Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-12-18
M'CARRN NAY
RESIGN, RUMOR

Louis A. Spellier In the Reno Ga
| zette hands out the following political
dope:
CARSON CITY. Dec. 16.-It is III.
mored in Carson City that Justic Nc
Carran is to resign about the first OF
the year. Whether or not this rumor
is correct has no: been officially an.
nounced. Those who have watched the
senatorial fight between Pittman and
McCarran from an u~nprejudiced stand
point go back to a previous campaign
to find a justification for the report.
They claim Justice McCarran made tn.
unqualified assertion that he never
would be a candidate for United States
senator while he occupied the supreme
court bench. In view Of this statement
and of the fact that he is an avoweL
candidate for the s%enatoril nomina.
ton, observers say the only thing
left for him to do, In case he con.
tinues the fight for the senatorial nom,
nation, Is to resign.
Judge McCarran said yesterday he
had not determined when his next
campaign trip will be made. He added
ne does not think many more trips
will be necessary, indicating he believ.
es the convention fight already is won.
New Angie to Fight.
The senatorial fight was given a new
angle recently by the statement of sew.
eral prominent members of the demo.
cratic party, men who have closely oh.
served the ebb and flow Of the poll
teal tide in previous campaigns. They
assert the only reasonable solution tC
he apparent merging Of hitherto wide,
ly divergent views held by the two
factions of the party, know as the
"Dickerson wing and the "Three-b
crowd (the latter aggregation so
termed because the tire leaders were
Boyd. Bingham and Benton), II the de-
sire on the part Of the latter to put
Pittman In a condition once aptly de-
scribed by Grover Cleveland. Believing
i'ittman has nc chance of reelection,
these democratic leaders say the fac
tions mentioned have reached the con
clusion that, to do this most effective.
ly, they have only to hand him the
nomination next year. Whether these
surmises are correct or not, the fact
remains that the two factions are ly-
Ing down together like the full-feo
lion and the fearless lamb.
Patrick Satisfied.
E.. T. Patrick, deputy attorney-gener-
al. whose candidacy for the democratic
congressional nomination was report
ed here last week, has announced he
is not seeking laurels to be earned at
Washington. Patrick says he Is sat
isfed with his present job. Patrick re-
Gently returned from Elko county,
where, in so minutes, he settled 81
tax suits involving $4,000. There is,
he says, a persistent and apparently
we'll founded impression that E. E.
Game, Henderson's law partner, will
be a candidate for the congressional
nomination. Game, he says, will Meth
er deny or affirm the rumor, indicat.
ing he is at least considering the pro
position.
Noreross to Stay at Post.
There have been numerous reports
of late to the effect that Chief Justice
N%orcross was going to hand his res
ignation to Gov. Boyle on January /.
The chief justice disposed of all such
reports by stating very emphatically
he has no intention of doing anything
Of the kind.
Must Hold Early Convention.
The early dates selected for the re-
publican and democratic national con-
"entions will make 1t necessary for
both parties in Nevada to hold their
conventions to select three delegates
and three alternates to Chicago and
st. Louis. The new election law leaves
the manner OF selecting the national
convention delegates in the hands OF
the state central committees. A meet
ing of the republican state central
committee will be called in January
for the purpose of determining on a
time and place for naming the dele.
gates, as we'll as the manner OF Sc.
Letting them.
Plans Of Socialists.
So far as known, A. Grant Miller will
have no opposition for the socialist
senatorial nomination II he decides to
run. He recently made the statement,
however, that he is undecided as to