The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-08-23
HUGH N. BROWN REPLIES
TO HIS TRADUCfRS
Throws Aside Mantle Of Privacy and Shows How lie Sowel
Necessary Funds to Finance Campaign

The purchaser, already a large stock
holder in the company, acquired the
control through the purchase of my
stock. The sale is in writing and
duplicate original has been lodged with
the secretary of the company who
holds the entire issued capitalization in
pool.
This sum, three thousand dollars. is
the fund that will see me through my
candidacy for attorney general If am
nominated, unless shall see At to
make further sacrifices Of my property,
which am not likely to do.
| made no privacy of the foregoing
conditions. During the months Of May,
June and July stated the conditions
to various persons, both Republican
and Democrat, and the streets Of Car
son. Reno and Tonopah, all the while
endeavoring to make q sale.
Springmeyer Knew.
My Republican opponent was one Of
the persons who knew Of these facts. I
gave him statement of the matter in
writing, letter over my own signature
dated July IL, 1910.
Has Not Been '.Approachsd.''
Third. Up to date. during this pre-
sent campaign, no corporation or indi-
vidual has approached me directly or
indirectly on any proposition concern
ing the future action of the attorney
generals Office in the event of nv
election to the Office.
During fourteen years. practice at
the bar / have never been controlled
or swerved in my duty toward a client,
by the influence Of any individual, cor
poratIon, money consideration or other
consideration.
II | should be nominated and elected
attorney general, no individual cor.
poration, money consideration or anv
other consideration would ever IN
fluence. color, control or swerve me in
the fulfillment of my duty to my client,
the State.
A-Birty Charge.
A special telegraphic dispatch, dated
at Ely, August IS, was published in
some of the Democratic papers on
August 10, stating that at political
meeting held in Ely by my Republican
opponent / was charged with being a
party to an arrangement whereby it is
alleged that certain railroad interests
plan to steal three quarters of a mil
lion acres of mineral land in Nevada:
that they are "backing up Hugh Brown
for the nomination in the hope Of Sc
curing control Of the principal arm Of
the government charged with the duty
OF defending the states rights in these
matters" and that candidate Brown
was also charged with having his pri-
mary campaign financed with a pre-
liminary contribution Of Eve thousand
dollars with a promise of more If
needed in struggle to deprive the
miners and prospectors Of the greatest
mineral empire of the world in Nova-
da."
And further, "that the charges may
be pursued in the courts, where IL IL
said it may result in the exposure Of
La gigantic swindle greater than even
the notorious Alaskan coal Rrab.D
Not Making Campaign.
The answer to this lie il that I am
not making any primary campaign.
The Republican press Of this state il
aware that up to date have done NO
campaigning except to insert my an
nouncement card in q few Of the pa
pers. ! am staying at my home in
Tonopah attending to my private af-
fairs. did not plan to make q prf-
mary campaign; cannot well afford to
do so and will not make one unless I
am compelled to do 30 by the continu-
ed practice Of such political chicanery
as is now being aimed at me. It is haro
to believe that my opponent is the
author of the statements which are at
tributed to him by the Ely article and
as quoted in excerpts from his public
address. He is lawyer. He knows
or should know, that land steal Of
the magnitude above described would
fall under the jurisdiction Of the At
torney general Of the United States ana
the department Of the interior, and not
the attorney general Of Nevada.
AR Brown concludes his letter By
paying his respects to his Republican
opponents and calling the attention OF
voters of the state to his loyalty - .
Republican. Lack Of space prevents
the publication of the letter II full
ED.)
(Signed) HUGH n. BROWN.