White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-23

lHdl ldtls 1 must Adlh a lIlli1 dDOul
myself. l don't like to do 1t, but II
Is necessary in case of this kind, as
| am asking your suffrage for an i'm
portant office; the most important in
the state. and / want to convince you
that ! am capable of filling that of
fee well. Now my friends, ! had a
great deal to do with the starting of
the mining industry in this state dur
ing the past ten years. AS many of
you know, my old friend Jim Butler,
discovered the mines at Tonopah.
mention this particularly because the
starting of that camp meant the re-
awakening of the State of Nevada.
IL meant the building of hundreds
and hundreds of miles of railroads
and the bringing of millions of dol
lars of money from the ground, which
was placed in circulation and many
people were benefited; thousands and
thousands of men had employment
good employment-as a result, and
you all know what that meant for
the state, and in all this, | was his
partner. Now. my friends, ! also had
great deal 10 do with bringing cap
ital into the state from the outside;
the bringing of many millions of dol
lars into the state. and ] hold a par
tiuclarly fortunate position right now
in being on terms of friendship with
eastern investors and with people in
this state. ! believe If ] am elected
can accomplish great deal for the
state, as | intend to keep in the min
ing business: | intend to keep inter
ested in prospects and in prospectors,
as | have been for years. and ! know
] can fiji the Office of governor just as
we'll. and better, If / do 1t. Now, my
friends, ! have had "A very active life
In the years gone by when | lived in
the east. | filled positions of great
responsibility for a man of my years.
When / came 10 Nevada the condi-
tions were peculiar. and | happened
to be the man TO start the wheels of
progress in Tonopai We had some
difficult problems 10 solve then, but
we solved them, and the heavy re-
sponsibilities fell on my shoulders, as
! know my friends who weer asso-
ciated with me will tell you. ! filled
the positions we'll, and | know We had
some harder problems TO solve than
the governor of this state will likely
have. | filled those positions with
honor and that is why my friends be-
lieve in me | am not saying this in
an egotistical sense. but TO convince
you of my ability to handle the Office
of governor if l am elected.
will say few words as tG my
latitude toward labor. | simply want
TO say that you can't tell what ques-
tions will arise from day to day. but
/ promise the workingmen in his au-
dience that | will try to give them a
square deal. Thousands Of men have
worked for me and with me and
think everyone who has ever work
ed for me will testify that
have always tried to treat the work
lingman fairly and have tried TO i'm
prove laboring conditions; | have
made a hard fight for good wages and
good conditions to surround the men.
This is a matter of business, my
friends, because if you have content
ment among the men you will have
efficiency, and good treatment brings
contentment. Now, my friends,
have had quite good deal to do with
the mines of the state, with business,
with professional life, with agricul-
ture; this interests me much, because
we know of the thousands of acres in
the state that lie idle. We ought to
do something to reclaim these desert
lands, and | think / can convince you
that with the plans l have and the
plans others have that We can do
much in this line that will be a great
benefit to the state. In many ways l
can be of benefit to the state; by
bringing in capital and assuring cap
ital of fair treatment, and 1t will be
welcomed in the state, for there are
many industries the development of
which needs 1t. | want to say that
we are one great family-all the peo-
, pie of this state. If you could travel
! around as we have for the last few
: weeks you would realize 1t. Wherever
J we go we are met by friends, and 1t is
: like going home, because these men
| don't know just how to explain 1t.
, You all know that when you drop into
town that you think Is all filled with
: strangers, and you find an old friend
who welcomes you, and brings Others
around and introduces them. you fee
| at home right away. l want you al
Y to put your shoulders to the whee
j and help to bring more prosperity t.
[ the state. We can do 1t, and / assur,
: you that the candidates on our ticke
: are all earnest and sincere men, ant
: will work for your interests and tn
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