The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-11-05
(By George II. Corliss) }

lBy George II. Corliss)
Senator Newlands Is at present
spending a few weeks talking with
different people in the various walks
of life throughout the state. The
senior senator is great believer in
human nature, and realizes the i'm
portanee of rubbing elbows with his
constituents-of seeing and talking
to men at close range. The Hon.
William c. Redfield, member Of the
| Presidents cabinet, tells of seeing
over the desk of a prominent busi-
ness man in Rotterdam, this motto,
Every man meet is my master In
some point, and in this | learn of
him." No man realizes more than
does Senator Newlands the great
benefit derived from coming into
contact with ones fellow man, and
no man is more respectful of the
opinions of others than Francis G..
Newlands.
present visit the stock of Mr.. New
lands for reelection has rapidly been
going up, and it might throw the
stand-pat machine into wild state
of confusion If they should learn of
the large number of prominent Re-
publieans who have recently signi-
fed their intention of supporting Mr..
Newlands in the campaign for reelec-
ton to the United States Senate. OF
course there is some good material
in the Republican ranks but they are
few and far between-none, how
ever, of Mr. Newlands' calibre. In
the coming campaign for United
States Senator in Nevada, the Re-
publican party is going to experience
considerable difficulty in securing a
good man to make the run against
Newlands. Some Republican may
run for the advertising he will get
out of it, but as for running on the
Republican or any other ticket with
any hope of defeating Newlands that
is another proposition. If any sane
politician is seriously considering be-
ing candidate against Senator New
lands either in the primaries or af-
terward, he had better stay at home
and save his money. Mr.. Newlands
is one of the greatest statesmen that
ever sat in the upper house of con-
gress, not a mere politician, but a
constructive statesman in every
sense of the term, and any man who
goes over the state of Nevada at
tempting to tell the people OF the
state why Mr.. Newlands should not
be sent back to Washington to rep
resent the state of Nevada is going
to have a difficult task on his hands
Francis Griffith Newlands, Demo
crat, of Reno, was born near Nat.
chez, Miss, August 2S, 1S4S; enter
ed the class of 1876 at Yale college
and remained until the middle of his
juior year; later on he attended the
Columbian college law school a
Washington, but prior to graduation
was admitted to the bar by the Su
preme Court of the District OF Co
lumbia, and went to San Francisco
where he entered upon the practice
of law and continued in the active
practice of his profession until 1883
when he became citizen of th'
state of Nevada; was elected to th'
Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fftl
Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh con
crosses, and served on the commit
tees on Irrigation, Foreign Affairs
Banking and Currency and Ways ant
Means, was elected to the United
States senate to succeed Hon. Johl
p. Jones, Republican, for the tern
beginning March 4, 1908. In tn
general election of 1908 Mr.. New
lands submitted his candidacy TO
reelection to a popular vote, unde
the election law of Nevada, and re
ceived large majority of votes o
all competitors. The legislature be
ing pledged in advance by the part
platforms to carry out the popula
will, thereupon, without opposition
reelected him United States senate
for the term ending March 3 1917