White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-11

Governor O00fefS duurtsS.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men:-About seventeen years ago,
when I first came to Nevada. the
state had a population of about AZ
600 and a total assessable valuation
lof about s22. 500. 900. | mention these
figures by way of comparison. for
during the time | have resided in che
state. the population Of the state has
doubled and the assessed valuation
has increased over 500 per cent.
The great stimulus In this great de-
velopment of Nevada was the discov.
cry of Tonopah by Jim Butler, the
Father of Southern Nevada. who
was a partner of Wilson Brougher and
my self. In the trail of that wonder
full discovery came the series OF 9TH
er mining discoveries, including Gold
field, the seething a OF mining
excitement and mining investments
and the changing OF the whole current
of Nevada's destiny from one of stag
nation and depression to a general and
permanent awakening of enterprise
and state building. But for the Won
derful discovery by Jim Butler of To-
nopah the state of Nevada would be
about where it was sixteen years ago.
Ii you will pardon me, my friends.
Il will say that when | came to Ne
vada | had more hair on my head
than | have today. ,Laughter) Be-
fore | became governor ! spent twelve
and a nalf years in the
state and for every hair that | lost |
Learned something new about Nevada.
Boon Friend of Miners
| was the first manager of the prin-
cipal Tonopah mining companies for
the first five years of its existence.
day are the miners of Tonopah OF
those years. scattered wherever they
may De. With the consent of my part
ners | established there the four dol
lar wage scale. when all other camps
in the state with the exception of the
/ Comstock were paving three and a
half. | was the miners trusted friend
IN those days. and they are equally
mine wherever they may be. The
bond of manhood, shoulder 10 should
er, where only manhood counted, ce-
mented a friendship between us that
will endure while we live. The miners
today are my friends. God Bless them,
and | am theirs. tApplanse). Re
gardless of whether / am right or
wrong. regardless of whether my OPP
ponent is ADLER or better fitted for
the great office Of governor. than !,
and regardless of party utilization. the
miners of Tonopah of those days,
wherever they may be on election day
will find Oddie's name on the ballot
and will stamp an X in the squire op-
pcsite my name for the sake of "Old
Lang syne."
The question at issue In this cam
palgn. SO far as | am Immediately al
fecfed, is whether or not | have made
YOU a good governor. | can say thai
tried to. I can say that every offic
la. act of mine has been performed
with no other motive than that th'
positive and disinterested intent Il
serve the people of the state to th'
best of my ability, but | am not go
ing 10 beg the issue by any mere
declaration of intent. You know wha
Is said OF a certain portion OF the here
after that is paved with good inten
tions. | am going to read two brie
extracts from the republican platform
adopted about a week ago:
I'VE refer the public to the officia
= achievements of Governor Tasker /
D eddie accomplished with two sessions
E OF the legislature In political opposi
ton to him and with a majority o
: public offices, boards and commission
r held and controlled by political OF
! ponents. We call attention to his in
: augural and subsequent messages Z
the state legislature to show durini
| four years he has worked patientl,
I to the accomplishment of definit'
I ends. That without ~deviating from
, the program therein outlined he Ia
carried the same through in all mat
E tiers of constructive policy to full ae
complishment; emerging from two an
: one-half years of the bitterest mis-
understanding and attacks to the well