Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-09-02


able man. He is making his hght
independent of all factions and
asks the support of his party on MS
tecord as set forth in the follow :
ing statement:
To the Democrats of Nevada-l d
a democratic candidate for the .
nomination. of attorney general OF
Nevada before the primaries. AND
take this means of calling the at
tention of the democratic voters
of this state to my career as {
citizen, lawyer and democrat, so
that you may know what q alifica
tions | possess for the office of
attorney general of Nevada.
/ am 81 years of age, and have
been in active practice of law for
twenty-five years. | resided in
Montana until coming to Goldfeld
four years ago. ! was attorney
general Of Montana from 1901 to
January, 1905. | was elected on
the democratic-populist ticket, in
dorsed by the union labor party,
and while in office there were
many questions involving union
labor on which the following has
been my record:
In 1901 while eX-officio member
of the furnishing board of that
state ! prevented the state capitol
from being furnished with furnit-
ure manufactured by a ]non-uniOn
housc-the Robert Mitchell Furnit-
ure company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The record of this matter is found
in sc Pacific Reporter, page 1876,
to which | call the attention of the
people of Nevada. In 1903 was
instrumental in preventing inter
ference with the coal miners unior
at Red Lodge, Mont, whereby the
coal miners were protected il
having their own weighmaster Of
coal that was mined. In 1904
when the cight-hour amcndmen
was submitted to the electors o
Montana, the resolution passed b,
the extra session of the Legislature
provided that eight hours Shout,
be a days work in the mines an,
shelters. and children under II
years of age should be pcrvcntc,
from working in the mines. Thi
amendment was so adroitly draw
that on first examination it woulD
not seem there were two subject
in it. ! discovered this bcfor,
election, and Instructed the count,
clerks who Irepr d the ballots t
follow a certain form which ! pre-
pared. The republican state cen
trial committee attempted 10 enjoi,
the county clerk of Levi! an
Clarke county from following m,
Instructions. | took the position
that there were two subjects il
this amendment, and they shout
be voted upon separately. Al
injunction was brought in tn
supreme court to restrain tn.
county clerk from following m,
advice. went before the court
and the court sustained my vicy
of the matter. holding that Their
were two subjects instead Of on,
involved in the resolution, and tina
the purpose of the original rcsolu
ton was to have two subjects COZ
tanned in il so that when any cor
poration of Montana desired I,
have the same declared void i
could be easily accomplished b,
suit in court. | instituted suit il
1904 against the beef trust, and tn,
international Harvester trust, bu
the supreme court held the law il
relation to these trusts unconstitu
tional. ] was a member Of The
state board of equalization, ant
when ] went into office in 1901 the
Northern Pacific and Great North.
ern railroads were only paying on
an assessed valuation on their main
line of railroad $4,000 per mile.
In July, 1901. | was instrumental in
raising this assessment from $4,000
tc $4,000 per mile. and during
the three years following it was
raised to $1,000. They are now
paying on n valuation Of $40, 600
per mile. ! never have repre-.
sented any railraod interests or
trusts or combines in my profes