Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-11-05
OUR CONGREsSd4S TALKS.

Congressman Newlnnds addressed
the psoplo Of Reno, Thursday cYcn.
itg, on the issues OF tho day. The
following synopsis OF his Cpecch is
taken from the Gazette.
az have awaited myself during u
f.. ins trip across the continent If the
Opportunity Of claspiug hands with
my friends al home" He then pro-
cce&eG al once into n revie! Of the
silver struggle tnut has Gern going on
in Congress sin3e tho Ith OF August:
Touching on an international agree
mout he said i~ateinatiUuai action dc.
peaded on England, and that tho in
ternaiioual demonstration VI silver
could not DO accomplished as long as
Gladstone occupied :l" position pI
Prime Minister, out IL Parliament was
dissolve To-day Gladstone would go
cat aud Salisbury and Balfour, who
male the most luminous arguments
in favor Of bimetgllism, would take
tho places OF Tie present enemies o;
silver. He sud that there was IL
strong sentiment oon3Iantlg growing
IN Eagland in fayo. OF silver aDd that
it had many warm supporters ip that
country.
Mr.. Newlands believed that the
next Congress would pnss Il free coin
doc bill Without international action.
lie MISC felt satisfied the present
Congress would retire all notes 10 the
denomination Of 30, and possibly so,
GTI put into circulation all tho silver
now in the Treasury, which would
have Il tendency To educate the people
vi tho east up TO the use Of silver,
which at present they are very much
advcrso To -preferring the dirty, pes
tIlencc-carrying paper money,
Mr.. Sewlapds said the money slr;n-
Gency which the country wac now
experiencing prevented a cain,
Thoughtful consideration OF the silver
question. He believes that ~exueri-
encc would pro2e that there WIS moi
gold enough to do the business u tho
world, and that bi-mctul!isu, must in
the end prevail.
Ito told of interviews no had bad
with different Senators aud Congress
men, .Gnd Il satisfied that the great
majority of the people favored free
pHInnun I!n said tf.t a.,
commercial! ccnters did not favor il,
but behind them tho farmers and Ia
boring men Of ths cDuntry-the men
engaged in Industrial pursuits did
favor it. lle advised the people OF
Nevada not to be discouraged, but
whilst Lot relaxing their rndcayors in
the silver agitation to devote more
attention to State development. on
agricultural aud industrial lines, and
said:
at 10 hard for us to wait fer four
years for tho rehabilitation Of silver,
but NO must do so. In tLe meantime
wo must direc: our attention t. agri-
culture. We have other ninorals-
soda, 6orax, gold, etc. but tho i'm
mediate development Of the State
must be on agriculture. Wo have
four rivers-tho Truckea, Carson,
Waller and tho Qwens-though the
latter being mostly in Cali ornia; each
flowing toward the east from tho ST.
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Ora Nevadas. We have here a region
OF uncxccpt,onnl fertility, where the
II is kind, and on which nature
smiles. Our State fur surpasses the
irrigated regions Of Cinb and Colo
RADIO. We have been so absorbed in
mining pursuits that $50 have over
locked all ether industries at our
door.
The attention Of the entire country
10 h9in.3 called ia tho benefits of irri-
the ground is watered
by science, not by chance. Not une-
tenth, no, not o~ho'forNeth of the
land of our State ID cultivated
that might be-"
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