White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-18

His only interest in his various
jumps and changes has been self
benefit and personal aggrandize
ment" Platt declared Party fealty
and loyalty to the state have never di-
rected his course"
The speaker in quoting the con-
gressional record showed Newlands'
attitude on the freight rate and back
haul matter and classed him as one
of the twelve railroad apostles who
threw down the state of Nevada in
violation of their solemn oath and
duty
After quoting records to show that
Newlands was not father of the ir-
rigation movement. Platt discussed
Newlands' record in his votes on the
wool tariff and free sugar saying
ITO throw the people of Nevada and
Churchill county down. He talked
sugar protection to make the record
look good and then voted against it.
Was he thinking of Newlands or you
or the people of Nevada"
The failure of Newlands or Pitt
man to properly attend to the inter-
est of Nevada mine owners was dis
cussed at considerable length by Mr..
Platt He mentioned the fact that
while the senators and representives
from the southern states succeeded
in having the federal government set
aside s150.000. 900 tos~handle the
cotton crop of the south, one Nevada
senator was being banquetfed at San
Francisco and posing as the leader
Of the Hetch-Hetchy valley water
project and the other was touring
Nevada in conquest of votes.
Quoting from other authorities.
platt proved that the western COVER
nors conference had denouced the
Newlands- -Broussard bill as inimical
to the interests of the west, main
tanning that its passage would furth-
er place the people under the yoke
OF bureaucracy. He declared that
the river and harbors bill was moth
ing more than a pork barrel de-
mcnstrating to the audience how
how hundreds of millions appro-
priated for rivers and harbors are
never repaid to the government b.
neople benefited while the few
paltry millions allotted for reclama-
tion work must be repaid by the
settlers.
George Springmeyer. candidate for
attorney general, emphasized the
charges of extravaganza in certain
Offices. particularly that of the at
torney general. He challenged con-
tradietion of figures from official
figures and referred to state Treas
urer Mcmillan for substantiation of
his assertions. He called the atten-
ton of his hearers to the fact that
there had been substantial fusion
of the Republicans and Progressives
in this campaign and asked that
they heed Mr.. McKay's wishes and
not divide their vote on the attorney
generalship by voting for Mr.. Mckay.
Mr.. Springmeyer was unsparing in
criticism of his opponent, whom, he
declared had been guilty of various
forms of extravaganza in spite of his
platform advocacy of economy and
reform.
| William Mcmillan, candidate for
state treasurer. explained that he
had been instrumental in forcing
legislation, which permitted the in
vestment of $500. 900 in school funds
at good interest and several hundred
thousand dollars of the state funds
that had laid idle for years now pays
a substantial income to the state.
The refusal of Eggers and himself,
he said, to follow the advice of At
torney General Thatcher relative to
paying Zeb Kendall and Hal Mighels.
who in defiance of the constitution,
had been appointed to positions un-
der the fair commission, had saved a
large sum TO the state.
]. F. Abel, candidate for superin-
tendent of public instructions. held
the attention OF his audience by an
excellent discussion on the needs OF
the public schools. He was loud in
his praise of the local people for the
Interest they had taken in school af-
fairs. and referred to the $150.000
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