The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
STATE POLITICS.
FACTS, GOSSIP and COMMENT FROM
OUR EXCHANGES.
THE BOSS IN NEVADA POLITICS.
A True History of the Last Cam
pai3n.
(Continued from Inst vVaay
THE BOSS INNEvADA POLITICS.
CONTINUED from last week.
From the Virginia Report,

CHO Nv ~ WV iAN AiotA ittOAiot W IIt
Populists-the smallest and weakest
party in Nevada. They lacked Con-
gressional timber and Wallace found 1t
for them in the person of Tom Wren.
Wren and Wallace had not spoken for
three years, or TO quote Mr. Wren S
picturesque and striking diction, be
had not permitted Wallace to spit in
his ear for that length of time. But
in his sore strait, his search for an an
tagonist to Newlands, Wallace hun ted
up Wren, and induced him to bury tho
Ratchet and run for Congress, Act of
treaehery No. 3.
Whether or not Mr.. Wren received
a consideration for this kindly act we
are not prepared to state positively,
but as his labors for the Silver Party
indicated when he was member of.
and made speeches for that party, we
know that Mr.. Wren is not here for
his health,
In this connection, we acquit the
Populist convention of any knowledge
of the deal between Wren and Wallace.
They were in need of a Congressional
candidate, they did not know that
Wren was intriguing with Wallace, and
so they nominated Wren.
The question now naturally arises:
Why did Wallace induce these men to
run? What axe was he grinding?
The answer in plain every day Eng
fish: He wanted to tap Newlands' bar
rel and thereby render easy the election |
of Stewart. He wanted to send Stew |
art TO the Senate on Newlands' money. |
At the outset of the campaign New |
lands, as law-abiding citizen mindful |
OF his personal honor, had stated that |
he proposed in the campaign to observe |
the requirements of the Purity of Elec- !
lions law ana to not spend any more
than the law permitted. Wallace and
Stewart thus baked init heir intentions.
became furious and loudly attributed
his action to parsimony. Then came
their intrigues and treachery with Pat !
terson and Wren.
To further verify Wallace and Stew
arts bad intent towards Newlands, it /
is only necessary to call attention to the i
notorious fact that in the larger towns 1
of the State Wallace, Stewart and their |
friends gave the word towards eleetion
day to knife Newlands at the polls. and |
it was industriously obeyed Despite |
all this treachery Newlands was elected
and by triumphant majority.
1t Is not to be supposed that New
lands was unaware of all this. Every
move of the enemy was brought To his
attention. 1t is not TO be supposed.
either, that he accepted all this unias--
tlllable and unprovoked treachery with.
a happy heart; that he showed anil
ing lace TO his cloaked assassins and
turned the other cheek as often aStf. ev
smote the one, 1t Is not a pleaf ant.
thing TO be stabbed in the back, and
Newlands would have been less tbalx
human had his blood not boiled with
the hot tide of indignation at the treat
nent he received in the campaipn of
'9S. He would have been less than n |
man had he not offered to strike back |
when the occasion offered. And it came
'ull soon.
THE ELECTION OF 1898.
In the election of 1898, all the Silver
Party candidates but two were success.
uls Those two were Stewart and Cut-
ing. To many it seemed that Stewart
would have majority of the votes in
both houses, and many accordingly
supported him on that PRESUMPTION.
such people were acquainted with the
circumstance that the voters of Douo-
as county had elected the Silver Party
to the legislature on the
that they should not vote for
stewart, and with other circumstances
which have since come to light, but the !
Ietalls OF which are too lengthy and
complicated for repetition here. !
Newlands, being in position to know l
il the facts OF the case, knowing that
stewart had been treacherous to him. !
nd believing that the people had I
urned Stewart down, stepped forth I
nd announced himself a candidate fo,.
he Senate. |
AT the suggestion OF Jack Chinn. who |
has since been revealed was sent out
lere from Kentucky by the Sugar g
rust to tell the people of Nevada who l
o elect their Senator, Wallace had a Z
heating OF the Silver Party State Com
lttee called and resolution was passed
eclaring Newlands guilty of treacherv
0 the party. Mr. Newiands' friends
lade the defense that it was not New
inds who was treacherOus to the nar- a
Y, but Stewart and Wallace, and that I
in opposing the latter he had been
utility of treachery he had been guilty
TREACHERY TO TRAITORS. a
In other words, unless Christ was
utility of treachery to Judas Iscariot or :,
ashington guilty of treason to Bene- =
let Arnold, Francis G. Newlands was =
guiltless OF treachery to the Silver
'arty as was William J. Bryan to the Il
'emocratic party when he ran against n
I'LL and Whitney for the presidential a
Mr., Newlands at the moment was un-
)rtunateiy not in position to giveab- b
)lute proof OF Stewart and Wallace's S
'eachery. Accordingly the motion d
as rushed through denouncing him.
The rest is open history. Stewart
as elected, and Newlands was every y
here denounced as man devoid of 81
onor. 1t Is very old, also q true .
lying that truth crushed to earth will
SO again, and curious thing about l.,
Or Is that those who threw her down \, -
g often the ones who put her upon =,
or feet again. o.
THE APPOINTMENT OF PATTERSON.
1t proved so in this case. Hardly
70 months had elapsed when DIR. Pat G,
rson, the man who at the instigation u
Wallace had tried TO coax the Re- u
iblicans into nominating him can
date against Newlands, the man who y
Nd offered at 'his own expense" to a,
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