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

er gentlemen here. Now here is gen.
that speech tonight in which he said,
Don't knock on the door, Once in
a while he says "Kick in the door -
That just shows what kind of man he
is. You never can depend upon him.
One night he will say one thing and an
other night another thing but, my
friends, ! want to say this, have
travelled with Con Ahern for the past
five weeks. He has been sitting on the
back seat. / am a man you know that
is not noted for an even pleasant dis
position; sometimes / am likely to get
a little cranky, but I have never been
able to get anything but smile out of
Con. But | want to say seriously, my
friends, that he is one of the squarest
and most kindly men that / have ever
met Wherever we have gone through
out the state, somebody has always com
up and asked about Con, some old Vir-
ginia City man, some old Comstocker.
1t is the Nevada spirit thrughout the
state where there is one old timer.
Further, ! want to say to you that,
while his opponent is an able man, and
good man no doubt,my opinion is that
when the votes are east on the sth day
of next November, the people will cast
majority of them for old square Con
Ahern of Virginia City. Now we have
there Mr.. John w. Legate, who is yerv
modest; he does not say much, and. by
the way, his is a single man, too, and
rather goo blocking. He doesn't do
himself much justice this evening, be-
cause he's been out five weeks, too.
| Speaking about that makes me think
that over in the town of Rawhide. there
was a gentleman who had been going
around and he had celebrated a little
bit. He was introduced to me and /
could not make him believe at first
that was really the gentleman that I
had been INTRODUCED as, a United States
Senator He said, "Why, young fellow.
You look just like the balance of us old
wollopers.' / said, "Well. sometimes
kind of feel that way But / want
to say seriously about Mr. Legate: As
you know, the office of Clerk of the
supreme Court has been an appointive
one. Mr.. Legate has filed that position
as hired man for the past four or
five years, and has filed it to the
Queens tast, to use a slang expression.
He is thoroughly competent to fill the
duties of the office, because he has al
ready filled them. I can say that if the
people elect him they will have one of
the most able men in that Office that it
has ever had. He is an old Comstocker,
too; he was born and raised in Virginia
City, and all over this state he has
friends, and while he is rather quiet,
am very well satisfied he will be
elected as well as friend Con.
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introduced a few moments ago. He is
usually introduced as the Fighting Edi-
tor. That is Billie Booth, of Tonopah.
All / have to say of Billie is this-I
have known him since 1883. In 1883
he and I bached together in Bellvill,
Nevada under water tank. At that
time he was working in the mills and
as telegraph operator, and we there
cooked our beans and other things, and
can say to you that he is one of the
best fellows in the state-a little
cranky at times, but as he SAYS, of
course he can't help that, as he was
born that way, but on thewhole, boys
as he said, if the state will furnish him
with the ink he will put it on the type,
and he will run the job to at least his
own satisfaction, and that IS good
deal.
Discusses Issues Of the Day.
Now, to begin TO say something about
what l might call the issues of the
day; but I can say to you, my friends,
that the issues betewen the two parties
are not perhaps as important asseome
people think. I can say that, not only
in this state, but in the halls Of con
gress, sometimes it is very hard to de-
termine whether a man is a Democrat
or Republican, so far as the general is
sues are concerned. Mr.. Sprague stated
a few evenings ago, that this was a
campaign of issues and not of men.
| differ with him upon that particular
point. While l recognize there are
certain candinel issues between the two
parties, the line of demarkation is very
slight. If you have read the two plat
forms in the state and the two great
national platforms adopted two years
ago, you will find that there is very
little difference between tn two par
tis, therefore 1 say that if there is
such a question, that the issue is the
men upon this ticket, and not the issues
so much. Now can say this upon that
particular point. Taking up the tariff
question: | have ben accused of al
most everything but stealing sheep,
and feel | can speak frankly with you
boys, because believe you are all
pretty well acquainted with me, and I
don I think in this particular com
munity that | have ever been accused
OF stealing sheep. | do remember that
SIX years ago,and | kind of expected to
Nave it revamped this time, that was
accused of being mixed up with the
bank robbers here and that was the