Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1910-10-29
Lovelock, Nevada, Oct. 4, 1910.

LOVelOCK, Nevada, OCt Y, l9lu
To the Editor:
At the coming election l shall vote for
George S. Nixon for United States Sen
ator. In the campaign six years ago l
was not in Nevada When l left the
state some time before, Nixon and l
were in opposing parties and we had
some very unpleasant things to say
about each other. Perhaps it will be of
interest to old-timers to know my opin
ion of the Senator at this time.
AS a loyal party man / would of
course be expected to support the nomi-
nee of the Republican party But for a
brief sojourn in the Silver party | have
all my life been Republican. But the
older l grow the less l care about
parties. Outside of any platform l have
a reason for voting for Senator Nixon all
my own.
1t is not claimed for Nixon that he is
another Webster. l do not even know
that he poses as an orator. 1t is not my
purpose to make comparison between
the two men, 1t would be unfair to
both And l know there are people
who will smile when l say that Nixon is
a greater man than Webster, but l shall
tell you why he is
In my early school days no one could
outvie me Ill admiration for the great
statesman. l used to declaim his ora
tions and imagined l was doing SO in
the way that Webster himself had
spoken the words. And l often Won
dered why it was that the great ex-
FOUNDER of the constitution was never
made president.
One day not long ago the reason was
made clear to me. l was reading a bio
graphical notice of Webster by Carl
Schurz in the Warner Library of the
Worlds Best Literature. 1t was with
great sorrow that l learned upon the ev-
idence of these high authorities that in
his pecuniary personal affairs Webster
was not an honest man. His party
leaders dared not nominate him.
Webster was a genius. He has en-
riched our law and literature for all
time. We may well forget any short
coming he may have bad. But let it be
for me to choose between an erratic
genius in the United States Senate and
an honest toiler with the hoe and my
hand goes out to the dweller in medi-
ocrity every time.
Webster was a lawyer. 1t was DR..
Samuel Johnson who speaking of con-
temporary, said he did not wish to say
anything against the man behind his
back but he believed he was an attorney.
A large majority of the men in con
gress are lawyers. Is it not little like
the tailors resolving, eve are the peo-
ple'? Are there not other classes wor-
thy of representation in congress beside
lawyers? Does Nevada mean to send
still another lawyer to the United States
senate2
The day of the lawyer is passing.
He is fomenter of trouble, dissipator
OF energy, distructionist. | can well
remember when about the only avenue
open to honor were the ministry and
the law. But this regime is becoming a
thing of the past.
In their stead is rising the conserva-
tor, the builder, the business man, the
engineer, the architect, the farmer, the
banker, the teacher, the merchant and
the laboring man will make the laws of
the future and not the pettifoger. Even
the present generation may see a con-
gress i'll which majority of the repre-
sentatives is not lawyers.
The business man is coming into his
own. Long and patiently has he
waited. The aristocracy of the past has