The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-10-28

Perhaps the most enthusiastic re-
ception of this campaign met the
candidates Sunday evening when old
Eureka showed some thing of her for
mer glory in an ovation to Platt, Rob-
erts. Moran and Mckay. Several auto
mobiles led by County Chairman w. r.
Reynolds. and carrying enthusiastic
Republicans of Eureka, met the party
IL miles out and in the gathering
dusk the lights of bonfires blazed the
way to town, where red fire and bon
fires aided the band in warm welcome.
The meeting in the Opera House at
eight o'clock was presided over by at
torney w. r. Reynolds, who announ-
ced the key note of his address as an
appea, for protection to the wool in.
dustry and for tariff on lead. and
as a protective measure for mine
owners in the production of lead ores.
At present and during the war in
Europe it is probable producers of
lead ores will receive fair or good
prices, but with the close of hostilities
there will be a recession of metal
prices. and producers will then suffer
from competition with foreign pro-
duction, and Mr.. Reynolds stated his
conviction that tariff on importa-
tions of lead was necessary, and
pointed out that with such tariff
the increased prices to producers Of
lead ores in Eureka would mean that
more than enough had been lost by
the present Democratic tariff to pay
the entire taxes of the county.
Sam Platt. Republican candidate
for United States Senator from Ne
vada, opened the address of the
evening by treating of the Pittman
land bill, Americanism, the protective
tariff. suffrage, and his own labor
attitude and record, and was greeted
with much applause as he was intro
duced by the chairman. He pointed
to his legislative and official State
and Federal positions and his record
as guarantee of his friendship to
the labor interests and the welfare
of the State. He stated that he had
received the congratulations of sew
eral labor organizations for his SER
vices in connection with the Work
mans Compensation and Employers
Liability Act. and that during his
term as United States Attorney he
prosecuted violators of the Federal
Safety Appliance Act. and secured
convictions, so that further violation
of that Act no longer occurs. He
prosecuted suits in equity for the re-
conveyance Of lands from the rail-
roads. which they had acquired as ag-
ricultural lands under the railroad
land grant, and showed that the pat
ents had been secured by the railroads
on fraudulent affidavits of the nom
mineral character of the land, and as
result OF the suits there was re.
stored to the benefit of the miner
and prospector hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of mineral lands. Mr..
Platt's stand on the Pittman Land
Act has been a prominent issue
throughout the State. He pointed
out that the bill proposed to segre-
gate out of the Government lands
in Nevada a tract Of seven million
acres for the use of the State. By
Senator Pittman's amendment the
land is to be sold by the State at
public auction at not less than $l.25
per acre. Thus. Platt contends,
the man who discovers land with
water on 1t or capable of develop
ment. must advertise the loca-
ton and suffer himself to be out.
bidded by wealthy men. This. he
stated to his audience, absolutely
bars and discourages the pioneer
poor settler and retards the develop
ment of the State. He cited the
fact that he made or intended to
make no caustic criticism of his OPP
ponent, nor impute to him any dis