White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-28

| peeially in this state.
My friends, | am a Republican and
/ ask the nomination for governor at
the hands of the Republicans of this
state. In this campaign there Is no
| question of tariff. no question of ma
| tional finances, no question as to who
your governor shall be-but if after
canvas of this state, after you in
the exercise of the sovereign power
| furnished you by the methods pre-
scribed under the law have indicated
him whom you will have as your chief
executive officer-if you believe that
the man who stands up against my
party, the party that | believe to be
right on the most of national ques-
tions; II you believe that the man
who does not represent those princi-
Piles will better administer the laws
of this state. believe IL your duty to
vote for the Democratic candidate.
| loud applause.)
Now | am going to discuss this
question as patriotic citizen of this
state and l ask you to take into con-
sideration the duty that you owe to
yourselves and TO your consciences-
your duty to yourselves and your
wives and children, that you dis
charge that duty as your conscience
| tells you 1t should be discharged, no
matter what the result. Square your
conduct with your enlightened con-
science and you cannot discharge the
high prerogative OF American citizen
ship In the discharge of that duty In
any other way. | am going to discuss
tonight no question of national poll
tics, no tariff question, no question of
finance that has bothered the brains
of the best men of the union for more
than forty years, l am going to say
this by way of preface for the benefit
of all kinds of Republicans, II you
have them in this community, that no
tariff bill has been passed and be-
come law In this country since
have had recollection, and
am as sensitive about my age as
girls and ladies, and / am not going
TO tell you how long ! have known of
tariff legislation. but ! say this:
That no tariff bill since the rise of
the Republican party has ever been
passed that has met with the APPROX
al of all the persons who compose the
membership of any respective party.
1t is purely and SIM ly a question of
schedule. 1t has become a question of
schedule and no schedule can be
adopted in this country, that is so
progressive, and with types so sur
prising. that history cannot even re-
cord them, that will meet the con-
ditions of the country for more than
short period. And no schedule has
been or can be adopted for any and
all purposes by Democratic or Re-
publican party since 1868, that
will satisfy all men. Under
stand that / am a Republican. If you
ask W. A. Massey his opinion on any
or all these questions you will not
have to find out anything from any
other man because ! have enough
common sense to be able to express
my views where my views ought to
be expressed.
In this day and age of the world
under the growth of this country and
the progress of this commonwealth
not one of the great questions that
the American statesmen have been
called upon to solve in my day have
been solved to the satisfaction of
all the people, and j never expect TO
see that day until the millenial hour
when as an old book says, the sword
shall be beaten into the plowshare
and the spear into a pruning hook.
My friends, you are interested di-
rectly in this campaign as to the
character of the men to be elected.
In the tariff you are only interested
indirectly-you who are holding on
TO a state government; you who are
taking out of your pockets your hard
earned dollars for the purpose of pay
ing the expenses of our government
you are interested directly and not
remotely in the administrative and
governmental affairs of this state.
1t is to your interest as taxpayers
that you have In the administration
of this government economy con-
sistent with the demands of your sew
eral state institutions that belong to
you and that they should be admins
tered for your benefit and in your in.
terest.
And now ! am going to say some.
thing deliberately and thoughtfully
Within the last week ] have made ar
examination into the official reports
of the finances of this state for tho
last four years excluding the yeal
1910, and l find and ! charge de
liberately from this platform, and
want you to remember it--I find ant
charge deliberately from this plat
form, and you are interested In thi
charge directly, that there has beeI
an extravaganza in the administra
tion of the finances of this state, |
not criminal. so grossly extravagant
that the books of this state ought t.
be turned over into the hands of 9th
er people for examination and care
/ full perusal.
You will hear more of this befor
, the campaign ends and | do not speal
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