The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-09-24
POLITICAL NEWS
FROM RENO

Reno. Nevada, Sept 23.-Pending
appointment of new state central COM
mittees. which will be consummated
next Tuesday at Carson City, polite
ians OF Nevada are virtually marking
time. The four candidates for nation
al offices-Democrats and Republicans
for Senator and Representative-are,
or course. busily at work at the vote
getting contest. but the rank and file
await the settlement of all political
machinery. There is much discussion
In the metropolis, and there are some
straws to indicate ways in which
wires are being pulled, but the main
idea seems to be to keep hands on
and let the men who must name the
committees act In an unhampered way
VIII II. Hays, chairman of the Re-
publican national committee, has an
nouncec the appointment of an ad-
visory campaign committee of forty
members. Among the names is that
OF former United States Senator A. j.
Beveridge of Indiana. Once upon a
time. when Beveridge first went to
Washington as Senator, ne attended
state dinner and was patronized
somewhat by a matron who had seen
much of Capital life and apparently
desired to impress her own sense of
importance upon the young man from
Indiana. Beveridge didn't like IL.
so this Is the new Indiana Sena-
fnP a ah<,nf xrh
much?" gushed the lady.
Madam" said Beveridge, 'allow me
10 correct you. | am not an Indiana
Senator. l am a Senator of the Unit
ed States-from Indiana"
Nevada, from the very date of her
statehood. has been looked to for her
Senator's. Because Abraham Lincoln
had need of one or two more Repub-
lican Senator'S to carry forward his
plan OF winning the Civil war, Neva-
da was created State. She is some
times named the War Born State, and
she was nightly important in three
distinct ways in the winning of the
war. Her Senators have been i'm
portant In affairs of the United States
ever since 1S64-so important, in
deed. that Nevada people have some
times almost forgotten their Repre-
sentative In Congress, and have look
ed upon the Senators as representa-
tives OF State. which they are not
They are representatives of the Unit
States
Surely. representating a State in
Congress should not he looked upon
as matter of doling out Federal pat
ronage to hungry politicians. If it
be nothing more than that, the people
might we'll save themselves the great
expense Of elecing a Representative.
Nevada has but one Representative in
Congress, and IL he be not chosen
with due regard to his fitness, ability,
and experience in the peculiar affairs
OF Nevada, then the voters are throw
ing away the only chance they have
in the House of Representatives
When exercising their franchise in the
matter Of selecting a Representative,
Nevadans can well afford to put the
matter Of party affiliation aside.
With Senator's. the case Is different.
The most thoroughly qualified man
who ever aspired represent Nevada
in Congress is now before the people.
! He is unknown. personally. to many
voters. That is because he has led a
busy life. But he has great works In
Nevada and elsewhere in the West
! standing to his credit They prove
| the mans practical understanding of
Nevada problems. He has developed
and operated mines. built railroads,
and made an irrigated and productive
ranch from sagebrush lands. His
character Is unimpeachable; he
stands high In scientific societies and
institutes; he is appointed to import
ant commissions where high technical
knowledge Is requisite: he serves as
a consulting engineer to the United
States Bureau of Mines; and just at
the time he was attaining material and
financial success he laid aside every
private interest and became a captain
OF engineers In the United States
army during the world war. He is moi
politician. His name is Samuel
Shaw Arentz.