The Weekly Elko Independent

The World's Washington special says: Ex-Senator Booth, of California, who has been here during the past week, reluctantly confesses that his State is liable to be Democratic for years to come, the Germans having gone out of the Republican party to stay. This defection, in itself, is considerable. Added to a large exodus from the Republican ranks on general principles, it will operate fatally upon Republican hopes, Mr. Booth fears, in the next campaign. Booth voices the Republican dismay by criticising Governor Stoneman for not going out of his way to favor the railroad companies, after having been elected, as charged, with railroad assistance. It is conceded, however, that the office is capably administered.