Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-26

When a great political party gets
captured by clique which proceeds
to drive out of it's organization its
best and ablest leaders, and then
| the greatness, usefulness and
strength of the party is prostituted
| to serve the machine organization
of the clique, can it triumph in a
campaign based on fraud, perver-
sion of truth and misstatement of
records?
That is one of the campaign
questions of this election in Me-
vada, and not the least important.
| The state of Nevada is up against
the most thoroughly organized po-
litical machine ever in it's history.
During his two years as executive
of the state, Governor Dickerson
has created a multitude of offices,
largely sinecure with respect to any
public duties they perform, but not
sinecures with respect to the bus
mess of working tirelessly and at
the taxpayers expense, week in and
week out, for a year previous to
this election, to line up the voters
for their chief and his friends. The
republican platform declares, and it
has been conclusively proven by the
records themselves, that the Dick
erson regime is costing this state
| $350,000 more than the average of
the Sparks administration. The
Dickerson regime was challenged to
show where and for what this mon
ey is being expended. They dared
not explain it. They could not do
it without exposing themselves as
unworthy of public trusteeship, for
the reason that no small part of
this enormous expense is paying for
lDickersOnian machine workers I'M
der the thin disguise of being new
state officials, clerks, deputies or
employees.
1t is a serious matter, this Great
ing an army of machine job hold
ers to manipulate the political af-
fairs of the state to serve the ends
Of their chief. Is it worth $780,
600 per year to the taxpayer who
pays for it out of his pocket?
Governor. Dickerson has pretend.
ed to meet the question, but by q
specious evasion, clever enough tc
deceive those who have no oppor-
tunity to investigate the truth, but
which must astonish and appal
those who have dug into the rec
ords and know the truth. A mar
who is governor of state and as
piring to reelection to that grea
office should be above subterfuge
evasion and chicanery in discussing
public issues, especially those which
his official duties must make hin
especially cognizant. MisstatementI
in such cases must be intentiona
and cannot come within the charit!
of error.
We quote from Governor DECKER
sons speech in Goldfield, as report
ed in full in the Goldfield News
edited by Mr.. Sprague, his colleagu
!. on the ticket:
"The only charge the republican
could find to make in their plat
form was that of extravaganza
They were particular not to specify
They have not pointed out singl
extravagant act. I am in favor 9
permanent improvements in thi
state. I believe, in our insane asJ
lum, when we find patients crowG
ed three or four in a room, bt
lieve it Is necessary to build an az
ditional ward building for that IL
stitution. When our university
overcrowded I believe it is nece!
sary to build another building I
accommodate the pupils of tn:
state who are seeking an education
When our prison is crowded I b.
lieve in extending that prison. An
these are the things. my friend
that have consumed great deal {
money. They point to the fact the
over a million dollars was apprt
priated; but they were careful ne
to tell you that $550,000 Of ths
money appropriated is still in tn
treasury (applause). They ovel
looked that fact. We purchased
prison farm for $4,000. The
said it was a steal. it was an gu
rage on the people of this stat
etc.
Now that LOOKS like an answe