White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-03
sOME DEMOCRATIC HISTORY.

Executive Ability" the Carson City
News of a recent date gives the
voters of Nevada something to
think about and at the same time
sets forth in plain language some of
the reasons that paper has for be-
lieving that the Republicans of this
state are going to be victorious and
the Democrats are going down in
defeat in the campaign of 1910.
Herewith we reproduce the article
and commend it as mighty interest
ing reading to every citizen and tax
payer:
We will start his article by stat
ing that we firmly believe that the
Republican party will elect every one
of it's candidates from the position of
United States Senator to Coroner of
the county this coming fall. Our
opinion is based upon the fact that
the official returns of two years ago
showed that the Republican and
Democratic parties were almost
numerically equal. Bryan the oft
time loser, received 11,212 votes
against 1915 votes polled for Taft.
Taft was the favorite in eight coun-
ties against the six for Bryan. Es-
meralda county saved the state for
Bryan for had ii not have been for
that county Taft would have carried
the state by a majority of $50. As 1t
was Bryan's majority in the whole
state was but 437 votes.
At the time of the last election, es-
pecially in Esmeralda county, the
vote was a great deal larger than it
will be this coming election. In Es-
meralda about five thousand votes
were polled by both of the old parties
against an estimated number of
about three thousand for the COM
ing election. 1t Is also conceded that
the Democratic party will be the
greater loser by this falling off of the
voting strength and as a onse-
quence 1t Is safe to announce that
Nevada is once again within the Re-
publican ranks.
Still the loss of a thousand or two
votes is not the hardest thing that
Nevada Democrats is called upon to
bear. Its record during the past six
or eight years has been such that no
party could stand up under it, a con-
t%inuous sapping of its vitality until
at last 1t will be compelled to sue
cumb.
Nevada's Democracy Is rent and
torn by warning factions, that have
declared that the battle Will be
fought out to the bloody end and no
quarters asked for nor to be given.
The chief executive is hardly on
speaking terms with any of the heads
of the other state departments and
with many of the Democratic gladi-
ators it Is the CLASSY stare and the
marble heart.
Under a condition such as this a
successful administration of state
government cannot be expected. The
present administration can point
with sorrow to the recent troubles
within the insane asylum board and
the troubles with the board of prison
commissioners and there is hardly a
state institution but what has its
troubles during the past few years.
There have been three changes in
the wardenship of the state prison
during this time, including the re-
tirement of the present bullion tax
collector from that position and If
the building of the new prison does
not prove to be the browning blunder
- III .-
will be the most surprised people in
the state. The old prison, upon
which has been expended thou
sands upon thousands of dollars of
the peoples money is to be abandon
ed and for the simple reason that the
Democratic prison board wanted
some agricultural land and claimed
that none could be found neal the
present site, although the extra SEES
sion of the legislature of 1908 under
Democratic control, bought for this
very purpose forty-seven acres of
land adjoining the present prison
site. The purchase was made from
a state official and the sum of three
thousand dollars fell into his hands.
Really sixty-ive dollars an acre
should have bought land suitable for
raising of vegetables.
This e prison move is to cost
the taxpayers of the state three or
four hundred thousand dollars and
unless the board shows more intelli-
gence in this work than was shown
in building of the state library build
ing and in sinking of the double
barrelled artesian well in the capital
square, the poor dear people are 60
ing to get 1t where the chicken got
the ak. The grass grows green over
the spot where the Democratic board
of capitol commissioners buried $10,-
900 in a 600 foot well that failed to
flow. This money was squandered in
a useless endeavor when a flowing
well of vast benefit to the city and
state could have been easily secured
with a very small amount of money
within the proven artesian belt. But
our Democratic friends wanted to ex-
pertinent in an unproven field with