The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-09-10

o. all over the country against ralroau rule In politics. The
vote wa a surprise to many people but to those who have
had their ars to the ground, it was only what was expected.
Pittman's heavy vote, equal to the combined vote of his two On
ponents, is only the first premonition of the tidal wave that will
sweep Nevada, enguling and then spewing out upon the high beach
the money bags idea in Nevada politics. 1t has been the disgrace
OF Nevada, that non but a millionaire could gain the United States
senate from this state, and under the old system this was unfortunate.
ly true. But under the primary system, the people have the say and
no candidate for the United States senate can buy the toga by cor.
rupting a legislature. Pittman's victory was also a protest against
the 'frameup'' of the past many years between the bosses of the two
parties for the purposes of controlling the congressional and sena.
torial positions between them. The 'brotherinlaw' idea in Nevada
politics has been repudiated and the integrity of the Democratic party
established forever. Pittsman s magnificent vote means that Senator
Newlands must now come fully into the Democratic party and break
on his alliance with Nixon and support the Democratic ticket in this
campaign from top to bottom; and with a united party and a whir.
wind campaign, the young David of Nye county" socaned deriave-
y BY the Nixon press, will overcome the Republican Goiah and sue.
eeed to the senatorial toga at the next session of congress.
Sprague's fight was a victory over overwhelming odds, for the
entire strength of the Consolidated organization and its money and
the money of George Wingfeld was thrown into the election to defeat
him. The only grievance of the Consolidated was that Sprague has
been independent of the Consolidated; has stood for fair play in this
community; has not worshipped at the shrine of money or kowtowed
to the Consolidated or any man of wealth or power, but has always
stood between the people and those who would exploit them. Mr.
sprague has always been a believer and supporter of organized labor,
another cause of opposition on the part of the great mining corpora
ton. AT yesterdays election the full strength of the Consolidated and
Wingfeld was thrown against Sprague in Goldfeld, Tonopah and in
Reno, in all of which places scores of hired workers swarmed the
polls. In Goldfeld, every Office man from the general manager and
superintendent of mines through to the shift bosses, were active at the
polls and on the streets, pedding Hubbard tickets. They attempted to
mtimidate their men into voting against Sprague by placing watchers
in the polling places to check off their employees with reference to the
party ballot they called for; but the judges of election soon detected
this infraction of the law and elected the Watchers against the pro-
test of the superintendent of mines and the Consolidateds attorney.
With all the pressure brought to bear against him, Mr.. Sprague car
ried his home town two to one, and ran way ahead in Reno and Ton
opah. In places where the Wingfeld money was not used against him,
Mr.. Sprague ran three or four to one-in Carson City, for instance,
running over 4 to l. He will carry the whole state by a n overwhem,
ing vote.
The local fight was fercest between the two candidates for sheriff
and the two candidates for judge. In each instance the Consolidated
appeared strong and in each instance, as with Mr.. Sprague, turned
many voters by their very opposition to the men whom they would
defeat; in other words, the candidates who received the active sup
port of the Consolidated, were damned by their loving friends
1t is as The News has repeatedly said That the people will not
stand for the domination of special interests in local affairs; that if
the Consolidated should keep out of politics, the company would fare
much better at the hands of the people and would get absolutely
square deal. But this can be expected anyway although the winning
candidates were by no means put under obligations by the kind Of OPP
position exercised against them.
There appears to be nothing o obtuse IS wealth and power; moth
ing more self-suficient and vain-glorious; nothing SO low to learn and
profit by experience. But possibly sometime-som somewhere
there will be an awakening, but it should come on this side of the river
Jordan.
Congratulations
~HE RENO JOURNAL congratulates the candidates and the
voters in the following; and makes pledges of its renewed sup
port of the ticket nominated:
The voters ire to be congratulated, in fact, complimented, on the
manner in which they exercised their privilege at the primary cleo
ton Tuesday. They are to be congratulated for the manner in which
they sought to correct evils which have long since ruled supreme IN