Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-18

sincere they would have let my can
didacy be known and have given
my friends IN Washoe and other
places a chance to rally To me, in
stead OF proposing my name two
hours before the convention opened.
as dark horse.
have forgotten TO mention that
Miss Cohn wrote out the names OF
her own delegates in Mrs Tallman 5
room while we We're talking, and
when we discussed the validity Of our
own credentials we decided to wire
to Tonopah for them, which we did,
requesting that Mrs Zeb Kendall
also be seated as a delegate from
Nye. Mrs. Kendall was then on her
way over from Carson to attend the
convention, and while | had no au-
thority TO send for her, | did So
because Miss Martin had said she
would like to have her If possible
and Mrs Keller had agreed to send
her if it was allowable Not realiz-
ing that the credentials of the con
vention were to be inquired into
strictly. and knowing that Miss Mar
tins idea was to bring together as
many interested people as possible,
and not knowing Mrs. Kendall had
joined the opposition, ] included Mrs.
Kendall's name in the request for
credentials, and they came before the
convention opened.
According to the state records we
were only entitled to two delegates.
Every other county was represented
according to the state records, and
the validity of their delegates vouch-
ed for by the amount Of money to
their credit in the state treasury,
except ours. Ormsby county paid in
$13 that morning and thus qualified
and seated their delegates. That
night they stopped payment on the
check.
No word that ! can remember was
said about proxies by Miss Coin or
any Of the ladies' who were at the
caucus These ladies were, beside
the Ormsby county delegates and my
self:
Mrs. Horsey from Lincoln county;
Mrs. Stickney from Lyon county;
Mrs. Kendall and Mrs Tallman from
Nye county.
During the next hour | took occa-
sion to get as much information
about Miss Martin and her policy and
her work as | could from my friends
in Washoe, and after got into the
convention ! asked my friends there,
their opinions by notes. 1t did moi
take me long to decide that Miss
Cohn had been led by a personal
antagonism and not a broad, open
view of Miss Martin.
program of the days proceedings
was handed TO me and to all others
when we came in. No word was
said about this being adopted by the
convention, although it should have
been done if any complaint was to
have been made about using It, This
order Of business was made out by
the executive committee because our
constitution is absolutely silent as
to an order Of business for an annual
meeting. The order Of business pro
yided for a presidents address. Her
address was very Illuminating and
could not find anything to eensure
and much to praise. 1t told of the
splendid work that had been done
which resulted in the fine vote we
received iii the legislature. During
her talk Miss Cohn leaned over to
me and whispered, "She makes me
tired, why doesn't she stick to this
order of business" handing me the
constitution For the life of me
cannot see now, nor could see then,
how those rules applied to the an
nual melting. They are plainly for
the executive committee and are
used there every two weeks, and
told Miss Coin so, and said that |
had never been to an annual meeting
Of any thing that did not have a
presidents address. This incident
recalled to my mind Miss Cohn's
talk in the morning, and it seemed
to me that she was eager to tell
and Miss Martins bad tactics, ae
cordng to her, before vote should
be taken for president as it would
help to hurt Miss Martins chances
of being reelected,
During all Miss Martins address
| could not see that she advocated
a special election could see that
she had made an effort to find out
if it were possible and feasible
thing that we must commend. An
of any measure is suppos-
ed to push a matter until it is dis |
covered to be bad policy or impos /
sible, 1t was apparent from her re-
port that a special election must be
abandoned by the advice OF such |
men as Assemblyman Cole, Senators |
Newlands and Pittman, Governor Cd
die, etc, and that when Miss Martin I
had discovered that she could not |
obtain a special election, she wrote to
Mr. Cole asking If there would be
any measures passed by this legis-
lature which would be brought up
before the people at a special cleo
ton, TO which the suffrage amend
ment might be attached and also
submitted. 1t is this letter to Mr.
Cole upon which Miss Cohn bases
her assertion that Miss Martin was
still trying for special election
after she had been advised to, give
/ up. / believe this is a false con
,eption of the letter to Mr., Cole
Failing a special election, Miss Mar
in, as a good advocate, looked up
he next possible position for the
)ill which would be Of course any /
possible special election Failing this,
he school election or the primaries
would be the next position and it is
ipon these that she Is now working. Z
rying through the advice OF Judge /
Norcross, Attorney General Thatcher /
md thp Judiciary cOrnniftae nf tbo /