The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-19
SENATOR NIXON
HAS RETURNED

Senator Nixon accompanied by Mrs
Nixon arrived in Reno Tuesday from
Washington. Senator Nixon continued
on his way to Goldfeld, and will re-
turn to Washington early next week.
He is expected in Winnemucca the fore
part of the week on his return to
Washington, and to remain a day here
inspecting his various interests at this
place
"Nothing Of any special Importance
takes me to Goldfeld,' said tho Sena-
tor Nixon in an interview with the
Reno Journal as he was about to take
the train. While | was here / thought
| would just run down there for cou-
pie of days.
Asked if. in his opinion, Nevada
would send an uninstructed delegation
to the national convention, or one for
Taft, the Senator promptly replied:
II am heartily in favor of the unin-
structed delegation, for / am wholly
Indifferent in the matter. / am not
attempting to direct or instruct. |
would rather go uniEstructed If ! were
going, and ] believe that is the only
way. Massachusetts, never has instruct
cd her delegates. 1t is az unwritten
law there and it is right.
"Why is it that such stock as the
Goldfeld Consolidated which = worth
20 or $40 is held down to $5 or soio
was put directly to him.
"The condition of the country,
was his ready reply, Many who
bought the stock in the early days are
only selling it as they need some mo-
ney 1t is like everything else, it is
one Of the stocks that respond to the
condition of the country. / cannot say
positively that there has been no or
ganized effort to put it up or down.
/ have never bought single share
If Consolidated to put il up or sold
a single share to put it down. There
Is absolutely nothing in the reports
circulated from this city regarding dr.
Wingfeld selling to me. ] have not
seen Gates in three years. And if [
did want to do such business as has
been circulated along these lines, |
would do il with such old friends as
Tom Murphy and Al Meyers. ] would
not need any middle man
'There is nothing in any report that
any of the Combination Fraction has
ever been purchased by the Gold"s &,
Consolidated. It's like many other
msstatements Of facts.
hasty reference to the currency
bills--the Fowler House bin, embody-
ing an elastic currency and the Aldrich
bill--intended as an emergency panic
bill, brought from the Senator the ex-
preston that the Aldrich bill will pass
the Senate with a few notifications
such as the elimination of the roilroad
bond feature.
The Senator's name has been con
nected with the new Reno theater talk.
~ gave the theater TO my home
place, Winnemucca, simply in desire
to do something for my old friends
there he said, 'not as any business
proposition of my own They needed
such place badly, and as soon as It
is finished | will deed it to a commit
tee of trustees, under business like
conditions, for the town. AS to Reno,
have some corner property not in
my own name, acceptibly located,
which | have offered certain parties
for an equal amount of stock to its
real value, provided the enterprsse is
conducted by proper business men of
the city, in which any graft by any
promoter does not enter. That is the
extent of any interest | may have III
any theater proposition.