The record-union., 1896-11-01

! mining industry. The man who has
cone and can do the most to build UP
and foster that industry is our friend
I nc matter what his opinions may be
on other questions, or what part of the
State he halls from. In one session
Mr.. Johnson has demonstrated that he
is one of the ablest men ever sent to
Congress from this coast. He is the
kind of man we want for our friend,
to stand up and work for our interests.
Has he been our friend? sWhat has he
done for us? What more will he do if
reelected? Those are the questions Ne
vada County voters want to ask them
selves when> they make their choice of
Il Congressman. The prosperity of our
county depends upon the prosperity of
tie mining industry, and must for years
20 come. Nevada County wants and
needs a Congressman who has the
ability and the willingness to promote
the prosperity of the mining industry.
Grove L. Johnson has the ability, his
worst enemies admit. Has he labored,
ard will he labor to advance our inter-
estS? His record ought to show what
he has done. And it does.
Mr.. Johnson is q resident of Sacra
mento, one of the hotbeds of the oppo-
sition to the mining interests. If he was
a man of small caliber he would be our
worst enemy-he would never have
risen above the horiZon-the influences
of his immediate surroundings. Instead
OF being our enemy he has been our
friend: instead of being lukewarm be
has been foremost in advocating the
measures which would help us. Through
his efforts the General Government is
about 70 apply the only remedy which
Will solve the debris question, which VIII
ever release US from the curse and in
cubus which has rested upon our in
duStries. His unreantting labor and
industry have made that an accom-
plished fact which we have hoped for
and dreamed Of for years. The miners
have secured recognition from the only
power on earth which can help them
the General Government. Mr. Johnson
has not only shown bis willingness TO do
something, but he has done 1T. To de-
sert him now would be base ingrati-
tude. 1t would be the desertion of a
leader by his army on the field of bat
tie when victory has almost been at
tanned. Few men have ever accom-
plished in three terms as much as Mr..
Johnson has in one. In fact, what he
has done has been in less than one term.
He did ii in a single session. There are
some men who we might Send who
would not DO as much if they had
dozen terms. When the people have
good man in Congress they ought TO
keep him there 1t is a duty they owe
TO themselves. So long as they keep
on changing their representatives, so
long will they be beggars in the halls of
legislation.
There Is another reason why Mr..
Johnson should be reelected. He rep
resents party which is in favor of pro-
tecting and upbMlding the industries of
the country. He believes in helping and
fostering them in every way The DEM
ocratic party is opposed to that policy.
Mr. De Vries is no stronger than his
party, and the mining industry will long
knock for his aid or help from his party.
But there are better times coming.
The next President will be a Republican.
There will be man in the White House
William McKinley-whO believes in
protection and aid for every American
industry, and Nevada County wants
man in the next Congress who is in SYM
pathy with him and the Republican
party, who when he asks for that which
is reasonable and in justice We ought to
have, will get is as right and not
mere sop thrown to a. beggar. Nevada
County wants man who knows what
we want, who has the ability to demand
it and get It, Such a man is Grove L.
Johnson, and we owe it to ourselves to
help re-elect him.