Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-06
DEMOCRATS FORMULATE
BIG COUNTY PLATFORM
1t Is Gem, One of the First Water, In
That 1t Contains---Nothing.

ducing the expense to the public,
and We do not favor the creation of
further offices, with their necessary
increase in the burden of expense
and taxation.
We endorse the wise and efficient
administration of the county treas
urer's Office by its present incum-
bent, and in particular his invari-
able custom of demanding surety
bonds from all banks in which coun-
ty money is deposited, thus amply
protecting the public funds in case
of bank failures.
The Republicans, in their wander
ing, whining and misleading county
platform, would make voters be-
lieve that the Democratic party |
should be charged with all the fin
ancial ills that followed the deplor-
able closing of the Nye & Ormsby |
County bank on Feb. %, 1903. |
They cry extravaganza" but do not
point to a single specific thing to
| bolster up the cry, except that the
Democratic board of county COM
missioners borrowed $4,000 at a
time when there was no emergency
or necessity therefor" This is false.
The necessity did exist. There was,
it is true, money in the treasury at
| q M a
the different county funds, as re-
quired by law, and was not available
for general county purposes.
| Our Republican friends even go
so far as to blame us for the loss
of the county's money in the Nye
& Ormsby County bank, when the
writer of that rotten plank knew
that no Democratic official was re-
sponsible for the loss of the money.
! platform has to do with Demo
, cratic extravaganza" again and de-
/ clares that the treasury is empty"
, This is not so. The treasury of Nye
J county is in a comparatively healthy
condition, there being at this date
,l(Oct. 8, 1910 $35,SO5.72 in cash
5 in the county treasury. The bulk
of this money belongs to other than
; the general fund, from which latter
e fund the extra heavy expense in
: cident to the conduct of the late
!, primary election were drawn in Sep
: tember. Were it not for the pri-
mary expenses the general fund
e would be in same excellent condi-
C ton that the other county funds
y are in, and it will very soon be
f amply provided for by the incoming
;. taxes.
: Again, the Republicans declare
: that Under Democratic auspices the
t children of the citizens are not re-
r ceiving the benefits of proper
S school education, as contemplated by
i law" False again. When the Nye
e and Ormsby County bank failed
= most of the school districts had
e credits. The balances were tied up
n in the defunct institution, and were
!. debited to the different school
n funds. But the present Democratic
e board of county commissioners, rec
J. ognizing the Importance of educat.
J. ing the children of the county, and
It knowing that some of the districts
il were handicapped by reason of the
e tying up of their balances, author
J. lied the auditor and treasurer tt
/: make transfers from the genera
l. fund of the county to the schoo
If funds, from time to time, of sucf
e sums as may be necessary for thu
t. proper conduct of the schools, III
l. to the amount of their respectiv,
balances in the bank Not single
,e school child in the county Is being
c. denied opportunity for an educa
r. ton.
lel Thus the four planks in the Re
l. publican platform, relating to coun
A. ty affairs. are shown to be false an,
re worthless, by the Democracy of Ny
st county, which goes before the vot
it ers, proud of it's record and prou'
f, of its candidates in the present cam
paign.
lr1 We are proud of the record mad
al by the last legislature in the pas
i'd sage of reform measures and com
ID mend the stand taken by the Demo
e. cratic delegation from Nye count
s, in favor of such enactments as tn
CO. Nye county salary bill; the bill
r providing for the eight-hour day 1
to open-cut mines and in and abou
cement and plaster mills; the fuI
i'd train crew bill; prohibiting pay
re ments to employers for jobs; stat
i'd inspector of mines; pure food law
~ compulsory education; direct pr