White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-11
Party
for Democrats
PERSONAL EGOTISM, INTERWOv-
EN- WITH STORIES OF PAGES,
POLITICAL FLIP FLOPS, ETC.,
FEATURES NEwI4ANDs' TALK.

OF course you've attended them
end had them slipped over on you,
but what one would term q surprise
party occurred last Friday night
at the knights of Pythias hall. when
Sir Francis G. Newlands, sometimes
resident of Nevada. and friend of the
classes, attempted to explain his rec
ord as member of the upper house
of congress during the last six years.
The whole proceedings we're kind
of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn joke. The claims that were ad-
vanced failed to gain their expected
recognition.
The senior senator from Nevada
was introduced to the audience by
Chairman d. c. Mcdonald, and q
cold, cherries and critical enthus-
iasm greeted him.
The senator looked like he had
load of trouble upon his Appolo-
shaped shoulders when he attempted
to explain how he happened to have
a paid political agent in Nevada In
the person of Jimmie Finch. who
draws down 81, 400 year as page
for the Interstate Commerce COM
mittee in the senate Newlands ne
elected TO state that Finch has never
carried a single message to Washing
ton, and that his salary was not paid
from the Newlands millions.
The senior senator from Nevada"
as Mr.. Newlands likes to designate
himself asserted that Finch was one
of the retinue of three that each
senator is allowed, and as matter OF
efficiency was kept In Nevada SO
ne could be on the ground whenever
the senator's interest required him
TO perform in a men.al capacity.
Newlands phrased 1t this way: Il am
indicted for keeping a man in Me-
yada as a convenience to the public
business"
Newlands admitted that he had
turned a few political hip-fiops In
the political arena since he cast his
destinies with Nevada with the ex-
pectation of representing this COM
monwealth later in congress. He
was silent in regard to the accusa
tion that he was Republican In
California. but admitted that he was
Democrat when he first came to
Nevada. abandoning the policies oi
that party. because he was displeas-
ed with Cleveland's actions. New
lands said that he cast vote for
Harrison in 1892. and later landed
in the ranks of the Silver party.
when bi-metalism was the paramount
question of the day only to aligr
himself at a later period with the
party of Woodrow Wilson.
During the course of his remarks
he stated that small-minded Ne
vadans could not realize that he was
a national figure in Washington.
..The presideft took me into con-
sultation" was one of his favorite ex-
pressions. He also stated that he
was regarded as big and compre-
hensiye by Teddy. the big Bull
Mooser and wieder of the Big Stick,
Newlands also claimed to be respon-
sible for two of the big measures that
characterized the Wilson administra
tion.
His stunt in connection with the
final vote on the tariff bill with re-
spect to wool and sugar. when he
voted to remove the tariff from those
articles. thus injuring two big indus
tries in Nevada. was removed from
the center of the calcium with the
remark that Wilson knew and be
.ieved in party solidarity and that's
" hat your senior senator did
George Thatcher. candidate for at
torney general. advocated the shor'
ballot and the ycsting of powers il
the governor, with the responsibility
for official acts resting with him
If the governor doesn't make good
recall him." was Thatcher's conten
tion. He also advocated the com
bining of commissions and the abol
tion of useless Offices.
Maurice Sullivan, the party choice
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS believed
that expenses should be curtailed
George Cole. candidate for stat
emphasized that he hat
necessary to qualify hin
for the position he was seeking. !.
Edward Ryan. who is seeking IT.
election as mine inspector. statec
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