Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-10
SENATOR NENLkRDS
PLEADS FOR HARMONY

garding the political situation.
THE Democrats" he said. ''have
spoken at the recent primaries and
have announced their ticket. 1t is
a good ticket and should be
generally supported ~ ell Hero.
ats. trust that the dissensions
in the party are at an end, end
cnat all will unite to hold this state
in the Democratic ranks.
Il am aware that the bitter
differences of the past are not
entirely healed. Personalities and
criticisms Of integrity of motives
have been rife. Democrats who
for years have fought together
have become estranged. The
most prominent of these are Decker
son and his friends upon the one
side and Sweeney, Bartlett and
Boyd and their friends upon the
other. With them have been as
sociated Iartissns Wko equalled
them in intensity, and yet all of
these men have rendered dis
tinguished service to the. Demo
cratic party. That party, ever
since it took control of the state,
has been a party of progressive
reform. In the first instance, we,
by resolution some years ago, de-
clared that while we welcomed
the co-operatio' of the Southern
Pacific railroad in the development
of the state, we resented its
intrusion in politics, and demanded
the withdrawal, from political
activity of its political agent, Black
Wall ace, who prior to that tin
was engaged in managing IL e
conventions and legislatures of
bo.h parties. We won; the rail-
cad took us at our word, withdrew
Black Wallace from the lobby, and
ever since then we have had a state
administration and state legisla-
lures absolutely free from rail-
road domination. and devoted to
the interests of the people.
No state in the Union has made
slch progress as we have in the
lin of reform. We have adopted
the initiative and referendum, and
have taken steps to adopt the RI call.
We have established the direct
primary. We have organized
railroad commission that really
regulates. We have advanced
toward a more just equalization
of railway taxes. We have passed
irrigation and mine-inspection laws.
We have adopted an eight-hour day.
We have passed an employers
liability act, full train crew law,
an anti-blacklisting act, and other
legislation helpful to labor. We
have stood for law and order, and
have the state police bill and en-
forced it, and we have passed the
n gambling act.
In all these measures no men
Gave been more conspicuous than
those whom / have named. Why
should they now be at swords
points? Boyd has been one of the
best lee islators the state has had.
II fra ned the railroad commission
act, and was most potential in
oassing it. Dickerson and Stod-
dard named the railroad COM
mission --Bartine, Thurtell and
Notwithstanding all the
essentials of good comm ission,
and vindicating by their action
the judgement of the men who
selected them. Bartlett, Sweeney
and Boyd, at a most critical mo-
nent, acted courageously and
wisely in pushing through the
tate police bill. which saved the
state from internal disorder.
Dickerson, after Sparks death, at
Miners Union meeting in Gold
field, most courageously imperiled
his popularity with the miners by
declaring that, whilst favoring
certsin notifications, he would
veto any bill repe aling it. And
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