The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-09

Hon. P. l.. Flanagan, Judge Hugh
Brown, Col. II. b. MaXson and Hon.
Tom Fitch arrived in East Ely last
evening at o'clock and after dining
hurriedly at the Steptoe addressed
an enthusiastic and largely attended
meeting at the Phillips hall. The
meeting was preceded by parade.
headed by the Ely brass band. Red
fire was burned along the line of
march.
c. S. Grain, Republican candidate
for the legislature. presided over the
meeting in East Ely, the attendance
at which was made up largely OF
voters, though there weraa numbe"
of ladies present. Mr.. Grain first 1r-
troduced Hon. p. L. Flanagan, Repub-
lican candidate for the United States
senate, to whom he referred as man
who had grown from a sheep herder
| in the state to prominence as one OF
: its largest stock owners and most
successful business men.
Mr.. Flanagan held the close atten-
tion of his audience through half
hour talk, which made no pretensions
at oratory but was solid and sound
as the expression of one who has Sc
cured results in all things he has un-
dertaken, the latter including the es-
tablishment of important manufac-
turing industries in the state and the
extension of great deal of aid to
development of it's stock, agricultural
and other industries. He declared
his firm faith in Republican policies
and in his right. and the right of all
citizens, to hold a different opinions
from that of the president upon mat
ters of general policy, alluding in this
to Democratic carping concerning
criticism he had made of the forest
reservation attitude of the president.
He did not believe that the situation
justified the extension of forest re-
serves into sage brush tracts of des-
ert land and said so. The preserva-
tion of the forests in legitimate for
est bounds he is a firm believer in.
Referring to the Democratic claim
that he is not in harmony with labor,
Mr.. Flanagan declared that such
statement was ridiculous upon its
face he having himself come from
the masses, toiled in their ranks and
always had helping hand to extend.
Today he is the employer of some
400 men, to whom he has always paid
TOD wages. Regarding his vote
against the hour law when first
presented In the legislature, he de-
clared that as presented the bill
would have worked great hardship
upon agricultural and stock interests.
its terms applying to every line OF
employment. He at the time urged
change In the bill so as to afford the
8 hour day to the miner and all other
men working by the day, and when
the bill was so arranged and passed
gave 1t his hearty endorsement. His
speech was received with frequent
bursts of applause and the impression
was of big vote making kind. estab-
fishing as 1t did with his hearers.
the full belief that he has the ma
terial in him to make good his prom
ise that II elected he will get more
for Nevada In one term of Office than
Senator Newlands has secured In all
the time he has been in the upper
house.
Judge Hugh Brown followed Mr..
Flanagan. delivering a short address
which pleased his hearers and I'M
pressed them with the fact that II
elected to the supreme bench of the
state he may be depended upon for
an administration OF the Office that