Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-10
From Saturday Daily
HARMONY AMONG DEMOCRATS

Reno Oct, while all who Dire
conversant with political affairs in
Nevada have regarded the political
articles recently appearing in the
Reno Gazette IS mere matters of
amusement by reason of their imag-
NATIVE character and un worthy Of
serious attention by a number of
Democrats in the outlying counties
who have been rather alarmed by
the reports of discord among the
Democratic leaders as would ap-
pear from the aforesaid Gazette al
legged political representations.
There is hardly an evening in
Reno that there is not d meeting of
prominent Democrats at the Hotel
Golden or other rendezvous in the
Metropolis, these gatherings being
composed of men from all sections
of the State. A casual onlooker
during the course of a week at any
Of these places of meeting can see
members of the ~so-called factions
of the Democratic party f~raterniz
ing in the most genial manner. Re-
ference will perchance be made by
some member Of the party to the
Gazette's attempts to fomcDt dis.
cord and all will Join in a merry
laugh and adjourn to the nearest
r~efreshment dispensary.
If there r any factions in the
Democracy now or any states being
made it is hard to discover them by
observing and talking with the var
ious leaders of the party.
Of course it is. well-known that
Senator Newlauds will be d candi-
date for reelection. So far no 9TH
err candidate for the Senate has
thrown down the gauntlet to the
veteran Senator. There have been
rumors of opposition to him but
nuthing definite. When the ques-
ton of opposition to him was
preached on his last visit to Reno,
the senior Senator stated that any
Democrat had a right to become a
candidate for the u. S. Senate,
that there was no necessity for a
slate and that he was willing to
trust his chances with the people
in the primary against any oppon-
ent.
1t might be inquired why the Ga.
zette, tn. leading Republican organ
If the State was publishing such
%nonsencial and baseless stuff about
the Democracy. A review of the
Republican situation might serve to
give the reason.
No Democratic paper has yet
undertaken to describe the situa-
ton in the Republican and Bull
Moose ranks, perhaps for the very
good reason that there is such on
fusion that to attCmr- L depict it
would be an impossible task. How
ever, a few Of the fostering cancers
of this decaying body polite might
be easily exhibited without a very
minute examination.
At Carson City we have the spec
tacle of the second leading Repub-
lican paper of the state, the Car
son News, bitterly opposing Gov
ernor Oddie in every n pos.
sible. Behind this paper we find
the urbane Samuel Platt, present q
S District Attorney who has some
able and astute lieutenants. Sam
is some power in the standpat
ranks. He and his cohorts are af-
ter the Governor with a battle ak.
They say that Sam has aspirations
for the u S Senate and has had
them for some time past and that
said aspirations could have been
grstified considerably by the sim
pie signature of his cxcellency to
a commission sending the Hon Sam
uel tn the upper House of Congress
but Sam was turned down. Hence
the Carson News can see M virtue
in the eddie administration.
Then there arc other Republicans
who sought recognition at the
hands Of the Oddie regime but not
having the approval Of the inner
gubernational cabinet, they were
not even given n respectful hear
ing. These little differences, which
our Republican friends would not
term discOrd perhaps have to do
what might be termed the