Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-10-09
ELKO, NEVADA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1905

h'Nc ~ SLY liIdI nINf lBhII interested
III two properties that have been sold to
the United States government. One of
these, three thousand acres of land. in
GLIDING the dam site of the Truckee-
Carson reservoir, being part Of Il ranch
ut about scv3n Thousand acres on the
Carson river below Dayton. and the
other, the poStoilice site near the
Virginia street bridge in Reno.
| 1t is Indicative of tn. insinccritv of
my opponents that they charge me
with having no Investments in the
State. and yet at the samn time charge
that the government has acquired val
uable properties i'll this State from me
and that ! have profited by them.
As To the Carson ranch and the dam
site and the postoflicc site in Reno,
WAS interested 10 the extent Of one
twelfth i'll the corporation owning
them. Both of these properties were
sought by the government In both
cases the prices offered by the govern
mcnt were nOtoriOuSly below their real
value and were accepted because WAS
anxious that there should he no posSib-
lc criticism. In both Of these eases
wrote tn the Attorney-Gcncral, the
Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of the Treasury stating my
interests in the properties and inviting
the closest scrutiny before the trans
actions were closed. and in all cases
the reply came that the officials were
entirely satisfied with the transactions
and urged that the interests Of the
government required them TO he closed
Mr.. NcwlandS again took up the
national ISSUES and discussed the oppOsi-
tiOn 10 III, reform policcs President
Roosevelt had encountered from his
own party and the support he had re
Ccivcd from democrats in the senate and
house He told of how ,hr famous rate
bill WAS reported from the senate com
| mittcc of Interstate commerce. con
tanning eight republicans and five dem
ocrats. by the solid vote of the demo
Gratis assisted by three republicans.
| How Senator Aldrich. the republican
! leader uf the senate, characterized the
| bill aS II democratic measure and placed
! it III charge of Senator Tillman, the
ranking democrat OH the committee.
and how Tillman had fought the bill
through the senate in face of the opposi-
tion of the republican leaders. He
spoke of other instances in which the
the president had been forced to rely
upon the support of democrats for the
enactment of his reform measures
He reverted To his own candidacy
again and showed by the speech Of his
opponent at the Winncmucca cOnvcn-
tion that he was opposed to Taft and
the reform policies of President Roose
welt. As for himself hc had always
| supported the policies of the president
that tended toward the preservation Of
the public domain, the conservation of
of the water supply and the protection
of the people against the laud.grabbcr
and monopolst. If the republicans Of
Nevada were earnest in their support
of ROoscvclt's internal policies they |
should support Il friend Of those policies |
instead of their enemy.
In closing, he referred To the ap. |
plausc that greeted the mention of |
| Taft's name in the early part of his |
speech. lie paid an eloquent tribute to |
Taft as man and said that he and |
Bryan were the two dearest friends he !
had. That both were sincere. able and !
clean men. but of the two hn held that |
Bryan would make the better president. !
If elected. Mr. Bryan would have II |
solid party TO support his policies while |
Taft would have II divided party. If !
the republicans who had appaudcd |
Tafts name were sincere they should |
vote for United States senator who |
would support his reform measures and |
not for one who opposed those policies. |
He briefly referred to his work in |
securing the passage of the rcclamu. /
ton law and on the inland waterway /
commission. appointed by President |
Roosevelt and closed amid II hearty
round uf applause.
The speech WIS one Of the best ever
delivered in ElkO and was frequently
interrupted hy applause. The meeting
was a lig success III every way
Mr.. NrwlnudS left for Wells this
morning where hr speaks tonight.