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

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ence that ever congregated in Win
nemucca on any occasion crowded the
Nixon opera house to greet Senator
| Nixon and his associates on the state
| ticket.
At 7:30 four large bonfres were
/ lighted at different points on Railroad
and Bridge streets, and the Eagles
band started in at Seeliger's place,
corner Melarkey and Railroad streets
and paraded down to the opera house,
stopping at each bonfire and at the
Lafayette hotel to play. The entire
line of march was lighted up with red
fire and at times the music of the band
was drowned by the deafening reports
of exploding bombs.
The large hall had been profusely
decorated for the occasion with vari-
colored festoons, flags, bunting and
electric lights. Across the front of
the stage was a banner upon which
was incribed the words, "Welcome To
Our SENATOR" while in the center at
the back of the stage was a large
painted portrait of Senator Nixon.
and the speakers stand was loaded
down with cut flowers and chrysan-
themums.
Seated on the stage, from left to
right, were S. X Bradford, candidate
for State Senator; G. +. Haviland
candidate for County Commissioner;
Deputy Sheriff G. w. Muller, J. A.
Lipman, candidate for Assembly; w
w. Booth, candidate for State Printer;
Hon. T. l.. Oddie, candidate for Gov
ernor; Hon. f. f. Roberts, candidate
for Representative in Congress; Sena-
tor Nixon, M. Reinhart, E. r. Har-
roun, chairman Of the meeting; George
w. Summerfield. l.. G. Campbell, can
didate for District Judge; John W
Legate, candidate for Clerk OF the
Supreme Court; Con Ahern, candidate
for Surveyor General; J. r. Harvey,
+. j. Button, NJ ID. Staunton and Post
master j. A. Rogers.
The first speaker introduced was IT.
l.. Oddie, who met with an enthusiastic
reception, and he was followed in turn
by Messrs. Ahern, Legate and Booth,
who were all well received.
The chairman had barely concluded
the presentation of Senator Nixon be-
fore the vast audience turned loose
and cheers and applause were kept up
for fully five minutes. When order
was finally restored, Senator Nixon
spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Friends: T thank
you.
Referring to Mr. Booths remarks
speaking about Republican ma
chine, it reminds me of story I
heard the other day in Goldfeld. A
miner went to one of the superintend-
ents and he wanted job, and the su-
perintendent said TO him: care you
a machine mani" He said: "No, /
am for Oddie." Now, my friends, /
just want to say word here in regard
to the boys who are upon this ticket
with me. / am not in the habit of do
ing this, but as this is my old home
town, / feel that it is nothing more
than proper for me to pay my respects
to my associates upon the ticket, at
least those who are present here to-
night. ! first became acquainted with
our candidate for Governor about eight
years ago, when | made trip to Tono-
pah. At that time Mr. Oddie was the
manager of the Tonopah Mining com
pany, the principal mining company in
that district. He had been placed in
that position by the owners of the
company who were eastern capitalists,
that company. During that time he
handled millions and millions of dol
lars; there were over thousand
horses employed in the transportation
of ore from Tonopah to Sodaville;
there were hundreds and hundreds of
! thousands of sacks of ore handled, and
hundreds and hundreds of men employ
ed and might say this, that his part
ner, Jim Butler, was not business
man; being associated with Butler and
being much younger man, attended
TO all of the general duties of the con
cern. He kept the books; looked af-
ter all those different affairs and paid
the men; he kept the accounts of the
differnet leasers, and there were 130
leases upon that property, and in each
one anywhere from three to twelve
men were interested, and the only
memorandum that anyone held on any
of those leases was a little memodan-
dunn book which Oddie kept, as Jim
Butler would not give a written lease.
lie said that his word was good and
that If anyone did not want to take
a lease and work it under those con
ditions, they could nat have one, so
was the condition Oddie had to con-
where in the neighborhood of 1900
where in the neighborhood 70 1900
men interested in those leases, and the
leases run over period of Is months.
When everything was settled up every
man was satisfied, no one was dis
pleased and there was only l6 sacks OF
ore short Now, ! want to say, my
friends, that any man who can do
I that is able to fiji any position,
, don I care how much executive ability
is necessary to fill it properly. Now, SC