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

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less of whether / am right or wrong,
and regardless of whether my OPP
ponent is ADLER or better fitted for
the office of governor than l, and re-
CARELESS of public affiliations, 1 feel
that the miners of Tonopah of the
early days and the miners who are
here today and in other camps of the
state, will find my name on the bal
lot on election day and will put a
cross there, for the sake of Aud
Lang Syne.'
Now, my friends, the question
before you, so far as am immedi-
ately concerned. is whether or not I
have made you a good governor. I
a say that l have tried to. | can
say that never for one moment dur
ing the last four years have l per-
formed any official act with any
other motive than a positive and dis
interested intent to serve the peo-
pie in the best way that l knew how.
My conscience is clear on that score.
But I am not going to beg the issue
on any mere declaration of good in
tent, as you all know there is a GER
tain portion of the hereafter that is
said to be paved with good inten-
tons. But / make that claim here
and now, that I have made good as
governor and that 1 am at least en-
titled to the support of all good citi-
zens for reelection.
INV frlnnno ny rnnD-I mill chou
hal l am neither an extremist or a
faddist, nor a splendid beginner or
a poor finisher. On the contrary, /
claim to have sponsored a large Lum-
Der of sound, sane, practical chang
es, reforms and improvements in
our state government and it's poll
cies. That the majority of these
have been enacted into the laws of
the state, and time is proving their
success and merit. On the other
hand, l have vetoed more bills, per-
haps, than any governor in the his
tory of the state; and I believe that
every such veto is defensible, and
that with all of the facts in possess
sion of the people, will be sustained
by sound public sentiment. In 1911
| vetoed bills carrying appropria-
lions of approximately %S35O.00O.
Question of Labor
i would like to mention the ques-
ton of labor. In all matters OF leg
islatiOn, and in the various issues
that have arisen between capital and
Ia nor cinnn 7 hoUn hnnn nNynrnnr 7
have tried to stand for justice, for
a square deal on both sides. When
industrial disputes have threatened,
instead of staying at home away
from the sea of trouble, l have
gone right on the ground; | have in
terviewed both sides .impartially,
and | have found out what the diff
ferences were, and l have used my
best efforts in adjusting those diff
f%erences, and, my friends. / have met
with success in this work; I have
brought peace and harmony out of
discord and chaos; l believe l have
saved lives, and l IA show you how
| have done it; | have saved this
state from internal strife. Today
We have peace and harmony, and I
can see no occasion why it should
not continue. l have worked Shout
der to shoulder with wage earners,
and | know their point of view. 1
have been an employer, and l know
the employers point of view. l
stand for right and justice on both
sides, and for law and order always.
WOrkmen's Compensation
There is a matter l would like to
call to your attention in connection
with labor matters, and hat is the
question of workmen's cOmpensa-
ton. | have been "a large employer
of labor, as l have told you, and |
have studied this matttr for a long
time, for ears previous to my TAX
ing office as governor. | could see
the injustice done, the hardships
worked on men who had been injur-
ed in the course of their employ
ment, and to the dependents of those
killed. l have studied this matter
hard; and l brought this matter to
the attention of the legislature for
the first time in the history of the
state that it had ever been brought
properly to the attention of the leg
islature; and today we have a good
law. 1t will be improved at the
next session of the legislature"
The governor then read what he
first recommended to the legisla-
ture in his inaugural message-the
first recommendation of a governor
of this state along this line.
Il recently stated in Reno that
the state of Nevada needed a COM
plete overhauling or simplifcatiOn
of it's state and county governments.
My friends, this must be done. There
are extravagances and wastes of the
public money going on in Carson
which the people should know about.
l will tell you that l suggested this