Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-01
JAMES. DONOVAN

donovan, canQloate 1Or the demo-
cratic nomination for attorney
general, will be found in this issue.
Mr.. Donovan is a man of mature
age and wide experience. He is
in able lawyer and a clean, honor
able man. He making his fight
independent of all factions and
asks the support of his party On his
'ec I'd as set forth in the follow
in statement:
To the Democrats of Nevada
am democratic candidate for the
nomi: atioon of attorney genera of
Nevada before the primaries. and
take this means of calling the at
tention of the democratic voters
of this. state 10 my career as a
citizen, lawyer and democrat, so
TIT you may know what q alifica
tionsil po:sess for the Office of
attorney general of Nevada.
| lam 81 years of age, and have
been in active practice of law for
twenty-five years. resided in
M 'ntana until coming to Goldfield
four years ago. l was attorney
general of Montana from 1901 to
January, 1905. l was elected on
tn denocratic-populist ticket, in
dorsed by the union labor party,
and while in office there were
many questions involving union
,bor on which the following has
b en- my record:
In 1901 while ex-officio member
Of the furnishing board of that
. lie prevented the state capitol
rom being furnished with furnit-
ure manufactured by a non-union
house-the Robert Mitchell Furnit-
ure company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The record of this matter is found
in &c Pacific Reporter, page 496,
to which call the attention of the
people Of Nevada. In 1903 was
instrumental in preventing inter-
ference with the coal miners union
at Red Lodge, Mont, whereby the
coal miners were protected in
h wing their own weighmaster of
coal that was mined. In 1904
whom the eight-hour amendment
was submitted to the electors of
Montana, the resolution passed by
the extra session of the legislature
provided that eight hours should
be days work in the mines and
smelters, and children under 16
years of age should be prevented
+ ON working In the mines. This
ameLd nent was so adroitly drawn
that on first examination it would
not seem there were two subjects
in it. / discovered this before
election, and instructed the county
+ clerks who prepred the ballots to
follow a certain form which l pre-
pared. The republican state CEN
trail committee attempted TO enjoin
the county clerk of Lewis and
Clarke county from following my
instructions. took the position
that there were two subjects In
tn amendment, and they should
BE- voted upon separately. An
injunction was broug hit in the
supreme court to restrain the
county clerk from following my
alvice. ] went before the court,
and the court sustained my view
of the matter, holding that there
were two subjects instead of one
involved in the resolution, and that
the purpose of the original resolu-
ton was to have two subjects COLI
tanned in it so that when any cor
poration of Montana desired to
have the same declared void it
could be easily accomplished by
8 nit in,court, instituted suit IN
1904 against the beef trust, and the
International Harvester trust, but
the supreme court held the law In
relation to these trusts unconstitu-
tional. ] was a member of the
state board of equalization, and