Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-05-19
The Big Exposition
at San Francisco

months when those who have delay
ed their buildings will pay the pen
atty in the added price Of material
and labor, which will amount to from
IS to Is per cent
, The fact that w. c. Ralston, more
Familiarity known as "Billy' Ralston,
was one of the men who went
through the east and made the fight
for the location of the exposition,
has caused the party leaders to send
him to the front as a candidate for
governor on the Republican ticket.
His candidacy was announced a few
days ago and caused a stir i'll polit-
iCial circles. 1t seemed to cause an
easier feeling to pervade the Repub-
lican ranks as they were not taking
very kindly to the material that Was
being presented to them.
Ralston has always been a narne
to c%onjure with in San Francisco.
In the old days when William e..
Ralston. the father of the candidate,
was the president of the Bank Of
California. his business methods kept
the wheels Of industry humming All
over San Francisco and the coast.
His theory was to keep money 10Y
ing for industrial enterprises; he put
millions into the COmetOCk at a time
when the old ledge was languishing
for the want of confidence and CAPT
tai. He built the Palace hotel when
more timid investors predicted fail
ure and wherever he could find a
place to put a dollar earning is
keep. he invested it.
This is why the name OF his son
creates enthusiasm in all circles. The
south Of Market vote is already lin
ed up for him because it was Rails
ton money that built up that section
fifty years ago. The descendants ol
the men who toiled there i'll the early
days remember this.
Curiou>ly enough he occupies a
very fried1y relation with both CAPT.
tai and labor.
While he has never catered to la
Dor unions he has always paid tht
highest wage and given his men the
benefit of the short hours.
The laboring man i, beginning t
recognize the fact that it is not al
ways the mar who shouts the loud
est for labor who pays the best
Oddly enough he proposes to head
the Republican ticket and openly ad~
nits that he voted for Wilson in the
last campaign,
That does not hurt him with thous-
1nd> OF Republicans who voted just
as ne did and don't make any bones
Of saving SO.
California is already tired OF thr
Johnson administration. He WAS
a, a Republican and joined
the Progressives in the last cam
HI, administration did the Pro-
gressive cause no good. lie demon
thar he was too narrow tor
he gOvernorship and carried his an
ImOsities into his administration.
His fight against Secretary OF State
Jordan was a spectacular affair and
it was over Jordan had the
Of the battle and Johnson lost
prestige.
Ralston worked in the state SEN
ne for the woman suffrage bill and
his fall an army OF women will cast
their ballots for him.
He is opposed to making Calltor'
MIA a dry" state and is regarded as
A friend Of the wine industry.
The registration SO far shows that
more Republicans have registered
han the Progressives and Dem J.
rats combined.
These are signs that indicate that
.alston will be the next governor
Of California. and give the state a
business administration. Raalston IS
energetic and enterprising and there
never has been a time in his pollt-
ical career that there was any doubt
Of where he stood on every public |
question. His ability or honesty has
never been questioned and he has
the reputation of a man who docs
things
Not long ago Nevada had a taste
OF that. The Comstock mines were
about to be shut down Tor lack OF
$4,000 to pay the electric company |
the power to pump the water
the lower levels. Ralston went
to the bat and raised the money that
saved the day.
While others were talking he act