The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-05
PO|NDEXTER TALKS
OF STATE ELECTION

'The Republicans are going to gain
five United States senators in the
West this year and have excellent
prospects of adding two more" said
Miles Poindexter, United States sena-
tor from Washington, who arrived in
Reno yesterday to confer with George
Wingfield, national committeeman
and the state organization and also
to deliver an address in the city park
last evening. "The prospects look
exceedingly bright for carrying Ne
vada and Oregon and | am sure Re-
publican senators will take the place
of Democrats in the next senate from
the states of South Dakota, Arizona.
Colorado, Idaho, and California. Up
in Oregon the situation is much the
same as it is in Nevada The voters
there, also George Chamberlain, in
cumbent Democratic senator, admit
that the Republican principles of the
protective tariff are necessary to re-
new the prosperity Oregon enjoyed
under previous Republican control.
But they are considering voting to
return Chamberlain simply because
he tells them that he will stand for
tariff that will protect Oregon indus
tries, just the same as Senator Hen
derson is telling the voters that he is
in sympathy with and will vote for
protective tariff on Nevada products.
They lose sight of the fact that after
assisting in turning over the organi
zation of the senate to the Democrats
that the harm will be done and the
opportunity of passing protective
tariff legislation be gone.
"The election of a senator in Ne
vada is of the utmost Importance. not
only to Nevada itself but to the en-
tire country. Everybody that is pay
ing intelligent consideration to the
situation throughout the country is
concerned over the Nevada senatorial
election. This is so because of the
stake in the campaign and because
the control of the senate. which will
be the ultimate deciding factor in
these issues may depend on the votes
of the senator from Nevada. If
Democrat is elected from Nevada he
undoubtedly will vote in the senate to
give control of the senate to the
Democratic organization of the SEN
ate. Having so voted, whatever
tariff bill is passed or, whatever is
done with the Democratic proposal to
turn over control of our foreign af-
fairs TO the league of nations, will be
done by the Democratic organization
regardless of any individual views
the Nevada senator may have or may
express in the campaign. The pres
ent majority in the senate is so
small that change of one vote
would change control of the senate.
This may be so in the next senate.
THE industries of mining, agricul-
ture and stock raising are dependent
for renewed prosperity on Republi-
can policies and as near as ! can
learn this seems to be admitted, even
by the Democratic candidate himself,
since he states he favors them. But
however much he says this, every
stock raiser should realize that the
organization of the senate by the
Democrats. which will be prompted
and probably determined by the vote
of Democrat from Nevada, should
he be elected, would subject them to
Democratic policies, the removal OF
economic barriers and to information
alization of the Panama canal and
the entire policy which is opposed TO
Americanism and to the promotion
of American industries"