The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-24
GOVERNOR AND OTHER
A ARE
GREETED IN GOLDFIELD

mittee vas appointed from both
houses of the legislature, which
made a sham pretense at retrencn-
ment. Nothing was accomplished.
The heads of the various democrat
ic departments were interviewed,
and their words were taken that
everything was all right and the
committee let it GO at that. My op-
ponents are accusing me of extrav-
agance; they are accusing the re-
publican administration, but when
you think that two-thirds of the
state officers and employees of the
state are democrats, why, you will
see hat there is a reason.
I'm 1911 the legislature passed
a bill almost doubling the salary OF
the state officers. 1 promptly vetoed
that bill and many others also.
Now, | am not attacking good
democrats or good republicans; this
is not a political matter, it is a mat
ter of business. l was in the legis-
lature from Nye county some years
ago. There we're no politics then;
the men in the various parties work
ed side by side for the welfare Of
the state of Nevada; but in the last
few years in Carson City there have
been too much cheap politics played.
The state has had to suffer from it.
Divorce and Gambling
Another matter I would like to
call to your attention is a very deli
cate one. l know that it is going to
make me less votes, but, my friends,
| would rather come out and tell
you squarely where I stand; and
that is in regard to the question Of
the return of the open gambling and
easy divorce law. l have been a
member of the pardon and parole
board in Carson City for four years;
have had to examine into hun
dreds of cases of the poor unfortu-
mates in our prison. have had
mothers and wives and fathers and
sisters and brothers pleading with
me hour after hour and day after
day for the liberty of those they
love. My friends, the great major
llN Oh lHe Hltu luNOlNcu III hCo vas
es are in prison on account of the
old open gambling law. Now, / am
not criticising those who differ with
me on these matters; it is not a per-
sonal matter, because every man is
entitled to his own opinion on these
matters. Some of our best people
feel that I am wrong in this; that for
business reasons I should allow the
change. I am not criticising any
individual, but I am criticising the
principle. I feel hat Our state
should not take a step backward aft
! er it has stepped forward.
I'm regard to the other matter,
the easy divorce law: was instru-
mental largely in having the divorce
law changed. | know the sentiment
of a large number of the people of
Reno about this law; l will tell you
! that petitions were sent to me sign
ed by a large number of the best cit
liens in Reno, almost all of the men,
bers of the bar and of the profession
al men, property holders, working
men, men in all classes, who wanted
the law changed. The law was
changed. Now a great many want
it brought back to it's original state.
l will tell you, my friends. | do not
want it brought back. There are
features of that law which l will not
| discuss with you now. 1t worked a
| hardship on Reno and the state of
Nevada; it brought a slur on the
state in the mouths of people all
over the world, and l know it.
nave travelled outside a good deal.
Dou YOU realize that when hat law
was in effect and that colony was
in Reno that there were hundreds,
nearly a thousand at one time, Of
six months, and that emo is like
many another town in possessing
many deserving men and women
who are entitled to employment in
the town. and do you realize that a
great majority of these women and
of the men who came out for divorce
had to make their living in the state
While they We're here, and that those
people were working for their board
and just a little more than their
board, and that they were crowding
the local men and women out of en-
ployment which they were entitled
to, and those local people were stay
ing at home, hungry in many in
stances? Did you v e look at it il
that way? My friends. l do not want
this law back.
Questions for Boyle
MY opponent has been asked re-
peatedly by many people in this state
where he stood on these two mat
ters; and l demand that he state
where he stands. 1 have stood on
the platform in this state for two
weeks and more and I have spoken
every night. l have stated that