The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-07-06

good Republican as was the delegate
That was two years ago, and Mr.. Wal
lace presumes to-day to go about the
State telling the members of the Silver
Party whose interests are the deadly
? opposite of those of the Republican
party how they are to vote.
Having been foiled in his designs
upon the Republicans, Wallace had
but one hope left. He had recourse to
the Populists-the smallest and weak
est party in Nevada. They lacked
J Congressional timber and Wallace
found it 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, he had not permitted Wallace
to ''spit in his earl for that length of
time. But in his sore strait, his search
for an antagonist to Newlands, Wal
lace hunted up Wren, and induced
him to bury the Ratchet and run for
Congress. Act of treachery No. 2.
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 a 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 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 grinding3
The answer in plain every day Eng
fish: He wanted to tap Newlands' bar
rel and thereby render easy the cleo
tion of Stewart. He wanted to send
Stewart 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 Purity of Election
law and to not spend any more than
the law permitted. Wallace and Stew
art thus baked in their intentions, be-
came furious and loudly attributed his
action to parsimony. Then came their
intrigues and treaehery with Patterson
and Wren.
To further verify Wallace and Stew
arts bad intent towards Newlands, it
is only necessary to call attention to
the notorious fact that in the larger
towns of the State Wallace Stewart
and their friends gave the word to-
wards election day to knife Newlands
at the polls, and it was industriously
obeyed. Despite all this treachery
Newlands was elected, and by a tri-
umphant 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. It is not to be supposed,
either, that he accepted all this unjusti-
fable and unprovoked treachery with
a happy heart; that he showed smil-
ing face to his cloaked assassins and
turned the other cheek as often as they
slnote the one. 1t is not pleasant
thing to be stabbed in the back, and
Newlands would have been less than
human had his blood not boiled with
the hot tide of Indignation at the treat.
ment he received in the campaign of
1913. He would have been less than a
man had he not offered to strike back
when the occasion offered. And it
came full soon.
THE ELECTION OF 1898.
In the election of 1898, all the Silver
Party candidates but two were success
full. Those two. were Stewart and Cut
ting. 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 unacquainted with
the circumstance that the voters oil
Douglas county had elected the Silver
Party candidates to the legislation on
the condition that they should not vote
for Stewart, and with other circum-
} stances which have since come to light,
but the details of which are too lengthy
and complicated for repetition here.
! Newlands, being in a position to
J know allthe facts of the case, knowing
that Stewart had been treacherous to
him, and believing that the people had
turned Stewart down, stepped forth
! and announced himself candidate for
the Senate.