White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-18
False Claims Of NeW|ands
Are Exposed by Sam Plat
Without Dealing in Personalities, Republi-
can Candidate for u. S. Senator Shows
Up Disloyal Acts of His Opponent


/ In d clean cut expose of Newlands
and a denunciation of his acts as
United States senator, Sam Platt held
the enraptured attention of an audi
ence that filled the Knights of Pythias
hall, last Wednesday night The Re
publican candidate for United State
senator and his party associates
were enthusiastically received, and
the false claims advanced by Me-
vadas noted political acrobat were
reviewed and their fallacy proven.
Cheering that continued for some
time greeted Sam PIatt when he was
introduced by Senator n. H. Chaplin
as candidate for United States SEN
ator, who stands for Nevada
Il shall not utter a word against
the personal character of the senior
senator" said Mr.. Platt, II am not
an assassin of character. The issue
is whether Newlands after serving
TWENTY-FIVE years as a representative
Of this state in the lower and upper
houses of congress Is entitled to re-
election, if his stewardship as a con-
gressman and United States senator
Las been one of disIoyaity to the state
and the people of Nevada ii is your
euty aud will rebound TO your bene-
fit not to SEND aim back to the Unied
States senate
He exposed the career of Senator
Neslands in politics since the time he
Icame to Nevada in 1888, for the
sole purpose of holding office" ae-
leording to Mr.. Platt He challenged
1.-THE senior senator 10 deny the
charges and called attention to the
fact that, although these charges had
been made by him from half dozen
platforms. yet the senior senator re-
manned silent.
Mr. Platt analyzed the record of
Newlands on the irrigation subject
claiming that he had sold land in
Churchill county to the Occidental
land and improvement company for
lover $4,000. and then the company
sold the land to the United States as
a site for the Lahotan reservoir
l"Newiands owns the Occidental Land
and Improvement company, said
Mr.. Platt. and the transfer is a mere
lsubterfuge."
The speaker said that his opponent
had taken no steps for twelve years
to give the settlers on the Truckee-
Carson project an extension of time
to twenty years for payment of their
landed holdings but on the eve Of
an election he finally introduced a
bill And" said Platt. this bill has
a Joker in it as the settlers are re-
ulred to pay $50 an acre for the
land where as previous to 1so7
they paid SEA
The Republican candidate said
that Newlands falsely claimed to be
the father of irrigation and that the
credit rightfully belonged to Sena-
tor Stewart of Nevada for lntroduc-
ing the first bill on this subject in
lfsSs and to Senator Hansborough Of
North Dakota for framing the pres
ent law and to President Roosevelt
eor recommending 1t in his annual
message.
To prove his assertion of dis
loyalty by Senator Newlands towards
the interests of Nevada and especial
lly where irrigation matters were
looncerned Mr. Platt quoted from the
records he had secured bearing upon
Senator Newlands remarks and at
ltitude at the irrigation congress held
in Salt Lake in September 1912 ani
also at the so-called reclamation
hearing at the national capital, In
which Newlands charged the home
!steaders of the west with trying "to
repudiate their debts to the govern
ment for reclamation expenditures. :"
II maintain that Senator Newlands
has been disloyal and absolutely
tailed In his duty to Nevada. | have
linade these accusations from every
platform | have spoken them in this
campaign. and there has been no
contradiction. now issue chal-
Ilenge to Senator Newlands to answer
them. / will show you by his record
that for you to return him to the
United States senate would be to
Icondone and encourage useless and
disloyal service"
Mr.. Platt then quoted from the
congressional record and showed