Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-20
JUDGE HUBBNRO'S VIEWS l MS

voters of Nevada have a right to
know where the candidates fof
congress stand on the great
question of the day, we asked Judge
Hubbard this morning for state
ment of his views and he gave us
the following. He leaves no doubt
of his position on the questions
that so vitality interest the people:
want no misunderstanding. l
am a progressive. The best sign
of the last half century is the
present movement of the Insurgent
Republicans. 1t evinces conviction
and independence. Action is
suited to thought. But for in
fsurgeneS ) Democracy must have
preRilsf $;in the next national
CONSIST Ewas sorry to see the
patriots ofithe Republicans party
insurge at this time for Larty
reasons, but glad to see them in
surge at any time in the interest
of the public good.
l stand for the rights of labor,
organized and unorganized. For
equal standing with all other men
at the bar of justice. The working
classes are never bad if treated
as men, wrong begets wrong.
Excess breeds counter excess. No
collective body of men acting with
desire to obtain simply justice
can go far wrong.
Organization has benefited not
only the men themselves, but the
world. l do not join organizations
which are the enemies of organized
labor during the winter of trouble
and then write long eulogies of
the laborers and their unions
during the anxious hours of a
political cam 1aign. If a friend is
worthy the name. he will be a
friend all the time. If he is an
enemy and consistent in it, he
commands respect at least. But
the man on the fence is a mere
political scare-crow. He's nobody's
friend.
When the railroads get over the
traces and trample the rights of
the people by interfering with
governmental affairs, they must be
beaten back into their proper place.
So long as they attend to their
legitimate business, play fair and
assist in the development of the
state,'~ they must be encouraged
and not tormented. California
has just taught them a wholesome
lesson at a proper time.
am opposed to Cannonism and
all other isms of similar kind or
character. In, training, education
and by nature, am opposed to the
stand-pat, "do-nothing" Bourbon"
policies of the Republican party,
and have always opposed it in my
own party. Nothing could give
me greater pleasure than to become
another nail in the political coffin
of Uncle Joe" and his Ubiquitous
policies.
There is work to do. No man
should aspire to Congress without
some definite and particular duty
in mind. There should be a fixed
object particularly beneficial to
his state. My hobby has been and
is, development by irrigation
through the preservation of waters
heretofore wasted. Not more
than one-fourth of the waters of
Nevada are working. Appropriate
the winter flows and store them
onathe hill sides for use in the
heated season. Tie new farmer
under our irrigation projects should
be given several years to get
started in before being required to.
pay on either land or water. Other
wise the burden is too much for
him. No state can become great
until her citizens is anchored to
her soil. More farms will not
make fewer mines. Cultivatine
the valleys will only increase our