Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-01-14

| desire and an unalterable determine
ton to give his best energies and
powers to the general service, tc
| guard the interests and develop the
resources of his constituents, can arm
a citizen who goes from private to
public life for a successful struggle
with inevitable difficulties, then l
am well prepared for every emery
! ency. / have known the State OF
Nevada from its Territorial infancy.
| came to her in her season OF great
est trial. when unsuccessful expert
ment had begotten almost universal
doubt and almost universal despair
of the extent and value of her re-
sources. Since then, and ever, |
have had a faith in her future which
has been mistaken in all her VlclsSl-
tudes. | believe that | and those with
whom | have been associated have
done our full share to keep alive the
energies which to-day are making
her the wonder of the world; which
have finally developed and utilized
the marvellous wealth that has lain
dormant beneath her ragged bosom,
and opened her bOunteous and eX-
haustless treasure houses for the en-
riching of her people. If | have ever
faltered in my confidence, it has been
again and again renewed, until there
is no longer room for doubt that she
will continue, long after our genera
ton has passed away, to challenge
the admiration of her sisters, and
maintain her lawful right to be, as
now, the crowned Queen of Capital,
whose throne is Silver and whose
sceptre is Gold.
In all these years [ have gathered
experiences which will, l hope, quail
ify me to Judge unselfishly OF pro-
posed legislation which may affect
her vital interests, enable me to
ward off possible, if not threatened
dangers, and suggest the cure for
such evils as now exists or may
come upon her as her prosperity
grows.
1t will certainly be one of my chief
concerns to secure such national leg
islation as will more strongly defend
her mining rights and prevent un
just and discriminating taxation OF
her mines; to do all in my power TO
develop her educational and social
and to weld the whole peo-
pie of our State, by the strong ties
of justice, to the beneficent Govern
ment under which they live, so that
the sentiment OF answering loyalty
to it shall live and flourish here in
the future as well as in the past. In
this connection, | may say that while
l hold firm allegiance to the princi-
pies of the great party by whose sut-
frages | have been elevated to my
seat in the United States Senate. |
shall never be its slave. Whatever
| believe to be for its interests, as
with national prosperity,
will have my unhesitating support,
but no party measure, no mere party
which, in my Judgment,
may injure the nation at home or
abroad, will ever have my vote; no
party whip will ever crack success
fully about my ears. If reform is
iltCOtNi, II tUuStS We W NC CICChtD
or done away with, if mistakes are to
be corrected, I shall aid in the ac-
complishment of the one and eXtinc-
ton of the other within party lines;
and I will never endeavor to destroy
Il political organization which has
given me the power to be felt in State
or National politics.
am unqualifiedly in favor of the
resumption of specie payments by
some gradual system of legislation,
which, while leading to resumption
with absolute certainty, will yet
guard the commercial interests of
the nation from sudden and dis
astrous shock, and bring us at last
to the happy day when the last dol
lar of our irredeemable paper cur
rency shall cease to circulate. In
no event will l ever give my voice
or vote for its further expansion.
AS to the much-agitated subject of
corporations-their good and their
evils-I wish only to remark that
while l believe the rapid growth and
prosperity of the nation are largely
due to the facilities with which, un-
der favorable legislation, the wealth
and intelligence of individuals have
been consolidated for the achieve
ment Of great enterprises, our corpo-
rations should have only represen-
tation in, and not ownership of, the
Government or the people, and that
neither the Government nor the peo-
pie should own them. Their Just
rights should be maintained without
regard to the hoarse cry of the de-
Structive demagogue, and their en-
croachments, if any, repressed with
all necessary force of law, though
popular clamor be as loud in their
behalf as it has been, in some quar-
tiers, for their destruction. In short,
l believe in equal and exact justice
to aggregate wealth as well as to in
dividuals, and nothing more. The
era OF extravagant appropriations in
aid of systems of improvements has
passed away. That they have been
made l do not regret; but / will
never vote for any renewal of the
system of subsidies.
l shall go to the seat of Govern
ment untrammeled by any private
pledges, with no personal schemes to
foster, and owing no allegiance but