The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-10-29
ROUSING REPUBLICAN
RALLY A RECORD BREAKER
The Issues of the Campaign Thoroughly Discussed by Senator Nixon
T. L. Oddie, E. E. Roberts and w. w. Booth in Largest
Political Gathering in Wnnemuccas History

way l got my first money to 60 into
southern Nevada with, but / have not
heard that story this year, but l have
been accused of about everything else
Now, my friends, the tariff question,
broadly speaking, is this-it is local
question and it iss business question.
don't care what anybody says to
the contrary, believe I can convince
any sensible person; / don't expece to
convince any man who will not look at
it in the right light, but believe that
any sensible person will see that the
tariff question is local question and a
business proposition. For instance, /
will take the wool question Now,
my friends, you people here in this
county, know that while a number
of you are not directly interested in the
wool business, you all realize that the
sheep businss in this particular commu-
nifty is one of the principal industries
of Humboldt county, and while, as i
say, you may not be particularly inter
ested in 1T, every merchant in town
knows what it means to the communi-
ty; every man, every teamster knows
what it means to the community, and
might say that many laboring men
know, because when any particular in
dustry prospers it simply spreads out to
all the different Industries associated
with it. Take down at Lovelock.
where the farmer raises his alfalfa.
Don't you believe that when wool is
high, or when sheep are high, that the
farmer will get more for his hay than
when sheep are low and wool is low
And don t you believe that the farmer
VIII pay more to his haymaker when his
hay is high than when it is low. 1t is
only a reasonable proposition. And /
can say this: The other night in E1ko
Mr. Sprague who is candidate upon
the opposition ticket for Congressman
was making speech there. Speaking
as he was to an Elko audience, which is
also in the midst of the wool growing
section, he said, "Of course, my
friends, if / was sent to congress, I
would favor a tariff on wool. - Now.
my friends, that IS the whole PROPOSE
tion. If, in talking to an Elko audi
ence, he was in favor of tariff on
wool, if he had been talking to
Eureka audience he would have been in
favor of tariff on lead; if he had been
talking to a Fallon audience he would
have been in favor of tariff on sugar;
if he had been talking to New En-
gland audience he would have been in
favor of a tariff upon the manufactured
article. That's the whole question,
my friends. Now, referring to Congress,
am going to cite a few things.
remember when the lumber schedule was
up every senator from the large lumber
rlradnatnry Sfa 20 L :. r.
tariff on lumber than the presentPayne
Aldrich bill has. Even Senator La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, voted for that,
and Senator Baily,of Texas,and by the
way, he is one of the most splendid
men in that body-he also voted to
place tariff upon iron ore because
there was plenty of iron ore in Texas
When dicidious fruits came up, pine
apples and things of that kind, Senator
Tolliver of Florida, and other southern
senators, voted to place tariff on those
local industries, and, my friends,
could go right ON down the line and cite
case after case, but / belive you know
that when local industry is affected,
and it is known that tariff bill is 60
ing to be passed, each one is going to
look after his own particular communi-
ty. Senator Tillmon of South Carolina
said that $50 long as it is going to be
passed want my portion.' The New
England senators are looking after
their interests; the western senators
are looking after their interests and the
northwestern senators are looking after
their interests. Now, | have been con-
demned because / voted with the other
western senators in the interest of the
state of Nevada, and have been ac
eused of having betrayed the interests
of the people of this state simply be-
cause Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island also
voted in favor of placing protection up
on the raw material of the West.
can say to you that / voted Ior many
manufactured articles in the East when
had no particular interest in them,
but L was elected to the Senate of the
United States as Republican, upon a
platform that declared in favor of pro.
lection to American industries l was
honest in that and i did not feel like
sitting back and saying "Gentlemen, |
want what l can get for my state, but
will give nothing in return" Now,
that may be all wrong, but it is con
dition we have to contend with In leg
islation. You can't get just what you
want and give nothing in return. Now,
don't think, my friends, you would
have wanted me to have sacrifice any
of Nevada industries, simply because
Mr.. Aldrich voted for some of them,
because / believe in this, my friends, /
believe in the protective principles of
the Republican party. ] believe those
principles are right, and | believe this.
that if the tariff is tax, that tax
should be spread al through theUnited
States, and if it is a benefit, | believe
that benefit should bc spread all over
the United States, and when we GO