The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-09-27

ment and a ratification by three
foHrths of all the States, and that it
was apparent that any one party
would never obtain such strength in
the country. He referred briefly to
the attack upon himself by the So
called Woman's party and stated
that the people of the State who had
been here any length of time knew
that he wrote the suffrage plank in
the Democratic platform of 1910 and
supported suffrage from the stump at
every election until it was granted
| in Nevada.
He then briefly took up the So
called 7,000,0 acre land grant bill
He reminded the people that there
are 70,000,000 acres of land in this
State and that only about 100000
acres are in private ownership; all
the rest being owned by the national
government and used for the profit
of the national government He said
the object of his bill was primarily
to furnish permanent fund for the
support of the public schools and the
| University in a manner in which
they should be supported and with
out taxation to the people. lie said
that we needed better sehoolhouses
to protect the children in the winter
time and better pay and conditions
for the teachers and a retirement
pension for school teachers SO that
they may not be thrown upon char
ity when they become old and blind
and have given their lives to our
children. He said he knew that the
chief objection to the bill was the
fear that the land would fall into the
hands of a monopoly. He reminded
the safeguards as are provided by
the government in desert land en-
tries, timber entries and other forms
Of entry, and that such safeguards
in recent years through prosecution
instituted by the Democratic admin
istration have made the attempts Of
such fraud Improbable, He ans
wered the argument OF tho opposi-
tion with regard TO springs and wat
er holes by saying that the land de-
partment at Washington on his rec
ommendation had for over a year
been withdrawing all such water
sources from private acquisition.
That of course the water In forest
reserves could not be purchased.
He called attention to the searity of
springs and water holes on public
lands and reminded the audience
that what few did exist and were
subject 10 purchase are being pur-
chased with government script. He
asked why that range of men would
want to buy the 100000 acres of
public land when they now rot only
use that but the rest Of the $1,000
600 acres that are not in the forest
reserve for nothing. He wanted to
know what they should want to buy
the land at even q dollar and twenty
five cents an acre If they could get
it so eheaply when they are renting
better land in the forest reserve on
basis of less than So for a thous-
and acres. He answered the argu-
ment that the range men would Sc
iect springs and water holes to con-
troll the range by saying that no in
diyidual could select the land. but
The State alone had that power and
that tho government officials If they
arc honest would refuse to make q
selection aud turns II over to an in
dividual If such act would hurt the
rest of the people of the State. He
admitted that the first grant of g.
o00, 900 acres made to the State
years ago was sacrificed: that ii fell
into the hands of q few people be-
cause there was no public notice Civ
en- to any of the transaction. He
called attention to the fact that his
bill required an inspection and ap-
,.raisement first and after that pub
lie notice of the application to pur-
chase, giving everybody an oppor-
tunity to protest. He stated that if
the land was fit for entry for home
stead purposes that ii was then
more valuable to the homesteader
than the range man and the home
steader could afford to pay more for
Il, and that the State could mako