The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-10-31
A R0USING MEETING.
Democratic Candidates Warmly
Welcomed.

Hon. Francis G. Newlands, Hon. @.
ID. Van Duzer, Fusion nominee for
Congress, and Hon. Jas. Sweeney, Flu
sion nominee for Attorney General,
visited Douglas county last Sunday.
Meetings were held in Genoa and Sher-
idan in the afternoon and in the even
ing the distinguished gentlemen adj
dressed the people of Gardnerville in
Valhalla Hail. The meeting here was
the largest and most successful polite
al meeting ever held in the town.
The meeting was presided over by
Hon. H. A. N. Todd, supported by
Hon. H. F. Dangberg, Jr., our candi-
date for State Senator, and M. E. Ford,
candidate for District Attorney.
The Comstock Glee Club was present
and sang number of songs which de-
lighted the audience Throughout the
evening the speakers were applauded
Justify and spirit of good will and
satisfaction pervaded the meeting.
Jas. q. Sweeney was the first speak
er and in a fine flow of oratory and
logic made speech that would do
honor to much older man. After a
few kind words for his fellow candi-
dates he devoted bis attention largely
to national questions, championing
the cause of Is tol and declaring that
the Democratic party would never
give up the fight. He spoke of the
J tariff-protected trusts and monopolies
as the power of organized wealth
against manhood, and said that all
the Democratic party demanded was
the removal of the tariff from the nee
essaries of life and from trust-made
goods. He made a good speech and
held the undivided attention of the
large audience for fully an hour. He
showed that he had made careful
study of the great questions of the
day and that he was eminently fitted
to perform the duties of the Office OF
Attorney General. Mr.. Sweeney made
many friends in Gardnerville, as he
has in the other towns of the State,
and will undoubtedly be elected to
the position which he seeks on the
4th of November.
Mr.. Van Duzer, being introduced,
got right down to work in no time, TAX
ing the house by storm. He made a
: whirlwind of a speech, that made many
votes for himself and the entire Fusion
ticket. He is splendid speaker and
. touched upon all the leading issues of
the campaign. He believes in sup
porting the party of the people to-day,
and not the party of history, whose
greatness was manifested thirty years
ago. He said the Republican prosper
ity, which we hear so much about, was
confined to the trusts and millionaire
supporters of the Republican party in
the East; locally our prosperity is due
to the wars and gold discoveries. I'm
der the Dingley tariff the price of
manufactured goods has advanced in
five years from rs to 40 per cent. This
is prosperity for the trusts; s'but," he
added, chow does it affect you?' Mr..
Van Duzer is all right, capable, bril-
liant, logical, energetic and enthusiast
tic, and will be our next Congressman.
The last speaker was Mr.. Newlands.
He gave a complete description of the
irrigation bill from its birth until it
became law, and said the surveys for
: irrigation works were further advanced
in Nevada than in any other State. He
spoke of the trusts and one mans con-
troll of one million He said God gave
men the right to own property and we
have no right to law it away. He de-
livered mastery address, combining
himself to facts and figures, and no
synopsis of it would give more than a
mild impression of it's force and logic.
Speaking of the suit of the Union
Mill & Mining Co. against the ranch
ers, Mr.. Newlands said that in the early
stages of the case he endeavored to
compromise the suit, form a corpora
tion and build storage reservoirs in the
mountains to supply sufficient water
for both the mill owners and the farm
ers.
In this statement Mr.. Newlands is
borne out by the facts and records of
the case. The suit against the farmers
was commenced in September, 1889.
Referring to the files of the COURIER of
that date, we find that on September
20, 1889, an article appeared in this
paper under the heading of "Dam
Building VS.. LAYING" A portion of
this article is as follows:
sit is understood that an effort will
be made to have committee appointed
to confer with the Union Mill q Min
ing Co. and request that company to
Withdraw it's suit against the ranchers.
The ranchers prefer to build storage
reservoirs rather than go to law. A
prominent rancher remarked yester-