White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-28

During fourteen years practice at
the bar / have never been controlled
or swerved in my duty toward a
client, by the influence of any in
dividual, corporation, money con-
sideration or other consideration.
If / should be nominated and
elected attorney general, no individ-
ual, corporation, money considera-
tion or other consideration ever
would influence, color, control or
swerve me in the fulfillment of my
duty to my client, the state.
A special telegraphic dispatch
dated at Ely, August 18th, was pub
lished in some of the Democratic
papers on August 10Th, stating that
at political meeting held in Ely by
my Republican opponent, ! was
charged with being a party to an
arrangement whereby 1t Is alleged
that certain railroad interests plan
to steal three quarter million acres
of mineral lands in Nevada; that
they are backing up Hugh Brown
for the nomination in the hope of
securing control of the principal
arm of the government charged
with the duty of defending the
states right in these matters" and
that Candidate Brown was also
charged with having his primary
campaign financed with a prelimi-
nary contribution of $1,000, with n
promise of more, IL needed, in a
struggle to deprive the miners and
prospectors of the greatest mineral
empire of the world in Nevada"
And further that 'the charges may
be pursued in the courts where 1t Ii
| said 1t may result In the exposure OF
II gigantic swindle greater even than
the notorious Alaskan coal grab"
The answer to this lie is that am
not making any primary campaign.
The Republican press of this state is
aware that, up to date, have done
no campaigning, except to insert my
announcement card in a few of the
papers. | am staying at home In
Tonopah, attending to my private af-
fairs. l did not plan to make a
primary campaign; cannot we'll
afford to do so and will not make
one unless l am compelled to do so
by the continued practice of such
political chicanery as is now being
aimed at me. 1t is hard to believe
my opponent is the author of the
statements which are attributed 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 mag
nitude above described, would fall
under the jurisdiction of the attorney
general of the United States and the
department of the Interior and not
attorney general of Nevada.
A word to you personally, Mr..
Springmeyer: You are a member of
the bar. The stamp of approval has
been put upon your name and repu-
tation by the supreme court of this
state. You have charged me, your
brother attorney, with one of the
highest crimes that could be laid at
any mans door, namely that / am
to become party to an alleged plot
or conspiracy to injure and defraud
this state and all its people. and that
am to do this under the cloak of a
high Office and through the perver-
sion of a sacred oath. You have not
only circulated this wicked lie
throughout the state of Nevada, but
1t has also penetrated into adjoining
states and territories, where the
name of myself and family stands in
good repute. and where my written
denial may or may not reach. You
call yourself an "unspiked rail" 1t
fits you, for it is the habit of 'un-
spiked rails, and also of loose
screws"-to cause senseless, useless
and irreparable injury. Neither your
youth, your ambition, nor the heat
of political controversy will absolve
you from the responsibility of your
misconduct.
You are no insurgent. Insurgency
claims to represent an uplift and an
advance In political methods and
ideas. You are a political renegade.
and the methods you employ have
been in disfavor with the American
people for many a long year. You
unnecessarily abuse the political
standards of your country and your
state when you endeavor to further
your own cause by trying to tear
down the character, personality and
patriotism of an opponent. Let it
also be known that in letter over
your own signature, under date of
July IL, 1910, you stated that IL you
did not win the nomination at the
primaries you would keep up the
fight against your party's nominee
until November. II you are unsuc-
cessful at the primaries 1t is manifest
that the Republican nominee will
have to go into the election campaign
against the massed forces of de-
mocracy, reinforced by you and by
whatsoever following you may mus
ter. Even so, and whatever the final
outcome may be, 1t will-if | am
nominated-give me an opportunity
to campaign this state next October
in support of my party's cause and
my party's nominees. whoever they
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