Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-10-28
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possibility Of demonstrating, all of the
remaining lands within the borders OF
this state, or whether it was for the
purpose of adding a fifteenth owner
of the balance of the state instead OF
leaving it available for homesteads
In other words. we did not and do
not believe that the grant was
sufficiently safe-guarded to protect it
from the fifteenth man alone in pref
erence to- the bona ide homesteader
or settler
We'll, so much for the 'Pittman
Bill After discussing it and hearing
others discuss it a thought came to
me when | remembered a remark you
made to ME while | was visiting with
you on the occasion first above re,
erred to.
"As near as | can remember you
said that you knew Or told Mr.. H.
that his job here as president of the
university was semi-political, and
then you asked me a question. To
which arm does he belong, Wingfell
or Charles Henderson,?
AT least | recognize the fact that
although you were a thousand miles
away from us yon knew that Wing
held was supposed to represent the
Republican push here and Chas. Hen
derson the Democrats.
Nov, although | had lived here
ten years | had not a speaking &C
q%uaintanCe with more than one-half
of the faculty of the university, and
| had to go to Portland to learn that
cur university was in politics here.
| want to take off my hat to you as Il
student of politics and say that I AM
a long way short of a graduate yet.
MY curiosity is this. How did
you know that the job vas a semi
political one while. as | think | in
formed you, I did not think that poll
tics entered into it at all?
THE strange thing about this is
this, both Henderson and Wingfeld
might reasonably be suspected of be-
ing back of this land bill, and at the
same time the bill would seem to be
4 boost for Pittman who comes up
for reelection this fall to his position
as United States senator, and | know
that Wingfeld is against him and
there has been a determined effort to
get Henderson out as a candidate
against him by the Democrats who
are opposed to Pittman, so you can
see hat we have a political riddle that
is too deep for me.
Really, at first glance it appears
that President II. might nave been Sc
lected by Henderson as president of
the Board of Regents for this specific
work, but many things indicate that
that was not the case, and the only
treason why it so appears that, way to
me is probably because of what L
learned concerning the presidents &C
tlNlty IN ld1U giant HldttcTS.
Had Pittman been able to get his
grant through without any particular
notice having been taken of it by the
people here he certainly would have
had a good plank to talk from this
fall, but now that they have blocked
its passage unless it is safeguarded
from every point so as to prevent
monopoly Of this remaining 100000
acres OF land on this old desert of
ours. it will be the reverse OF a boost.
WAS Mr.. II. brought here to de-
feat Pittman? Was he brought here
! to get a 100000 acre land grant for
our public schools and university, the
same to be turned owe to the pres
ent fourteen land owners owning all
OF the ranch lands of the state? Was
he brought here to get this grant with
every incentive to build up and pro-
cure bona fde settlers for the state
to be located upon this grant? Or
was he brought here to be made an
innocent tool of by both Henderson
and Wing6eld. they being interested
principally in getting the large grant
so as to remove all available land