Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-10-28
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY

Friday night as it was the night
before, those present heard two
of the best speeches that have been
made in Elko for many years.
There was none OF the mutual
admiration business that was so
prominent with the republican
speakers the night before. The
issues of the day were discussed
from a democratic standpoint in
clear and forcible terms that
carried conviction. Attorney,F. S.
Gedney presided. He wasted no
time in getting to the business of
the evening and introduced H on.
Charles S. Sprague, democratic
candidate for congress.
Mr.. Sprague was greeted with
hearty applause. After a few
complimentary remarks, he took
up the high cost of living and
showed how the tariff ann railroad
freights entered into the cost Of
everything the people bought and
were largely responsible for the
increased cost of the necCssaries
of life. The conditions that made
the cost of living so excessive
we're the fruits of republicn
misrule and the greed of the
predatory rich that had its birth
in republican tariff legislation and
the failure of that party to enact
laws to check the growth of
monopoly in manufactured products
and the imposition of unjust and
eXtortionate transportation rates.
After some time devoted to the
tariff and other issues, Mr.. Sprague
said he was compelled to digress
from his usual course to reply to
the charges made against him tn c
night before by Senator Nixon
and Mr.. Roberts. He disputed the
senator's claim that if reelected
he would become the chairman of
the committee on irrigation in the
next congress. Mr.. Sprague held
that Mr.. Nixon was not the
ranking republican on that COM
mittee and substantiated his claim
by quoting the names of three
republicnasisenators who out ranked
Mr.. Nixon on the committee. He
next turned his attention to Mr..
Roberts and emphaticuIly denied
that he had ever att acked the
gentleman private GlalGctGor
had even mentioned his name
directly or indirectly in any speech
he had made during the campaign.
He created considerable amusement
by reading from a stcnographic
report of Mr.. Roberts speech in
TonOpah, in which he discussed
the tariff question. The extract
he read showed conclusively that
Mr.. Roberts had but little if n
conception of the tariff question
and is wholly unqualified to
legislate intelligently on that
subject. The writer was in doubt
as to the correctness of the extract
read by Mr.. Sprague until he was
assured this morning by a promi-
nent and reliable republican that
Mr.. Roberts made SUBSTANTIALLY the
same remarks in his speech
Thursday night.
Mr.. Spraguc made a manly,
straightforward reply to Mr..
Roberts and left no doubt Of his
sincerity or the minds of those who
heard him. He received hearty
applause as he closed his remarks.
Mr.. Gedney then introduced Mr..
Sam Bedford of Ely, who began his
speech by telling the audience that
he was not a candidate or states
man, but that he was taking part
in the campaign from patriotic
reasons He said that he was
neither republican ror a democrat
in the narrow party sense. That
If he was in New York he would
vote with Roosevelt, in Indiana
with Beveridge, in Wisconsin, with
LaFollettc and in Kansas with
Bristow. He then took up Senator
Nixon's statement that he was
running on his record and said
that il the people of Nevada knew
that record and reelected Sena or
Nixon they were unfit for self.
government. He then took up the
tariff schedules and mcrcilcssly
dissected the senator's record on
the WOODEN, cotton, sugar, lead
and glove schedules. He read