The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1916-10-27
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had leir inning II. this county. at
Wa. time United States Senator
Key Pittman, Edwin Caine, candidate
for Congressman; j. Saunders, canii-
date for Justice OF the Supreme Court
and VIM. kennett, candidate for Clei k
OF the Supreme Court spoke at VAL
halla hall. Francis G. Newlands was
on the stlge with the candidates but
did not address the meeting. VIM.
Settelneyer acted as chairman, while
c. NJ .Henningsen occupied seat on
the platform.
Every chair in the hall was oc-
cnpied and the meeting was very sue
cessful. the candidates having been
given the impression that they will
poll big vote in this county.
Senator Pittman was the first speak
er who spoke at some length on
national issues. He told how the
National banks caused the panic of
1907 and later how the Democrats
passed the Federal Reserve act and
how the Republican leaders,l Root,
omoot, Lodge, Penrose and Gallinger
had fought it. How the Democrats
had passed the Farm Loan bill and
went into detail as to the help this
measure will be to the farmers, CIV
ing them the opportunity to get long
tine loans at from 10 per cen for
the Improvement OF their ranches.
He again declared that Root, Smoot,
Lodge, Penrose Gallinger and Du-
pont had fought this measure. The
Republican leaders are so aligned
with Wall Street as TO oppose every
single measure aimed TO help the
common pee le.
The Demc' sts passed the Child
Labor bill, also opposed by the Re-
publicans for twenty years, and the
hand of Wall Street was again seen.
lie told how 100000 railroad men
Were working under condition that
We're intolerable; how they theatened
10 strike. which would brought a
calamity over this nation that would
have made the civial war insignificant
How Wilson had averted this strike
by urging congress to pass the eight
hour bill. He did not, say however.
that the railway engineers and fire.
men were the best paid In railway
service.
Mr.. Pittman took twist out of the
Reno Journal and Gazette for oppos-
ing him and stated that the Woman's
Party was doing more to injure
national suffrage that could be over
come in one hundred years.
The 7,00O,000-acre land grant bill
Was defended as being good thing
for Nevada. I'm forty years less than
10000 acres were patented under the
desert land entry aust ous of the TO-
0O0 acres of land in our state VIII?
In fifty years there were less than
i,C0o homesteads patented in our
state. Why?
If only thousand homcsteads
were patented in the past fifty years
when the opportunity for homestead
ing was admittedly much greater
than now, how long may we expect
it to take to get a thousand more
homesteaders in the state?
Senator Pittman said that it had
been made to appear that he was
working in the interest of lcrge
stockmen and that the 1000, 900 acre
grant was a bill introduced for their
sole benefit. That the auction clause
in the bill was thus construed, it be-
ing argued that the little man would
have no chance bidding against the
stock men.
Who put that clause in the bill?
1t was Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin, who has always been solicit
ons for the welfare not only of the
masses of the people but of the school
children of the country. He then read
portion of Senator La Follette's
speech delivered upon the floor of the
Senate. He demanded that the bill
contain a provision that would insure
that the schools receive the highest
possible value OF such land.
Senator Pittman closed his speech
with splendid tribute to the good
nes of Woodrow Wilson; how he had
kept this country out of war; how he
had maintained strict neutrality and
pointed to the fact that had the Presi-
dent so desired. he could have order
I'd the German undersea merchant
vessel tied up until after the war.
lie declared that those who criticized
President Wilson for writing notes,
were paving him the highest compli-