Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-02-13
POLITICS IN
EASTERN NEVADA

Spcllicr, on the Reno Evening Ga
Zctte, seems TO have q corner on pO-
!itical letters so far as the western
part OF the state is concerned. AT
any rate SpellieT's letters are anX- /
iously awaited by eastern editors |
election affairs. The Independent is |
of the idea that it Is about time the |
eastern part Of the state gets on the |
map with few candidates anyway,
even though we might not put them
all over the first rattle out OF the box
To read Spellier's letters no one
would ever imagine that We out here
ever existed except to send in our
quota Of the states taxes and cast
our vote for the party candidate who
comes in here and spills the long
green most effectively. OF course this
isn't Spellier's fault because he gets
his dope from so-called party leaders
camping on the job around Carson
| City and Reno. No more surprised
bunch in the world ever lived than
| this crowd Of vote mongers when we
put Charlie Henderson over for the
senatorial appointment vice New
| lands, deceased. Such howl as was
raised! And all ready they are afraid
we are going to land Ed Caine in the
Roberts throne at Washington, in ad-
dition to Senator Henderson's pcrma.
ncnt instatcmcnt this fall. And why
the Sam Hill shouldn't we Moneys
no object. Even newspaper men have
three meals a day up here besides a
fairly comfortable nights sleep.
What's the matter with putting over
4 a governor and an encouragement
Between Humboldt, White Pine and
Elko counties il ought to be cinch.
We understand that Senator Abe Hes
son might be approached on the gov
crnorship proposition and there isn't
better man for the job in the state.
, The gubcrnatorial nnominatiOn has a
% candidate sticking out of every pock'
81
with a reasonable chance Of winning
!, A score of good lawyers in eastern
Il, Nevada have excellent records and
more than possible chance to VIII
, the attornCy.generars berth. Cliff
O Robins, at WinncmucCa, Tom Saiter
q his partner, Carey Van Fleet Of Elko
n. T.. Carville. present district attOr
r ney of Elko county, who has announc
ed his retirement from that Office
10 this fall, Anthony Zurich, of Ely, thes
:, and many more could be mentlonc
- who would make Crcditablc showing
80 for the orncy-gencralRhip.
=, The bid that Is being made by cas-
ern Nevada for political recognition
more than re quest for support.
is n demand that the voters OF IL
n. state recognize the source of maJt
is portion Of the states wealth. Elb
'g- county is the richest per capita n
'st only in Nevada, but In many states
We tho Union. White Pine county su
irt pcr mines: Humboldt county Ia wet
thy and progressive And yet betwe'
tho three of them they have been ab
II to grab off about one plum out OF
n cry twenty in years gone by. But {
appointment OF Henderson has ava
ID cned the voters OF eastern Nevada
tho possibilities Of concerted acti
and determined effort Ia going
be made this fail not only to teto
our present representatives on t
b political rOstrum but TO add to the
and our follow citizens ! nthe W.
will do we'll to watch our smoke. I
time Is come when the path to pol
cal prestige leads farther than ba
roll made somewhere else and