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

Err 81 1914
will not exercise his veto power
sounds all very well, but our con-
stitution very wisely places the veto
| power in the hands of the governor,
and he should exercise it with dis
erection, courage and wisdom.
Regardless of what I may do, or
you may do, neither open gambling
| nor divorce will be restored to Ne
vada. No matter what I may prom
Use or fail to promise, or what my
opponent may promise or fail to
promise. neither open gambling nor
easy divorce will follow. Person
ally, 1 am opposed to both and
would veto a bill carrying either.
You are entitled to know this. But
/ want to say now, that IL either Mr..
Boyle or l were to promise a repeal
or important amendment of the pres
ent divorce law or a return to open
gambling, we would be promising
that which neither of us or the legis-
lature could deliver. If the legisla-
ture should present to the governor
for his signature a bill restoring
either of these, and if the governor
should sign that bill, two things
would Immediately happen. Two pc
titions would be launched into i'm
mediate circulation. First a petit
ton for the recall of the governor;
second, a referendum petition under
which the law would be submitted to
the people. 1 know whereof I
speak. I would regret to see my
state, Nevada, standing before the
nation voting upon such issues, and
there could be but one result.
Penitentiary Job
Now, another matter that l have
saved the state a great deal OF
money on vas in the prevention of
the building of the proposed new
prison. When l assumed office plans
were in existence for a new prison
to cost 1856 900; the contract was
signed three days before l was in
augurated into office, and l found
the contract facing me; everybody
supposed the matter was settled and
that We would have a magnificent
new prison. The plans called for a
prison to cost at least $355,O0O. l
looked into the prison matters and
found that there was some conges-
ton in Our prison. vas instru-
mental in having the law passed
| which nnnh1nd nc RI urnrE cnn,n 0f
u cOnvicts on the public roads;
that relieved the congestion; it in
terfered with no working man in the
state; it did not take one dollars
worth of work away from any man.
1t was a beneficial law. That reliev-
ed the congestion in the prison, as |
say. l believed there was a flaw in
the contract; directed the attorney
general to study that contract and
he found a flaw in it; l stated that
the contract would not be carried
out. Lawyers came to me and
threatened mandamus proceedings,
and there was a great deal of noise
and disturbance about it.. But l
stated that the prison would not be
built and the prison has not been
built; and our present prison is
good enough for us for a great many
years to come.
II have worked for you hard in
the last four years; / have accomp-
lished a great deal and my record
will prove it; l invite an inspection
of the record. l want you to study
these matters. If any of you were
employing men to work for you in
the sinking of a shaft or in develop
ing a mine, you would want a report
as to what that man was doing.
have been working for you for near
ly fOur years now, and l want q
chance to report to you; l would like
to talk to you by the hour, because
| am deeply interested in this work
| have been doing, and, as told you
before, l want to carry it out - |
want you to send me back. South
ern Nevada gave me a magnificent
vote the last time, and | have been
deeply grateful for it; and l desire
and ask you to do the same for me
at the coming election
Other Speakers
Judge b. F. Curler of Elko, candi.
date for justice of the supreme court.
made an eloquent address, which
found great favor with the audience,
being frequently %applauded. He
stated that he vas born and raised
in Nevada and that the one great
ambition of his life was to occupy a
seat on the supreme oench of the
state. He reviewed his record as
district judge of Washoe county for
eight years, declaring that he had
never been reversed in a criminal
case and that his percentage of re-
v~ersals in civil litigation was as low
as that of any other judge in the
state. Judge Curler declared in EN-