The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-10-10
THAT REMINDS NE
OF A GOOD STORY
Horde of Democratic Office Holders
Assisted By a Good Comedy
Film Entertain A Crowd
of Our Citizens

of Our Citizens
A bunch of the best little re.
minders it has ever been the good
fortune of the average person to
listen to appeared on the stage OF
the American theatre last night and
spoke their parts, like little men
to the delight of an audience that
comfortably filled the house.
T. E. Powell, member of the
Democratic county central commit.
tee, fittingly served as master OF
obsequies and acquitted himself in
manner that left no room for
criticism.
An even half-dozen candidates,
consisting of George A. Cole, for
state controller; Edward Malley
for state treasurer; Joe Farnsworth,
for state printer; M. A. Diskin, for
attorney general, and C. L. Deadly,
for surveyor general, were intro
duced to the audience, one by one,
and each and every one, in course
of studied declamations, had oc-
casion to casually remark, "that
reminds me-" and with that as a
preface the speaker would relate a
semi-funny incident that he had
memorized from that humorous
compilation entitled, "a Grand Ga
laxy of Wit and Funny Sayings
Gathered By Josh Billings In 1872"
On hearing one of the "that re-
minds me-" good Democratic
brother, seated in the rear of the
house, in attempting to assuage the
pain by sly nip at the contents
Of a bottle, inadvertently let the
bottle fall to the floor with a
crash that created the only excite
ment incident to the meeting; and
after he had recovered the bottle
the sufferer said: 1.-THE first time
that heard that joke I nearly
kicked all the Stats out of the
CRADLE"
1t is fair TO say, however, that
each speaker put his best foot
forward" and made. under the
handicaps which he Iabors, as good
a showing as one could expect.
The talks were remarkably free
of vituperation and had one not
known that it was advertised as a
Democratic campaign meeting he
might have labored under the OBJ
session that the speakers were there
for the sole purpose of showing
the audience a good time, gratis, to
compensate them for the worries
they have been subjected to as q
result of having to hustle like the
dickens to pay the enormous taxes
that have been shouldered onto
them by the state administration
Of which the men who addressed
them are, in the main, to blame.
The only speaker who attempted
defense of the state administra-
ton was the candidate for attorney
general of the state, M. A. Diskin,
the man who is asking the taxpayers
to elect him to the place which, he
himself said, is one of paramount
Importance to the taxpayers, in
that the occupant is the adviser
the counsellor-of all the other de-
partments of the state government.
Mr.. Diskin surely forgot some very
important facts, else he was OBJ
sessed with the thought that by
telling half-truths he could impose
upon the intelligence of this COM
munity and, by so doing, would en-
dear himself to the hearts of the
taxpayers. If that was his purpose
it was inspired by sinister motives
and will prove abortive. This is
no time for half-truths. What the
people desire to know is: If the
tax rate is as set forth by Diskin
less now than it was under the pre-
ceeding Republican administration
why, by all that is good, bad and
indifferent, are the taxpayers
forced to dig up more money to
LAY their taxes?
Diskin may fatter himself will
the thought that he is cleve,
juggler of figures, but he overlooks
the fact that while liars may figure
figures do not lie. This does not
necessarily mean that Mr.. Diskin
resorted to lies. 1t will be granted
that he did not. More, it will be
conceded that he told some truths
put he did not tell all of the truth
and there are times when half-told
truth narrowly escapes cataloguine
as lie. For instance: Diskin SAID
that under the Republican regime
the tax rate was 61.5 cents, anC
that under the present administra.
ton it has declined to 60 cents; but