Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-05
Clearly Defines His Position Towards
His Fellows In the Present Political
Campaign. =

campaign of this state, and will
wind it up in my old home. 1 am
counting on my friends here coming
to my support n fully, as l want
to show the pc in other parts of
the state Il and true this
town ha, been to me. L
have mar = 'tectly clean CAM
paign. ak had the most en-
thusiastic Ta5eptions throughout the
state that one could imagine, and
it is needless to say that there are
Tonopah men in all of them.
Patience has ceased to be vir-
tue with me now, and | am going
to say some plain words to the peo-
pie of Tonopah. 1t is necessary, as
man with any spirit cannot sit
still and allow, so many vile and
lying reports to be circulated
against him without defending him
self, especially among his own
friends and in his own home.
These attacks on my character
and reputation have emanated from
Charles S. Sprague, through the col
umns of the Goldfeld News. He is
not my opponent, and he is using
his newspaper, as his weapon, so /
am compelled to speak my mind
freely.
Mr.. Sprague attacks my labor
record and poses as friend Of
labor, also attacks me personally.
will refer the people of this state
to his editorials in the Goldfield
News at the time of the special ses-
sion of the legislature in 1908. /
was member of the committee
that drew the police bill at that
time. l did my duty and used my
best judgment in handling this diff
ficult question. Something was de-
manded of us and we acted, but
there were many possible ways of
accomplishing the result.
My idea was to have bill, as
one had to be drawn, which would
asswer the purpose without causing
= humiliation or hardship to the
honest workingmen in the state
and l had my way and the other
members of the committee agreed
with me.
Mr.. Sprague came to us then as
the president of the Goldfeld cham
Der of commerce and tried to force
his personal views on us and com
pei us to adopt them. We were al
highly incensed at his arrogance
and egOtism. He wanted us tt
draw a bill which would have
meant bull pens and tyrranical rul'
in Goldfield, more severe than Rus
sia ever bad. His editorials at thu
time were most radical and infiam
matory, and made our duty NOR,
difficult to perform, as we were try
ing to be just and fair to all, ant
he was attempting to force us t,
huAhAAiaIOB ihouiL anu puAloA III
working men of this state.
Finally l grew angry and aske'
one of my fellow members to kicl
him out of the room, and he wa
unceremoniously kicked out.
The, other members of the com
y mittee felt as / did about him.
Now this man poses as frien,
Of the working men and denounce
me as their enemy.
I stand on my own labor record
1t speaks for itself, and no man ca
truthfully show that l have bee
unfriendly to labor in any cas-
where labor was right.
Furthermore, no man has eve
been more practical, consisten
friend of labor in this western coun
try than I, and the results I hav
accomplished speak for themselves
One of them has been the placin
of over million dollars of EXTR.
wages in the pockets of the workin
men of this state through my ind
vidual efforts in their behalf.
Does not this outweigh anythin
that all the men on the other ticke
wtR are attacking me have eve
done for labor in their entire lives
I say it does, and million to ont
too.
Am to be damned and COZ
demned in my own and other con
munities by this man Sprague?
know I will not be, in places ou
side of Tonopah, as I have been
s. practically all of them recently an
NJ know full well that I will not /