Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-07
]. HUMPHREY
LANDS PLUM

HAIRY humphrey mas y iao' o'''''
ed the reward of virtue. He has been
named &. 5. Marshal for Nevada. vic"
Bob Grimmon, term expired.
Behind this simple little announce
ment Is more fun thar II box ol mon
Keys. Humphrey was a revenue cor
hector last year. He a been Il mo
officer for some time when rat f1ah'
iyan took a notion that he would step
into the breach and help his brethren
OF the land clique on the racine
Coast By trying to grab Ncwlanda
seat as T.. :. Senator.
He needed q a to handle his cam
paign. Charlie Norcross had been
engaged in this kind OF work prcvc-
iously, but by some singular fatality
every time Charlie had m manage
ment of a campaign the party got
walloped to beat the band, so Charlie
wouldn't do at all.
Humphrey was p;Ckcd. III order
To keep Charlie in Il good humor he
was made the second fiddle To play
for Humphrey and did the publicity
work. Humphrey wanted to know
what he would get out of ai TINS ana
waa asked what he wanted. United
States Marshall. Of course.
Flanagan not yet elected could NOT
deliver the goods. so Senator Nixon
was called in and promised Hum
phrey that if he would bend his gi-
santic energies to electins Flanagan.
first resigning his place as revenue
collector, he, Nixon, would have him
appointed marshall. Fine and dan
dy. Humphrey resigned and went
To work 1T it %soOnly," as llashimnra
Togo says.
Then came the great and memorable
battle, in which ii was borne in upon
Mr.. Flanagan, who had been warned
by some sincere friends AMI had paid
no attention to the warning, also up
on Colonel Maxson, who ~intcrposcd
his bulk into things al The suggestion
OF Il Democrat working on Il Demo
crat newspaper. aided and abrttcd by
the Democratic newspaper. until he
grabbed his nomination-that there
was something wrong somewhere,
thai he was not getting that full, free
m cordial support to say nothing OF
finances. TO which he was entitled.
From that IN there was trout
BILE. Humphrey threatened to resign
il Flanagan, who had begun to how
like Il coyote. didn't keep still. One
OF F~lanigan's speakers bawlcd the
whole bunch out in Il speech III God
field and again 1T Tonopah and Hum
phrcyS had to go down and muZzlc
him.
or course the end came. Flanagan
and MaXson drew a round robin to
the National Republican Chairman.
Hitchcock. in which they declared
that Nevada was lost to Taft through
The treachery of Senator Nixon and
rs Nixon is in office and will be for
nearly W years yet. they had an
awful chance to pull of anything
with that letter. Flanagan OF course
endorsed Humphrey.
GrimmOn incumbent OF tac Mar
shalls office, knew he was slated.
but when h bust up came he tried
to show Nixon that Flanagan and
Maxson were ready to jam a smokers,
nee into the senator Il yard deep, but
Nixon had given his word to Humph-
rey II it went.
Nixon, OF course, is an 'astute" lit
tie a He knew that whcn Hum.
10 elect Flanagan that he had no
chance for is it not written that
Nixon threw down both Flanagan and
Maxson when a little encouragement
and the sinews of war might have
made Il different appearance at least?
Now comes the finale. Humphrey
over in Reno, Flanagan and MaXson
ana Il lot are getting ready for the
night ON Nixon next year and it will
be q hummer Or course Humphrey
will stick by Nixon.
But If Nixon fails to get the nomi-
nation, and il is an V e bet that he
will fail, where will Harry be- then?