The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-10-29

far as honesty is concerned, it is not
necessary for me to pay Oddie any
tribute. All you have to do, my
friends, is to look at the man, and /
don't believe there is person in this
hall tonight who viii look into the face
of that man, but what will saw, "There
sits an honest man, Now, friends, /
know he is honest, and / am not saying
this simply in the way of idle flattery,
but ! know that he is honest, and
want to assure you that that statement
is true. Now, my friends, can say
that the highest tribute which people
can pay anyone is wherever he is well
Know. Now, if the people of 8 own
home community believe in him,
II believe the people of another com
munlty can rest assured that he is
about right. Now, in the late primary
election, | want to tell you, as you may
not be familiar with the facts, Just
what the vote was in Tonopah where
he has lived for the past ten years.
lie mad splendid man opposed to him,
man with whom many in this audi
ence are acquainted, Judge Massey, a
man of high character, splendid attain
inents, and In every way suited to fill
the Office to which he aspired. They
were opposed in the party. Now. nv
friends, when the votes were counted.
what was the result in the
the town of Tonopah where Mr.. Oddie
livedf There were $40 Republican
votes east, and of the $40 votes. Mr..
Oddie received 35s, and Judge Massey
received only ~. Now r say. my
friends, that is one of the highest
tributes that community can pay to
one of her citizens, and can say this.
having visited that particular commu-
nifty recently, in this campaign, that I
believe the prorata even in the general
election, will be almost as high, because
/ 1T is almost impossible to find a man
IN Tonopah, regardless of politics, who
is not supporting T. L. Oddie.
A Good Word for Roberts.
Now, my friends, in regard to Mr..
Roberts. As you all know, I have lived
IN Washington for the past FIVE years.
During that time ] have had the op-
portunity of meeting, you might say,
all of the members of congress, and I
can say this, and ] believe you will
agree with me after you have heard
Mr. Roberts speak this evening, that /
speak the truth when / say that when
Mr.. Roberts goes to Washington, as he
will, that Nevada will have one of the
most able representatives that anv
state has upon that floor. He is a man
| of high character; he is a man of
ability, and with all that he is a gen
telman, and / can say this. that Won
can't say much more than that about
a man. He is a splendid orator. Many
of you, perhaps, have heard the
quent Belford, and the sky-pair
h,,k II
after you have heard Roberts YOU will
say he is the star of the bunch. He is
| all right and l only say this because |
me when there is going to be something
better later on.
| | want to say this. / never was hap
pier than / am tonight, because I see
here seated around in front of me.
faces, almost everyone of them that
am acquainted with. 1t does me good
to come back to Winnemucca, because
you all know how I feel toward this
town. 1t is true that because OF larger
and broader business connections. it
was necessary for me to transfer nv
family and my home, as it were, to
point where I would be in closer touch
with those increased business interests
but regardless of that, can say this
to you, my friends, have never lost
any of my regard or my love for the old
town of Winnemucca or county of Hum
boldt, because it was in this county
first stepped off on Nevada soil; it was
in this town that / laid the foundation
for everything good in me; it was in
this town that I married; it was in this
town my child was born, and, my
friends, it was in this community
where, as / said before, laid the foun-
dation for the fortune which since has
smiled upon me.
Audience Invited to Banquet.
Why shouldn't l feel kindly toward
this towna And / say to you now, be-
fore | get started on this general talk
| am going to give to YOU, before | for
get it, while l am going to tough lit
tie on politics this evening. on Monday
night, November 7th, Mrs. Nixon and
are going to extend to the people of
lWinnemucca kind of little social
proposition in this hall. There will be
dancing. music and little feed, and
there will be no politics in it. 1t will
be entirely an old fashioned proposition
just to show the good people of this
town how kindly we feel toward them,
and | know they feel kindly toward us.
! say this now because everybody here
tonight, and everybody who is not here,
is invited to come here Monday night,
the night before election, and you will
find us here ready to meet you, and join
in with you and have y good old fash
ioned time.
Remember Other Candidates
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