Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-09-14

! ocHI NcNduu III congress. cassidy
Woodburn and Bartine wore such
men,. Neither were blessed with the
wealth OF Newlands. nor the oppor-
tnnities Newlands had had for self
development, but either OF them had
accomplished more for Nevada than
Ncwl ands had.
II the people Of Nevada want mil
lionaire legislation they should send
IL mi. ionairc to- Congress; il they
want Californian Legislation, they
should send Il Californian 10 Con.
gr"sS; IL they want street railroad
Legislation, they should send a Wash
mgton street railroad magnate to
Congress; but il they wanted legisla-
,ion for their own State, they should
send Nevadan to Congress.
MIR. harrington then touuk up Mr..
Ncwlmds record on roll call and
showed from it that he had been alb
sent from his seat a great many more
times than he had answered present.
IL Black Wallace SHOULD go to the
>. Il. Co with such record. how
long would he remain in the com
| pany's employ? II Il sentry in the
Philippines should fall asleep ut his
post, death would he the penalty ac.
cording to the laws of war. Yet
Ncwlands VIA absent or asleep at his
post four-liiths of the time and claim
ed the ScDaiOrship and u seat in Con!
grcss as his reward. II he had been
absent nlnc-i"nths OF the time, he
would probably ask to be elevated to
Mckinney place. \ soldier IL the
Philippines gets 3l3 per month. while
Ncwlands had been drawing $4,000 a
year for six years and the only thing
lie had to show for The $4,000 ne had
drawn III SALARY was little relief bill
| Of S2O0. This was shameful record.
lie had been reminded that New
lands claimed the honor Uf the TIa-
vaiidn bill but declared that Ncw W.
lands never wrote a line Of il. The
bill WA prepared in the Senate and
Newlnnds merely presented it.
lie then spoke Of Ncvlands record
on the funding bill and other import
ant measures and criticised him
sharply ter his failure Ia do some.
thing for the people Of the State.
| He read from NcYlunds' Carson
| speech III which he saIl that the leg
lslntion Of Congress was done III com.
mittees and that 1t VIVA inn ossible
for man to fully understand all the
| bills before Congress and that none
but mn idiot would vote on all the
bills that came before TINT body.
| MIR. FHrrIugton declared the truth To
he that Mr.. Newlnnhs never cast a
| vote in Congress that would cost him
a vote III Nevada, or offend wealthy
corporation. lie WIS glad there
were "idio:s" in Congress who voted
on all important measures. Ho was
| told that Ncwlands was proud Os the
fact rhnt he had been placed upon
the Ways and Means committee OF
the ilonsc. This was done after all
the work Of the committee had been
done and was compliment to New.
lHnds' immense capacity for doing
nothing.
lie had been charged by certain
papers in the employ Of Scwlands
with beng the creature OF Black
Wallace and the S. T.. Co. IIe re
maincd silent under tho charge until
| ho Ind received the nomination for
| Congress-. lie had attended to busi.
ness for private Individuals and for
the railrond company Tho railroad
company lad the came collar on him
that his other clients had. flo left
these charges with the people who
| knew him.
Mr.. Harrington next took up Now
lands record in California as "a rRil
road attorney md refereed to the
Stockton convention. IN this con-
vcntion Nc vlands was ono OF tho 10
who favored the cor rpOrutiobs. SHORTLY
after Ncwl nds reuounccd his Demo.
crucy ind came To Nevada as r..
publican and before he had been six
months ~ tho State, he wanted the
R"publiran nomination Tor Congress
This wns refused him aud III 1892 ho
was great silver man. Tho death
~ Cassily gave hin the opportunity
to gn to Congress. Up to 1898
Wallace had been his trusted manager
nnd old Iiill Stewart his close po.
lilical friend. Ncwllnds had been a
follower ~ Wallace. Stewart aud all
the railroad .ud mining corporations
IN the State. ln 1898. Ncwlnds
wanted SteSart's seat IN the Senate
aud became an ardent anti.Inon"poly
Congressman. Stewart nnd Wallace
did not ngrcc with him II ,hi8
Ncwliud. ~ hia , 'at "n spcrch had
severely cntirrmi hr raj Dad '"n.
pnny Tor charging ih, rr ~ = ~
vada through frcight Ia o"c.nniom,o