The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-24

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held thus far in Goldfield in the pres
ent campaign. 1t was attended by
an assemblage that taxed the seat
ing capacity of both the lower foor
and balcony of the big theater and
was made up of voters of all politi-
cal creeds, eager to hear the issues of
the day explained from the republic
ture of the occasion was the presence
of many members of the fair sex,
who evidenced a keen interest in the
remarks of Governor Oddie and the
other candidates for state offices.
If the rapt attention and frequent
applause accorded the utterances of
Governor eddie and the other speak
ers are to be regarded as an index,
the republican candidates captured
Goldfeld and will hold it against the
enemy in the approaching battle of
ballots. 1t was clearly evident, at
the outset of the meeting, hat the
members of the big audience had
come to learn the republican version
of the points at issue in the present
campaign. That they were pleased
with the explanations offered was
made apparent in no uncertain man.
ner by the applause forthcoming.
There was no attempt to dodge the
many vital issues confronting the
voters in the present campaign; the
speakers made forceful, convincing
addresses and did not mince words
Governor Oddie Cheered
The reception rendered Governor
Oddie when he arose to give an ac-
counting of his stewardship of the
affairs of the state for the last four
years was nothing short of an ova-
ton, which included three cheers
that shook the edifice from dome to
pit. The governor left not the slight
est doubt in the minds of his audi
tors as to his attitude on the pres
ent divorce and gambling laws. He
dec. AIRED unhesitatingly that he is
heartily in sympathy with the two
comparatively new statutes and that,
if reelected, he would oppose n
attempt to repeal them. In a SIM
pie, yet convincing name he pre-
scented arguments in support of his
stand. He averred that We're the leg
islature to again permit easy di-
vcrce end gambling it would be ret
repression. His remarks on these
two issues brought forth particular
applause, indicating that his audi
tors thought the more of him for his
stand for decency and morality.
The meeting was called to order
shortly after s o'clock by Chairman
Milton M. Detch of the republican
county central committee, and the
program was opened with a song,
THE World Is All Wrong Again."
beautifully rendered by Mrs. J. G.
Thompson. AS an encore, she sang
Its Great to Meet a Friend from
Your Home Town" during which the
aesemblage arose and Joined In the
chorus in compliment to Governor
Oddie, whose speech, in part, fol-
lows:
Governors Address
In 1901 I was elected district
attorney of Nye county. and at that
time my salary was wOnderful-it
was $50 a month, payable in those
days in scrip, the scrip redeemable
in seven years. But owing to tho
discovery of Tonopah I did not have
to wait seven years for the money
I only had to pay n deputy out OF
my own pocket, from that SALARY.
and various other expenses.
$50, the saying that you have
heard that a public official on a
small salary cannOt prosper, is a
mistake, because when first COM
menced drawing those wonderful
salaries my total worldly possessions
included an interest in some mining
claims which were not known to be
valuable at thai time; a wonderful
appetite such as John d. Rockefeller
once valued at a million dollars; a
strong constitutions; two old pairs of
patched overalls, and some second
hand mining tools; at the end of
my term l was a millionaire. Now.
| give the primary credit for that re-
markable result to my old friend.
III I " INV min oiit hf'
famous burros I might still be wear
ing those old Overalls and Nevada
might be where she vas 16 years
ago, and the millionaireship I have
mentioned might have been a pros
pector's dream instead of a COVER
nor's memory of wealth departed
and gone where the %woodbine twin
eth
How He Lost Money
But, my friends, l did not lose
any money on the gambling table, or
in the popping of the champagne
corks; but I put it right back into
the ground in Nevada, where it has
seemed to stay with tenacity OF pur-
pose worthy of a better cause.
Now, my friends, the chairman