The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-24
W|NNEMUCCA EDITOR
TALKS ON POLITICS
From the Elko Free Press1

Met a fellow from Elko in the
University Club at Salt Lake City last
Wednesday night, who told me poll
tics had not opened up in his old
home town; but it seems to me, af-
ter two hours experience in this burg,
that his talk was the bunk"
The speaker was G.. d. Ayres.
newspaperman of nationwide expert
ence, who arrived in Elko on train
No. 5 yesterday morning. Ayres and
his son, w. II. Ayres, are publishers
of The Silver State, at Winnemucca,
which old sheet has grown remark
ably during their two years n
ship. Ayres senior continues on to
Winnemucca on train No. 10. Con-
tinuing his gossipy talk, he said:
why, politics was audible and
visible in Elko from the moment
opened my eyes after pounding my
ear all night on the hard seat-arm OF
a day coach. Got fired out of a sleep
er at Ogden last night because some
thing was the matter with the wheels
or truck-gear somewhere; and there
was no other chance in a sleeper.
Got to talking with a man named
J.. B. Wall. who lived at Winnemucca
fifteen years ago and is returning
there because he heard what a good
town it is getting to be. Then | dis
covered the venerable head of Charles
E. Wharton looming above a seat
back, and determined l would go over
and find out from him all about his
Nevada senator business. For some
time I have wanted to know just
what Charlie thought about it. OF
/ have read what he has been
doing around McGill.
But before l got started toward
Wharton, Samuel s. AREN'T came
down the aisle of the coach, and he
stopped to talk. Arentz was all
mussed up like a prospector coming
from the hills, which same would
not be an unnatural role for that
miner. 1t appeared the Republican
aspirant for the lower house of con
gress, while in Ely, received a wire
from his wife saying he was needed
at home, but giving no intimation OF
the reason. AREN'T supposed that one
of the children must be sick, and he
was considerably worried. He had
made a act by automobile from Ely
to Cobre and just caught No. 5.
Never had a chance to go over
10 see Wharton before the train
stopped. But there was politics or
the first ball pitched in Elko. Before
I had reached the register at the
Mayer, 1 hae beer. informed that ii
all s3ttled here that Cox vas
to carry Ohio. | was never more
surprised. I have worked on every
large newspaper in that state, and
thought l knew something Of the tenn
ger of the people there, but l had
not supposed for a moment that Cox
was to beat Harding this fall, ever
considering the state machine. Cox's
belated switch to the dry side of
things will not alter his record with
the people of Ohio. And Harding has
never switched.
Then came the information that
your W native son, Henderson, was
Just the same as elected to another
term as senator. OF course, l had
heard all that before. I have been
away for so long a time / don't know
who the Republicans have under
for the senate job, but | wouldn't go
so far as to say Henderson has a
cinch on going back to Washington. |
have heard enough of the other side
of the matter to convince me that
some of the support which has been
named as absolutely sure for the
junior senator, is going fuzzy before
election time. And l have not yet
heard what Wharton has to say
about it.
well. we're going to have a right
merry time from now on, and it will
be interesting-oh, very interesting.
Some Nevada traditions will be shat
tered for keeps, next November.