The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1910-11-10

names will appear on the county's Of
fetal roster after next January 1st.
In fact the administration Of affairs
, beginning with the coming year, will be
largely in the hands of people who
have never before held public office.
The voters of this county spoke in no
uncertain terms Tuesday. Their voice
is positive, unmistakable and insistent
in its demand that the county's admin
lstration, like all other things, must
change with the passing OF time. Good
men were pitted against each other,
and whatever the results of the cleo
tion the county will have a full quota
of well qualified and aggressively hon
est men to perform the county's official
functions for another two years. And
good men were defeated, in several
instances. Whatever the results. the
voters of this county must be given
full credit for exercising the clearest
discrimination.
Election day passed off quietly No
thing save gentle zephyrs disturbed the
even tenor of the day. Buttonhol.hg
and dark corner work, while not alto
gether absent, was not so conspicuous
as in former days, and if vote buying,
that played so important a part in the
results of the county election Of four
years ago existed at all, il was prac-
tically nil in its effects, for the people
OF this county are now of a class who
are self-thinkng and the conclusions
arrived at long before election day were
unswervable through political mach
nations set afoot last Monday or Tues
day. Monday night witnessed more or
less riotous indulgence in good cheer,
and lots of hollering, but this let off
pent up enthusiasm more than it had
political effect.
The results of Tuesdays election
must be taken as one of the real signs
of change in our local political pro-
cedure. 1t must be taken as an exon
Grafton of principles, and no other con-
clusion can be formed other than that
Churchill county voters are worthy of
privileges that gowith being full hedged
electors.
United States Senator George S.
Nixon ran full tilt at the head of the
Republican state ticket and was fol-
lowed by Roberts and Oddie in the
order named. The grand vote ac-
corded Senator Nixon must be taken
as token OF appreciation of bis loyal
service to this state, particularly to
this county BY rolling up handsome
majorities for these Republican stan
dard bearers. Churchill county simply
fell into the line OF progressive coun-
ties in this state, whose action Tues
day means Republican state admins
tration and congressional delegation
that is in accord with the Taft admin
istration.
Nixon, Roberts and Oddie, this is
Nevada's new triumvirate and the
state is proud of them. While nomi-
naly these men are rated as being
Republicans, there is not whit of
doubt but that they will be Nevadans
first and party men only in that sense
of the term implied by party organiza-
tion: not sentiment. Fer it was Ne
vada's Democrats who elected them;
the sort of Democrat who can put love
of state above party affiliation. The
maiorities accorded Nixon for United
States senator is roughly estimated at
1000; for Roberts for congress, 1900;
for oddie for governor, 1000. The
deeisiveness of these majorities will be
noted when it is known that the total
vote cast was less than 10, 000.
Senator Nixon made a manly, ag-
gressiye fight to succeed himself In
the face Of spectacular attempts OF
sky-craeking politician to hoodwink the
people ON the real issues. And that he
won is due in large measure to the fact
that the people of Nevada refused to
be fooled. That's the only possible in
terpretation that can be placed upon
the situation.
Another surprise of the campaign
was the large majority accorded L. n.
French for district Judge, not to his
friends but to the zealots who opposed
him. Mr.. French goes into the office
with flying colors for $50 more voters
of total of around 800 votes, consid-
cred him the man to rule over the
county's court of equity for the ensu-
ing four years, beginning with next
January, at which time w. H. A. Pike
will relinquish all official tasks, as the
voters Of Washoe county, where he
ran for district Judge turned his claims
down with little ado