The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-10-26
SENATOR STEWART.

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Saturday and spoke in Music Hall that
evening to full house. He met many
friends here and his arm must have been
very tired on account of shaking hands
with old acauaintances all day long. In
the evening the streets were lit up with
bonfires and the drum corps made music
for all. The audience in the evening
was splendidly representative, every
business man in town being there. J.
f. Crosby acted as chairman of the
meeting and introduced j. G. Hagerman
who outlined Senator Stewards work for
Nevada and the nation. Mr.. Hager-
mans remarks were terse and every al
lusion to Senator Stewart was received
| with warm applause and assured the
Senator that he was in the midst of
many friends. When Senator Stewart
was introduced he received an ovation.
bespoke for nearly two hours and was ap-
plauded time and time again. He told
of his repeated and finally successful eff
fort to secure the passage of the mining
laws and said they are the best in the
world. He showed how the Canadian
laws make it impossible for the miner
to make his claim pay unless it is ex-
traordinarily rich and told how our min
ing laws have stood the test of years.
He then spoke of his work in Congress
in regard to the State war claims of $4O,-
400 which are practically sure of being
paid at the coming session. The inn
portance Of the endowment of 10000
annually to the State University was
dwelt upon, and the mint, the Indian
school at Carson and other monuments
of his labor for Nevada were dwelt upon
at length. There was no necessity for
him to mention his work for Wads-
worth and he did not. The people know
that for themselves. He said that he
found out as nearly as he could that his
opponent for the United States Senate
was the Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Company and he then proceeded to tell
some things about that corporation.
| His enemies had lied abuut his actions in
regard to the G. p. funding bill and he
| showed how the matter had been settled
as agreed to by Senator Morgan, Senator
| White and others and how the entire
Indebtedness is to be paid in ten an
nual installments, non-payment of any
of which means foreclosure. Sena-
tor Stewart then said as all
other roads were made to pay
up or arrive at settlement there was
no reason why the V. & T. which
had paid more dividends than the G. P.
and laid the immense fortunes of ID. 0.
Mills and the Sharons, should not pay
back it's borrowings; to wit: 100000 by
Storey county, $3S7, 1888 by the Com
stock mining companies and $4,000
by Ormsby county. The Legislature
has the power to regulate fares and
freights and measures should be taken
to put the excessive fares and freights of
the Virginia & Truckee ON plane of
equality with the pedestrian and the
freighter. He said with the rates as
they are now on the V. & T, q nan can
walk along their track and mako wages
daily and that road now has freight
teams, stages and walkers doing Eve
times the amount of business the V. &
T. is doing. He said that a proper re-
duction OF fares and freights on the V. &
T. would give them enough business to
get rid of all their Chinese help and give
employment to white men instead.
Senator Stewart is in favor of holding to
every foot OF conquered land where the
blood of our soldiers has crimsoned ant
ohristened the soil to liberty, that the
American flag may float there forever.
He spoke with some feeling of the as
sertion so repeatedly made that he had
| never invested anything in Nevada, and
remarked that he lost $3.50, 900 in some
properties that he owned near American
Flat during his second term in the
Senate, and said that that was consider
| ably more than any OF his detractors
| had ever thrown into the State.
The meeting wound up with three
cheers and tiger for Senator Stewart.
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