Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-10-20
Ovation for Governor Oddie
and Republican Candidates
In Campaign for Economy
CHARGES AGAINST BEN COLEMAN
He Was a Minority Member During
Four Years Governor Odde Saved the State Over
$500 OOO--Greater Good May Be Accomplished
by Harmonious Republican Administration

connection with Tonopah in the
early days. was the manager OF
the principal properties here for the
first five years OF the existence OF
the camp, and in that time | made
the friendship of the miners. With
the consent of my partners | estab-
lished the 81 wage scale, and the
chairman has told you that all of
the other camps in the state but the
Comstock were paying $3.50 and 50.
The miners were my trusted friends
in those days. and ! feel that | am
their friend today, and that they
are just as Loyalty mine wherever
they may be; and, regardless of
whether / am right or wrong, and
regardless of whether my opponent
is abler or better fitted for the Of
flee of governor than |, and regard
less of public affiliations. ] feel that
the miners of Tonopah of the early
days and the miners who are here
today, will find my name on the
ballot on election day and will put
a cross there, for the sake of Aud
Lang Syne.' (Applause.)
Acquitted Himself Well.
Nov, my friends, the question
before you, so far as | am immediate
ly concerned, is whether or not /
nave made you a good governor.
can say that | have tried to. can
say that never for one moment dur
ing the last four years have | per-
formed any official act with any
other motive than a positive and dis
interested intent TO serve the people
in the best way that | knew how.
MY conscience Is clear on that score.
But | am not going to beg that issue
with any simple declaration as to
intent, as you all know that there is
certain portion of the hereafter
that is said to be paved with good
intentionsl But | make that claim
here and now, that | have made you
a good governor and that | am at
least entitled to the support of all
good citizens for reelection. Gap
plause.)
An Embarrassing Position.
But of the IL elected state of
ficials have been Republicans, and
that both sessions of the Legislature
have been Democratic, cannot be
denied In 1913 both houses of the
J.
Democratic; while in 1911 the senate
was Democratic, and the house even
| ly divided between Democrats and
Republicans, with one Independent
holding the balance of power and ex
ercising his prerogatives of inde
pendence; and the result was that
the Democratic senate controlled the
situation. Now, with that situation
1 to face, anyone thinking that a Re
publican governor with less diplom
acy than Talleyrand, or less patience
that Job, would occupy bed o.
roses under such circumstances,
would like to be introduced to him
(Applause.)
| Now, my friends, my record viii
i show and claim to have sponsures
large number of practical, just re
forms. That the majority of thes,
have been enacted into the laws o
the state, and time is proving thei
soundness and merit On the othe
hand, i have vetoed more bills, per
haps, that any governor in the his
tory of the state; but | believe tina
every such veto is defensible, an,
, that all of the facts in possession
of the people will be sustained b
| sound public sentiment. In 1911
vetoed bills carryaing appropriation
! of approximately $350,000 Anon
: these vetoes was the Panama Pacifl
Exposition BILL which carried an al
/ preparation of $150,00O for San FraI
2 cisco alone. didn't veto that bi
7 because | was opposed to the exhibi
] but because | felt that the matte
S could just as well go over anothe
5 two years, to sound public sentimeI
on it. Furthermore, the legislatuI
failed to provide the money to me,
that expenditure. (Applause.)
Nov, the veto was very round
denounced by certain newspapers
the state, which just as roundly
4 nounced me two years later for sig
u ing the second appropriation bill fl
u $4,000 for both exhibits at Sf
Francisco and San Diego. Now, tn
second exposition bill was passed
the 1918 legislature which can
d fresh from the people following Il
i original yetos And that my friend
'r was notice to me that the peop
Y wanted it, Now. | had been a mine
~ ity member of the Exposition boa
u from the start; have not been
d sympathy with some of the pla
8 and policies outlined and carried OF
Is But | will say that the board
g come to an understanding to Ike
~ the costs down to the lowest possil
k- point, and | hope that this will
st done. But, ! will tell you, my frien
that if | had control of that boa
az II would be done.
III Question OF Labor.
Oh Now. | would like to mention
es question of labor In all matters
Oh Legislation, and in the various iss,
that have arisen between capital a
labor since | have been governor
have tried 10 stand for justice
Nh both sides, and for a square deal
both sides, When industrial
his putes have threatened, instead
ion staying at home away from the S
at of trouble, | have gone right on
ground; have interviewed
sides impartially, and have TO
out what the differences were, an