The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-09-30
FLANAGAN OR NEWLANDs.


Flanagan or Newlands, gentlemen.
Which for the L. S. senate?
1t is up to you to decide on Nov
ember 3rd, at the ballot box.
How will you make up your
minds?
Doubtless by Weighing their sew
eral points.
Flanagan and Newlands have one
point in common Both are gentle
men. Both are devoted husbands
and fathers. Both are men of
financial standing, business integrity
and moral rectitude.
But here the similarity ends. In
every particular the difference be-
tween them is marked.
Temperametally Flanagan is warm
blooded, impulsiye and an optimist
Everything he undertakes is carried
out with enthusiasm. His conf
dence is boundless. Only sup
erlative degree of native wisdom
could have won such success from
zero start as he has attained with
nature SO buoyant, confident and
eternally hopeful. On the shores of
/ fortune are countless wrecks of men
of like hope who lacked what Flani-
gan possessed. a wise and sagacious
mind in the pilot house. But coupl-
ed with his unlimited enthusiasm is
the shrewd and keen foresight and
discrimination of the man of sue
cessful affairs.
Newlands on the other hand tent
peramentally is cold, hesitating,
doubtful and suspicious. He is gift
ed with acute reasoning powers and
weighs to the minutest grain the
pros and cons of every venture, then
after undertaking it loses confidence
until the crucial stage is past. He
trusts no one and has confidence in
no one outside his immediate house
+ hold, either in politics or business.
/ He believes mankind beyond his
social set, to be corrupt, and is doubt
/ full and suspicious even of his friends.
Politically, Flanagan is a Republic
/ can and always has been. He VIII
/ fight in his own party for or against
policies or candidates until settled
/ by the convention, then he Loyalty
supports his party's decision whether
/ il is for or against his views.
Newlands, in California up to 1888
was Democrat. When the Stockton
convention refused to indorse Step
hen J. Field for president, Newlands
who was a partner of w. F. Heron,
head of the law department of the
Southern Pacific company. walked
out of the convention, left the state,
and came 10 Nevada The Republic
can party was then dominant in Ne
vada. Newlands surrendered allegi-
ance TO Democracy, attended the Re-
/ publican convention at Virginia City
+ in 1890 and stumped the state for
that party. Two years later he join
ed the Silver Party and supported
Weaver and Field the Populist nomi-
nees for president and vice president.
Since then he has drifted back TO the
Democratic fold.
In what might be termed political
morals the difference between Flani-
gan and Newands is monumental.
Flanagan has always been a
consistent Republican and has fought
i'm the open Newlands in 1896 was
guilty of political treachery so flag
rant that one meeting OF the state
central committee of the Silver
Party for this cause read him out of
the party. but the action was sub
sequently rescinded. although the
facts were never subject of dispute.
Newlands had that year accepted the
Silver Party nomination for con-
gress and Endorsed the platform
pledging the support of the party
and its nominees for Stewart for SEN
, ator. Immediately afterwards he
began 10 lay underground wires TO
defeat his colleague while cam
paigning with the aged senator. The
late A. c. Cleveland. who became
Newlands manager when the fight
was before the legislature, was put
up in opposition TO Stewart 10 draw
enough votes in order to create a
: deadlock by dividing the Silver Party
so that the Republicans would hold
the balance of power. In such a
} deadlock Newlands hoped to be the
compromise selection. Newlands ae-
cepted and received the support of
Stewards friends for congress. They
looked upon the candidacy of Cleye-
land as due TO resentment caused by
his defeat for the nomination of gov
ernor by Sadler, through the ex-
ertions OF c. c. Wallace, Stewart S
manager The true facts did not APP
pear until the day after election.
Then Newlands with his election 10
congress through Stewards help in
his pocket and in violation of his
nomination pledge announced him
self for the senate is opposition TO
Stewart whom he declared the peo-
pie had repudiated. The fight be-
fore the legislature was a memoir