Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-26

| iVHiIHdi TeSjueIlCe ut CdTSOn, New, ana
John p. Jones. likewise senator, who
claims Gold Hill. New, as his home.
If anyone wishes see Senator Jones
he must be looked for in the East OF
at Santa Monica. Cal.
| Nevada consists Of 110,770 square
miles OF high, rocky mountains and
foot hills, interspersed with narrow
valleys. The area is nearly equal to
that of New York. New Jersey, Penn
sylvania. Delaware and Maryland COM
bined. The population is decreasing.
1t was never sufficient to properly con-
stitute state. The late Allen. G.
thurman protested against its adms-
sion, and prophesied that the state
would prove a curse to the country
| In 1880 Nevada contained 45, 761 peo-
pie; now there are only 80, 900. The
| largest town, Virginia City, used to
contain S5l1 people. This number has
| lallen or. At the last state election
tine total vote cast was only 10479, of
| which the silver candidate for governor
received 3223 votes. the Republican
candidate $751; the Populist I'll. The
| total Nevada vote was euualled bv
one of New York city's 80 assembly
| districts.
| Nine-tenths of the state is worthless.
In some of the valleys where water is
| obtainable cultivation is practicable.
| Along the great railway line that
crosses the state at the widest part
the scene that meets the eve of the
| traveller suggests the determination of
| desolaton."
Silver mining is the chief Industry Of
| J;.,ti
| great bonanza kings whose names in
the past were household words through
out the United States was Villa M
Sharon. The story of Sharon's great
| success in Virginia City mining opera
| tons is well known. His daughter
married Sir Thomas Hesketh an Eng
| lish baronet: another daughter
| espoused Francis G. Newlands. who is
| now member of the House of Repre-
| sentatives for Nevada.
The difficulty in maintaining the
parity Of gold and silver proving too
| strong for the latter metal the price
| of silver declined and the Comstock
| mine stock held by the estate Of the
| late William Sharon deprecated in
| value. Sir Thomas Hesketh is one of
those practical Englishmen
| who obtained rich American bride
and who in an entirel: unsentimental
manner desires that her estate shall be
az productive as possible. Newlands
was the trustee of the Sharon estate.
Sir Thomas Heskeih thought some
thing should be done to obtain more in
come from the property. The Palace
hotel mt San Francisco is not very
profitable and some of the other invest
ments are not dividend paying The
silver scheme may have been suggested
To Hcskcth by some one. hut he was
practically the earliest in the NANTES
tation of a desire to build up the min
il z properties by raising the CONNER
cial price Of silver by legislation.
Hcsketh is in a position to meet sharp
fnanciers. The bank of California. in
san Francisco. the agent of the Roth
schlds. is controlled by tine Sharon cs-
tate. At any rate. Hesketh got the
idea and impaired it to Newlands. Tho
trustee. Newlands had always been
Democrat. He moved to Nevada
opened up extensive Improvements. "on
paper only and became Republican
so as to carry on the silver fight withia
the lines of the Republican party.
1t was about five years ago that
NeWlands began operations. H COM
menced the first correspondence frorl
Ear Harbor. communicating With sill
yer mine owners. relating his plan to
do something for silver and soliciting
their cooperation. The first expenses
" ere paid by Ncwlands. He pointed
out to silver mine owners that their
properties would be made more valu-
able by a combined effort.
William VI. Stewart commenced work
about the same time. He was a
lawyer Of San Francisco and Nevada
Never especially successful, but a po-
ii;ical manipulation of some skill he
"ent to New York. where he opened
tie agitation through the newspapers
Newlands used other papers from Bar
Harbor. From there Newlands went
- Nevada and California. then re-
Turned east, and subsequently crossed
- England When he returned he
bore a written agreement with Sir
] icmas Hesketh and other heirs of the
estate by which he was authorized to
spend a certain sum of money to elect
himself to Congress from Nevada and
nake the silver fight. His theory was
that he could be Of more benefit to the
Saaron mines in Congress than out.
y few thousand dollars were spent in
tie early silver agitation, most of IL
paid by Newlands. He had one man
under a salary. Major A. ]. Warner of
Ohio, who figures as the original sill
Yer man. Warner was paid salary
Of Slo,0oo and he spent his time in or
ganzins the silver scheme in behalf of
Eesketh and Newlands and Stewart
The bmetallic league idea was Warmers
and as Il paid employee of the Sharon
estate he did great deal of work
The whole fight was originated in its
practical details by Newlands Stewart
and Warner. Some money was got
outside. but beyond the $4,000 a year
paid to Warner. and his travelling ex-
pcnses, the chief cost was for litera-
ture. Newlands is a ready speaker
and he had his addresses published
when necessary.
A person whom l can name paid a
san Francisco paper $3.50 per column to
print Newland's speech at the first sill
yer convention in Washington. A sill
Yer speech of Newlands at Delmonico's
in New York was telegraphed to San
Francisco. Other matter was got into