The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-11-12
HOW THE DEMOCRATS
CARRIED THE COUNTY

exception of two a~ssemblymen and recorder.
Somers for district Judge was elected by a large majority "a
lys candidacy did not make any difference in the general result,
put it helped to increase Somers' majority. The judghip, n ts
days of the campaign, promised the hardest fight on the ticket
but as the campaign progressed the fight eased up, and during the
last week o. ten days, through some mysterious influence, no fight at
all was made on Somers. Carpenter, who was brought Out tn a.
feat Somers, was let severely alone, to work out his own salvation
This gave support to rumors of a deal and of double crossing, which
Judge Somers vehemently denied the last night before election.
Ingalls, beat Bradley for sheriff, as W a predicted by this paper
in the early days of the campaign. Ingalls, is one of the strongest
men in Esmeralda county politics. His defeat for sheriff two years
ago was accomplished by a combination of circumstances that would
have overwhelmed anyone. This time there was harmony in the par
ty, and while a bitter fight was forecast in the early days of the am.
paign, and in fact was carried on for two or three weeks, it ws
dropped,as it was against the entire county ticket, so that the opo
stion might concentrate against Sprague.
Joe Hamilton beat Charlie Beesley very handily. Beeseley was
admittedly one of the strongest men in Republican local politics
and had anyone else than Joe Hamilton been against him, he would
have had a good chance of winning. But Hamilton had personal
strength and good managers.
Recorder Fight Still Undecided.
The fight between Johnson and Bell for recorder and auditor is
still undecided, and it will take only the few votes of some unimpon.
ant precincts still unheard from, to decide the result. Bell vas
about 60 votes ahead this morning, but johnson had hopes that the
few remaining precincts, all of which are in the northern part Of the
county, where he has special elements of strength, will pull him
through. These precints arr small, and the plurality, whichever way
it goes, will be SO close as to make an official count necessary, per
haps.
1t was Bells method of campaigning that gave him strength
above other Republican candidates. He was without money of his
own and received very little from the county committee. In fact til.
county committee was not especially friendly to Bell from the begin
ming and did not look with favor on his primary candidacy. He re-
ceived no help whatever from the local Republican organ; in fact his
candidacy was ignored both by the committee and the paper backing
the party. Bell, therefore, was up against it, and had to depend
upon his own resources entirely. He concluded to make a campaign
Independent of the other candidates. He had no money for railroad
fare or for auto hire. SO he set out on foot to see every voter in the
county. He first made a house-to-house canvass in Godfeld, Coumt
bla and the mines, and it is not going too far to say that he saw
every man, woman and child in the district and kissed all the babies
hand, he started out on his long walk over the county. He walked to
Rawhide, to Nina, and all the most northerly points in the county
burg with shoes full of salt water and bespattered with mud, looking
more like a tramp than a political candidate. His manly efforts
that sympathetic support that finally gave him the largest vote OF
any Republican candidate on the county ticket.
District Attorney Fight.
Walsh beat Tilden by about 300 votes, giving him one Of te
I sotn w, plnr snd Tid of m stq of the m county w, psm nd ! norman qaap psns
cratic majority in his favor, beside a large personal acqgalntanes
ton and was personally popular. But he got at outs with his party
management in the last days of the campaign. Tnden is a man o.
and wrong and is quick with resentment of injustice. He felt thai
he and some of his fellow candidates had been wronged, an. the Hip
podrome incident of Monday night before the election, when the wires
were cut by direction of the party bosses to prevent Col Eddy a'
himself from addressing a meeting that had been advertised for thn,
the lining out of the campaign bosses. This brought down upon nm, MN
their vengeance, and on election day the very men who should nave "
been directing the campaign in his behalf, were trading HIM o "A
the open demand that he be defeated. :asu
The Democrats elected their whole list of county commlsas sm
which. with the sherhf's office, gives them control OF county a Rr
|Boerlin and Tim Connolly both made a splendid run waiter h BE-
ing had a harder fight than either. His opponent, Cavanausnf te
sides being an unusually good campalgner, came from a par parnS had
county that felt itself entitled to a commissioner, and nar nth not
|mucn o cOntenQ with OtnerS nd not. II CLOS WV -mtnj
more than % or TO between them, made one OF the m@' r.
fights of the campaign. eaa
For justice of the peace, McNerney gave Barnes a closea - an
than was expected by the latter's political friends. MeNerney s tss
unusually good man, but he was not widely known. Barnes, md ID
other hand, had a wide acquaintance beside he had gwen a $50 80 as
ministration, and withal was popular He was generally - MeNer
the hardest man on the ticket to beat. In view OF ms ia n miners
ny made a good run. Lamb was also unknown except 10 le aer
of the district while his opponent, Sullivan, had been a p''
for years and knew everyone and was well liked.
Senator and Assemblymen.. IA At
For senator, Will Heffernan ran like a race horse, a NC 81 the
the school election, running from 200 to 500 ahead OF n res' ual as
legislative candidates. Heffernan is strong IN co"'y ~ M
in Goidfeld. Beside. his opponent, Liechi, did not make macn an sh
campaign, and like two or three others on the ucKet was !"
siastically supported by the Republican machine. hv from
Emory Arnold led all the other legislative candidates ~ from
oOO 70 400 III rurnricad ven those who expected II "' ,r