The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-10-14
SECOND DEMOCRATIC RALLY
National and State Democratic
Nominees Address Large Andi-
ence In Eureka Sunday
Night

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By Mrs. Pittnzn. Z E Game, Demo
cratic nominee for Representative n
Congress. J. A Sanders. candidate
for Supreme Judge. and William
Kennett. candidate for Clerk Of the
Supreme Court. arrived in Eureka
from Ely by auto Sunday and ad-
dressed a large and attentiveaudience
at the Opera House that evening on
the political issues of the day from a
Democratic standpoint
District Attorney N. P. Morgan.
who acted as chairman ofthe meeting,
before introducing the first speaker
spoke briefly of the importance of
the issues of the campaign and the
necessity of their careful considera-
ton by the voter.
The most vital issue before the
people, he said, was whether or not
they approved of the policies and
conduct of President Wilson and his
Democratic administration for the
past four years, and desired to con-
tinue in the course which the Nation
has pursued; that this was an issue,
broader than party lines, and one
which had to do with the welfare. if
not the life or death, Of every person
in the community; and the policies
of the President concerning Mexico.
the European war, child labor. the
railroad strike, panic prevention. and
others, were mentioned as examples
of conduct which vitality and materi-
ally oncer the people, and as ques-
tons which every voter must decide
for himself. Saying what u con-
duct as a nation should be and decid-
ing these questions properly. ne
maintained, places upon the voter a
tremendous responsibility. but one
which every honest voter desires to
prepare himself to meet.
He stated that the purpose of these
meetings was to study these issues
and to assist the voter in preparing
himself to meet this great response.
bility of citizenship.
Judge Sanders. candidate for Su.
preme Judge, the first speaker, pre-.
faced his remarks with the statement
that this Office of dispensing judg.
ment and justice precluded the dis
cussion of politics, and in consequence
he would speak briefly Of his owl
candidacy. He said that he was {;
man of the people and now Distric
Attorney of Nye County. which Office
he had held for the past six years
and that he felt that this experience
especially qualified him for thi
higher and trustworthy Office. HI
pledged himself if elected to devote
his time strictly and solely to its du
ties-to be a non-partisan judge ant
decide cases with dispatch, courag
and impartial justice.
Senator Pittman was the mex
speaker and made a lengthy address
on the present campaign issues ant
spoke of what he had done and at
tempted to do for the people as on
of Nevada's representatives in tn
Senate at Washington.
Mr.. Pittman in opening his address
first touched on affairs of Nationa
import and freely discussed tn
Mexican situation. He demonstrat
ed how the problem is an inheritanc
to Democracy. having been handet
down to President Wilson by tn
Taft Administration; how the pres
ent administration and its supporter
have been maligned and traduced b
a small coterie of deeply intereste'
parties and politicians, led by Hears
in the attempt to plunge this countr,
into bloody strife with Mexico in or
der to further the financial interest
of Hearst and his band of intereste'
followers. The Senator pictures
wildly the results of warfare wit
Mexico, calling attention to the fac
that untold thousands of the youni
men. the flower of the country