.
Lewis Il. Rogers Of Godaeld is another anticorporation man who
has proclaimed his independence, with the added statement that he would
make II his object II elected, to carry the fight against the Southern Pa
cfc domination in Nevada into the halls Of congress. He has not been
eliminated from the campaign, but the candidacy of Douglas is made with
a nope tht the rivalry 81 two men from southern Nevada VIII scotch
the boom for Rogers. Through manipulation of the northern vote the
railroad expects to thwart the ambition Of Republicans who seek the
nomination of Maxson. Douglas would be easy, and the election of Bartlett
would be insured. It would be suicidal to entertain the candidacy Of
ton will never meet with its support. There are other honest, sincere.
fearless men who stand ready to assist in leading the party to victory
next fall whose sympathies will be anenated through the nomination of
ane.tton as noh m nn,uh4. nau - ~ na,oua e sion W. -. " - ny
issue will be thrust into the foreground from the beginning of the fight
Douglas is not alone a dyedin-thewool corporation man, but he is
opposed to organized labor, as his record will show. He is a n incubus
that will drag the party down to defeat if the Republicans should be so
unfortunate a $ to sustain his candidacy in the convention.
A very strict whisky prohibition law went into effect in Louisiana
last Monday: Drinking out Of a fellow passengers flask while passing
through the state is punishable by fine o Imprisonment or both. The
law fails to designate what will happen to- the owner of the flask, but
nothing short o death at the stake should be meted out to a man who
would even expose a flask t Q a thirsty a under these conditions
There was a stampede from Tonopah last week for Gold Reef south
of the city. Stone buildings are already under way in this new old
Icamp-Reno Journal.
While not for one minute attempting to decry the merits of the
new camp of Gold Reef stories of this character do not do any camp
good. The day for peddling the Dull con" in large chunks has passed
The Hon, T. A. McCnran, district attorney of Tonopah, reterates his
statement that he will get the Democratic nomination for congress. Ar
rah, now, Pat, quit yer foorn.-Reno Journal
Yes, considerable Bull Con- about Rawhide. Last weeks ship
ments of ore were $50 tons, worth s95, 900, but Rawhide has no townste
lots to give away.