Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-28
NIXON TO THE FRONT.

Senator Nixon is showing the material he is
made Of in the United States senate to the en-
tire satisfaction of his many loyal supporters,
and to the chagrn of his few weak-kneed and
dyspeptic opponents He has been made chair
man of the committee on irrigation and recama-
ton of arid lands He has been made
member Of the committee appropriations. A
member of the committee on Interstate COM
merce. A member of the committee on mining.
\ member Of the committee the Philippines.
Some honor this to bring to the Sagebrush
state. And yet his opponents will ask: What
has Nixon ever done for the state OF Nevada?
Well, there we have the answer that is indis-
putable. He has become a member OF the
committee appropriations, the most lmpor-
tant of all the committees in the senate.
However, the craftsmanship of the commit
tee on irrigation and reclamation of arid lands
is probably just as important position a
membership the appropriation committee
And by the way, Senator Nixon has made
good his word having announced during the
last campaign that he was in line for this
craftsmanship This committee will have the
handling of $20,0O0,0OO appropriated by the
last session of congress for the work designated
by the name of the committee Not senator
from any western state but would feel highly
honored at receiving this appointment and make
"A hard fight for it if he thought he had any
possible chance of landing. And yet what has
Nixon done of the state of Nevada? Take
glance Mr. Chronic Kicker, over the committees
on which he has been made member and find
your answer there.
The committee of which Mr.. Nixon is the
chairman is the one which has charge of the
great amount of work which is contemplated
along the Truckee river 1t has charge of the
gigantic undertaking at Faon, where dam
is being constructed upon which $4,O0O,0OO has
already been spent and upon which $l,OOO,OOO
additional has been appropriated and which
,nnl will toly fully tNVn VnDpc NJ
plete This committee has full charge of all
the great reclamation and irrigation work that
is underway contemplated throughout the
western states. The greatest undertaking ever
attempted by any country on the face OF the
globe. An undertaking that will eventually
make of the large area of desert verltable
rose garden An undertaking that in the course
of time will place green meadows and waving
corn fields where now the sagebrush holds full
sway. And Senator Nixon has secured the
Craftsmanship of this committee What has
Nixon done for Nevada? asks the 'knocker
More than any other man who ever repre-,
scented this state at the national capital, should
suffice for answer.
There is not another western state-and the
western states are the interested ones-more in
terested in the work of this committee than
is Nevada. 1t means much to her both in If
rigat0n and in the reclamation Of arid lands.
Not citizen of the state but shuld take his
hat off to Mr.. Nixon and say: "Well done,
Georgen' Not citizen, were he "for' or
against" Mr.. Nixon during the last campaign
but should come forward like man and give
to Senator Nixon the credit which is his due.
He is the friend of the state He is the friend
of the people. He has spent his life among
us and realizes just what the people of Nevada
need. He will give the people and the state
the best he has in him to secure those needs.
Senator Nixon is on the job every minute and
is most worthy representative of worthy
state He has put to rout those opponents who
predicted that he would not be made the chair
man Of the committee on irrigation and rec
lamation of arid lands. Once more please
ssWhat has Nixon done for Nevada?' The
question is hardly worthy of consideration, it is
so absurd.