The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-11-10
COMMON SENSE FROM A. c.
CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND. =.
The following are some extracts from
the speech delivered by A. c. Cleve-
land at Reno on October 10Th, which
have a ring about them that will find
an echo In the heart of every true Ne
vadan:
II am not speaking for myself, am
speaking for the young men OF the State
OF Nevada. There ara hundreds OF
young men In this State that are bona
fde residents that are able to represent
her interests in the United States SEN
ate at all times and under all circum-
stances. I am speaking for the State
in which l have lived all my life; for the
State which contains every dollar OF
property l possess in the world. Never
have | taken a single dollar out OF this
State to invest else~h here, and to-day l
am giving employment to mOr men.
and through me more mon are receiv-
ing employment in the eastern portion
OF the State than all that Senator Stew
art ever aided. And the pay roll is
more in one month than all that Seua-
tor Stewart ever did for the people OF
the State.
There are q great many young men
in this State who ire the equals OF Mr..
Stewart in ability, who can represent
the interests OF the State OF Nevada in
the Senate of the United States with
honor to the State and credit to them
selves. They are ambitious and hope
to see the day when such conditions as
these may be eliminated for the public
veal. | say there are a hundred young
men who are the equals Of Senator
Stewart in ability, and there are a thou.
sand young men who are his superiors
Ia manhood.
"Mr. Stewart has occupied a seat in
the United States Senate for twenty.
two years, during which time he has
drawn in coin one hundred aud thirty.
two thousand dollars from the treasury
OF this Government, and not one dol.
lar to day stands in his name In this
State; not one dollar has he put out in
developing the State in any manner.
mot a single solitary dollar has he
spent to grub out a s~agebrush or plai
a spear OF grass. Not one whee bar
row of ore or dirt has through his di.
rect influence been taken out OF a mini
in Nevada. He has taken all OF hi.
money to build mansions in Washing
ton aud Alameda, and poor Nevada,
with hardly a friend TO defend her. pro.
duces the wealth that beauties the
foreign cities and enriehes men who
spend little or nc time within her Dor
ders, who never leave a dollar for the
promotion OF her interests.
HE voted for the demonstration o
silver in 1873 and then comes back and
says that he was fooled; that he didn'
know what he was doing nor how hs
did 1t. After forty years of law prac.
tice in all kinds Of practice and in all
Courts; after all his experience with
men and things, he didn't know whai
hs was doing. Poor Mr.. Stewart, he
didn't know that he was running the
industry of the State that he represent.
ed. II he can be fooled he cannot be
the best man TO be Nevada's Senator
and l think it is time we had somebody
that cannot be fooled.
.'You must elect mon to the positions
Of honor and trust that will have some
interests in it's welfare, and when you
do this you will elect bona fde resi-.
dents.
1.-THE system in this State of electing
men to the United States Senate that
do not live twenty-four hours in the
State Is altogether wrong. 1t is some.
thing that must be stopped IL the peo-
pie of Nevada propose to be freemen.
III the men with money are to be
elected through the use OF their money
let us pass a law lOgalizing the sale and
purchase Of political Offices. Let us de-
clare that on a certain day, from the
the steps Of the Capitol in Carson City,
will be sold 10 the highest bidder, at
public auction, the Office Of Senator OF
the United States. This is just as honor
able a method, and more SO, than to do
it the way II Is done now.