History of Nevada; . - consoled because(Joodman was defeated; but the nomination of Hloormade neither one happy enough to cause them toshako hands over the inky chasm. John B. Winters, of Lyon County; Warren Was-son. of Ormsby (ounty; James Stark, of KsmoraldaCounty; and 11. G. Worthington, of Lander County,wore candidates for Congress; and the vote stoodin the Convention, all the first day. Winters, 21v*)tes; Wasson, It! votes; Worthington, IT) votes;Stark, 9 voles; and it required 26 votes to the second day Winters won the coveted ]irize. For Governor, the names of Judge Charles
History of Nevada; . - consoled because(Joodman was defeated; but the nomination of Hloormade neither one happy enough to cause them toshako hands over the inky chasm. John B. Winters, of Lyon County; Warren Was-son. of Ormsby (ounty; James Stark, of KsmoraldaCounty; and 11. G. Worthington, of Lander County,wore candidates for Congress; and the vote stoodin the Convention, all the first day. Winters, 21v*)tes; Wasson, It! votes; Worthington, IT) votes;Stark, 9 voles; and it required 26 votes to the second day Winters won the coveted ]irize. For Governor, the names of Judge Charles , and M. N. Mitchell were presented as rivalaspirants, the latter gaining the nomination. The Storey County delegation was iu the Con-. Hon. M. a. Murphy, Attorney General of the Stateof Nevada, was born in the State of New York,September 2!i, 18H7, his father cmij^rating to .McllenryCounty, Illinois, eoon after the birth of his son, sothat the lads earliest recollections were of Illinois. He could only secure such poor advantages in the•way of education as were offered by the commonschools of that day. Those were sujiplcmciited. how-ever, by his owH exertions to acquire information,which, with many persons, fully compensates forwhat is usually called the T^nivcrsity training. Itseems that lip early fixed his mind on the legal pro-fession, and turned his attention to reading thatwould be profitable in that connection. The sys-tematic reading of law had to bo postponed untilhis limited finances could be ])ut in bettor the gold mines of (,alifornia ortcrcd the speediest,rf not the surest way of rc]>lenisliing his cxcheiiuor, atthe early age of sixteen he started on hisj<iuiiiey oflife, and crossed t
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