The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-10-30
1HF REPUBLICAN SPEECHES
A. the Pavilion, Monday Even.
ing, Were The Real G. o.
p. DeIusionary Stuff.

United States states oehatof W
Massey and Congressman e. d
poherts came to town Monday af-
,ornoon. amid blare of trnmpets
and pageantry not seen here since
two wears ago when the barrel was
onened to buy political habiliments
that go to make up pomp and dis
oIav The two incoming statesmen,
travelling by autos, were met in the
odge Of town by an automobile brig
ade. formed by local owners of cars,
which was formidable in size and
drove home the thought that under
our system OF protection and politi-
cal favoritlsm. the members of the
o D. have been enabled 10 In
dulge themselves In touring cars.
We Democrats. poor devils, have es-
csned the auto craze, perforce, al
though about half the occupants of
the cars In Mondays procession are
eooa Democrats, who fell In for the
ride. again forcing home a con
clusion that il our high tariff wall is
maintained indeterminately, the
ownership Of automobiles by our Re
pubJican brothers will be SO general
that even by calling upon their Dem
ocratic friends TO fill the rear seats.
there will still be unused room IN
the elegantly upholstered tonneaus.
The time was when automobiling
and electioneering did not go toget-
her: in fact We are more or less
prone to believe that the antipathy
still exists in certain quarters
against the noisy and loud smelling
gasoline wagons, but proceeding
apparently upon the theory that they
can do no evil. the Massey-Roberts
contingent is sliding over the state
in its quest for votes that a few
years more OF high protection can be
maintained.
The Cry Issues. Don't spoil the
good times, We statesman back In
Washington are giving you fellows,
apparently unaware Of the fact that
We all know that the financial beings
CT this great nation all sneeze when
Wall street Moo York. takes snuff.
which Is often and that this same
Wall street Is Republican instltu-
ton, fostered by Republican policies
and encouraged and fortified by Re
PUBLICAN legislation.
In all fairness, the Republicans
had a fair sized crowd. Unlike the
editor Of tho Eagle, We did not make
personal man to man canvass to
determine political convictions.
eve onco asked the question and
was informed II was none of our
d--d business since when We
have not repeated the query for fear
HAT il wasn't. but we assume for
The sake Of argument that the I'M
usual ratio rrsdominated, |. 2
about two-thirds Wilson men. one
third Roosevelters and the rest
evenly divided between Chain. Taft
end Debs
Senator W. A. Massey was we'll
received and probably made as many
voters by his oarnestneas as he lost
by his confessions of voting wrong
back In Washington. Mr.. Massey
ls clean and profoun man, and
some Of his Democratic friends ex-
press reGret over the fact that he
is affiliated with the standpat con-
lingent He spoke under great diff
Guilty and pursued his subject TO the
end, His arguments were not half
bad. We must remember he is one
Of the most suave and adroit law
yers In the west. and this profession
Is giving TO makingblaek appear as
white.
Mr.. Roberts followed Senator
Massey and his appearance brought
to us Pudden' Head Wilson as he
has always appeared in our minds
eye, Mr.. Roberts would be real
nigh brow II the goaiee he wears
hali an inch above his nose were
lacking. He followed the old brick
method OF expostulating with the
audience and lost lot of votes by
railing TO hit the verbal mark at
winch he aimed his verbosity. In
e'dently, he spoke TO take a fall out
OF The Standard for setting forth his
practice of sending TO his constitu-
tents at the expense of the people,
copies OF speeches that were never
ueilVeied, and In an attempt to be
real cute and funny he dlsclaimed
any knowledge of canned or still