Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-10-27

! menace TO the state, to the welfare OF
every man in it?
GU know what it means to YOU
the people of Tonopah. You know
what the public utility commission
mas done for this community-stretcl
cd forth its arm, cutting water rates
from $40 to $4 a thousand gallons
cutting electric light rates in resi-
1ences from twenty cents per kilo
watt hour TO nine cents. Remember
mat the Go"crGor and his attorney
general and the lieutenant governor
appoint the railroad commission and
)ui:.ic utility commission, and | ask
you now If You are going to put that
ilrd of man in as attorney general
u this slate, TO betray the whole peo.
'lG Of the state. ... =.
But that is not ALL have another
etter that most vitally concerns all
Il you. / will read it:
State of Nevada
Executive Department.
Carson City, January 6, 1911.
Mr.. E. R. Collins,
Goldfield, Nevada.
My Dear Collins: .,
The governor is so busy with the
board of pardons that he hasn't the
time to attend to any correspondence,
and about midnight last night he
asked me to write to you at once. as
follows:
" The last time he saw Frank
douglass, he (Douglass) told him that
you had number of Photographic
copies of the G. S. letter struck off
and intimating that he could have
one at any time he desired. He
would like very much to have YOU
send one of these by registered mail
20 be used only by him in case of abb
5olute necessity, and then only after
consultation with you. You are well
enough acquainted with S. to know
That 1t is impossible to anticipate his
hair-brained actions, and the COVER
nor merely wants this for reserve am
for a possible emergency.
This letter is signed by L. F. Ad-
ahson, then bullion tax collector, and
conndential man of Governor Oddie.
/ wonder what that absolute ne
cesslty or that possible emergency
could nave been that the governor
lau In mind, when he caused this let
ter TO be written? 1t must have been
lor MS own personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
not for the benefit of the public. not
for the welfare of our state but for
ms own possible emergency or ABB
solute necessity and that, | believe.
can prove to you ..-..'
Governor Oddie Is a repubIican
republican convention was held a
few weeks ago in Carson City. Me-
vada and without a dissenting vote
Governor Oddie and the Republicans
OF this state endorsed Mr.. Springmey-
er for attorney general. Governor
Oddie had know for four years of this
promise. He knew Springmeyer: he
probably had the Photographic copy
ior emergency or necessity, and vet
ne consented that the interests of
this state might, in the future, be be-
trayed by George Springmeyer, attor-
ney general. He is still Easy Oddie.'
say to you, and the people of
Ionopah, and to the people of the
whole state that the interests Of the
people of the state shall not be be-
trayed by the weakness of Governor
Oddfe or the duplicity of George
Spr1ngmeyer, or the republican party,
and that there shall not be foisted
upon the people of this state any such
as that"
The p. R-Collins mentioned herein.
was the Postmaster at Goldfield who,
about a year ago, disappeared from
that place, and was short in his ac-
counts several thousand dollars. II
rs reported on good authority that
Mr. Collins shortage was reported to
Mr.. Platt, United States Attorney
some time before Collins left Goldfieid
nut that before an action was brought
against him by Mr.. Plat, Mr.. Collins
iuddenly left Goldfeld, leaving his
wife, and has not been heard of since