The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-10-28
HOW LAND HAS BEEN SOLD U. S.
paaI Facts Surrounding United
States Senator Sewlands' Deal
ings With Government.

Reno. Oct. 24.-fhe Reno Ca
,ette OF october 24tn, reports San
piatt in his speech At Ely as charg
ing Senator NeWlands with seilin;
the post Office site in Reno ant
land in Churchill County To tn,
United States Government at al
enormous profit. These lying state
ments were made in the campaign
al six years ago. when Senator New
lands was elected a second time to
the United States Senate by a ma.
iority OF S.500 votes. and in that
campaign Senator Newlands replied
as follows;
As 10 the transactions with the
government which nave been so
monstTously perverted by my adver-
saries. / nave TO say that / have
been interested In two properties
that have been sold TO the United
states Government. One OF these,
three thousand acres OF land, in
Guiding the dam site of the rruekee-
Carson reservoir. being a part of d
ranch Of about seven thousand acres
on the Carson river below Dayton,
and the other the post Office site nea.
the Virginia street bridge in Keno
1t Is indicative of the insincerity
Of my opponents that they charge
ne with having no investments in
the state. and yet, at the same time,
charge that the government has ae-
CURED valuable properties in this
state from me and that have profit
ed BY them. AS TO the Carson ranch
and dam-site and post Office site.
was interested to the extent OF one
twelfth in the corporation owing
them.
Both OF these properties we're
sought BY the government in both
cases. The prices offered by the
government were notoriously below
their real value, and we're accepted
because | was anxious that there
should be no possible criticism.
In both cases ] wrote to the At
torney-General. the Secretary of
the Interior. and the Secretary OF
the Treasury stating my interest in
the properties and inviting the
closest scrutiny before the transae-
tions were closed, and In both cases
the reply came that the officials
were entirely satisfied with the
and that the interests
of he government required them to
Be- closed.
"All these matters have been
threshed out In previous campaigns.
The attacks made upon me have
been upon the very elevated plane
II eriticizing the cut Of my clothes,
he ownership OF some bob-tailed
horses. false appeals to prejudice re-
yarding interests in valuable prop
rites which the government Sc
lared at prices much below their
'eal value. No one has yet assumed /
o attack me UPON my votes In con-
'ress. upon my public record. or
Ipon my public utterances. al
hOagh my absorption in public
York has been frequently criticized
nd | have been blamed for not per-
aitting myself 10 be absorbed In
rivate enterprises which would in
olive individual profit. | will be
lad if any one of my critics or de-
amers will write to the Reclama-
ION Service, or TO the Post Office /
regarding the transac-
Ions to which l have referred
AS a matter of fact the lands in
harchill County were not acquired
rom the Southern Pacific company,
iut from private individuals and
sere sold to the government much
lelow their real value.
As to the Post Office site in Reno,
/ Is we'll known by the citizens OF
lis community that the lot was
old to the government at the price
ienator Newlands paid for 1t, plus
TX per cent interest, and that II the
had not tak.n 1t, he
ould have sold It to private indi-
-iduals for three times tile price he