The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-03-29

Extract from Carson appeal of March 8, 1871
SOMETHING RELATING TO THE
WHITE PINE sENATORsHIP AS
1T CAME BEFORE THE LATE
LEGISLATURE.

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We herewith present a statement of facts relat
ing to a controversy which was brought before
the Senate in the early part of the session that
has just closed, promising the same by saying
distinctly, that we do so at the request OF, and
from data furnished by Mr.. John Wagner him
self
Inst prior to the last general election, Wagner,
Who was then at Shellburne, received one tnous-
and election tickets which had been printed as
ner order of Senator Cleveland, and delivered TO
him, Wagner, at Clevelands request. inese
were bogus Republican tickets, inasmueh asthey
| contained the names of the Democratic nominees
for the Assembly. They were for distribution in
Eean Canyon, Piermont, Ruby Hill and DUCK
Creek and Cleveland was to see that wagner
was provided with enough money to defray the
| expenses of their circulation, etc. On the DAY
Immediately preceding the election, Wagner tel
euraphed to Cleveland at Hamilton, to send the
promised money and Cleveland replied by ASK
ing how much woald be needed. Wagner tele-
grsphed back that he thought three hundred
| dollars would be sufficient. Cleveland responded
that he could not send the money until 8 O'Clock,
and that when he did send any, the amount
would be one hundred dollars. Wagner then adj
yanced the needed expense fund himself and
went 10 RUBY Hill, where he remained until the
election was concluded and ON the next day he
returned to Shellburne and inquired ut the III
press office if the promised one hundred dollars
had been sent. He was informed Dy Wells, rargo
A. Co 4 agent there that 1t had not been sent
| and thereupon and thereafter he wrote to Cleve-
land about the matter, but never got an answer
as, also, he never received any money from Cleve-
land on account Of these election expenses. MIR.
Wagner further states that he went yesterday to
Cleveland and asked him for the one hundred
dollars aforesaid, and that Cleveland offered him
fifty dollars, which he declined.
Now with regard to the part taken by wagner
and Cleveland relative to the controversy which
took place in the Senate, Mr.. Wagner desires us
to say That Mr.. Cleveland offered to pay his,
Wagner's expenses, incurred in the election and
contest over the seat in the Senatel provided
Wagner would withdraw. This offer was de
clined. In a conversation between the two,
Cleveland admitted that Wagner had the law ON
his side, but asserted that he, Cleveland, had the
votes necessary to enable him to retain his seat.
With regard to the resolution introduced by
Senator Small, providing that Wagner be allowed
mileage, Mr.. Wagner desires il to be known that,
anticipating some such movement, he had re-
quested Senator Stevenson to protest in his, Wag-
ner's name, against the said proposition, he not
being willing to receive any money from the
State under the circumstances.
The purposes and intents of these
are in substance as herewith specified
First-To make 1t distinctly understood that
he, John Wagner, paid, out of his own moneys,
a considerable share of the expenses attendant
upon the prosecution of the Democratic cam
paign in White Pine county, and that he was not
under any obligations to refrain from making a
contest for the seat in the Senate to which he
was elected and
Secondly-That 1t was the newly elected Re-
publicans who sustained his cause in the Senate,
and the Democrats and hold-overs who opposed
him and
Thirdly-That he desires this statement to be
made in order that his relations to the Demo-
cratic party, and his doings in the late campaign
may be freed from misapprehension and that
his constituents and the public may be duly in
formed concerning the circumstances which
preceded and followed his candidature, his ef-
forts and expenditures in the canvass, and his
objects and purposes in making the contest fol
a seat in the Senate.