White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-13
SENATOR KEY P|TTMAN
MEETS LARGE AUDIENCE

The special meeting held by the
Ely Chamber of Commerce in Bic
hall last Thursday night was perhaps
the most interesting since the forma
ton of the organization due to the
fact that Nevada's senior senator.
Key Pittman. addressed the audience
in his inimitable style.
Senator Pittman is always inter
esting and since his election to the
senate has been among the conspic-
uous democrats in the national con-
81 ess. For this even Mr.. Quayle
gave him credit Thursday night.
Arriving in Fly Wednesday night,
the Senator met his friends and
Thursday spent the day shaking
hands. He was met at Cobre by his
brother. Vail NJ Pittman of the
Times. and when IL was announced
that Nevadas senior senator was &c
pay visit TO the metropolis of
White Pine county the Ely Chamber
of Commerce Immediately arranged
for special meeting. which was
scheduled for 5 o'clock in Bio hall.
The meeting was called to order
promptly at the time appointed and
The presiding officer. b. l.. Quayle. an
ounced that in the absence of the
president of the Chamber OF Com
merce he had been selected TO intro
duce the speaker. On the platform
we're seated President II. S. Sturde-
Want, Secretary c. II. Bent and
George II. Ryan of the board of
directors Mr.. 0uayle said that in
asmuch as he found the president
was there in person he felt that "oue
mad been put over on him and II
had been thrown upon a stauncb
republican To introduce prominent
democrat At this the smile upon
the faces of such prominent demo
cratic warhorses as Thomas +. Haley,
Judge ID. c. Mcdonald. John Weber
and others in the front row seemed
10 broaden.
Senator Pittman spoke on topics
vital to the western country. Touch
ing first upon the copper industry,
he drew attention to the enormous
amount of the red metal which
America has on hand. with no mar
ket for il. He argued logically that
the markets of Europe were open for
the product but without money &C
buy it, He said there was but one
solution and that was to arrange
basis of credit. but until peace was
restored no such basis could be ar
ranged. He yentured the opinion
that America had reached a crisis
and within a short time matters
would be set Alright and the United
States would play an important part
in bringing about solution OF the
great problems which today disturb
the entire world.
Touching upon the railroads the
senator said that much waste was
occasioned by the transportation or
fuel unnecessarily across the country.
This he said could be solved only bs
the substitution of electric power
aud that would again stimulate the
copper industry
He explained at length the silver
bill of which he is the father and
which Is Of such vital interest &c
western states. He referred TO pos.
sible attacks upon the bill. but after
explaining his opposition to tilibuster'
ing for good and sufficient reasons
and amusing his audience by relating
how certain senators kept the house
omen only by keeping their own
mouths orer for days and nights At
time and thereby preventing mat.
ters coming to an issue. he said that
IL II becomes necessary i'm order tc
keep the silver mines of Nevada open
by preventing repeal of the Pitt
man silver act all he asks was Just
few western senators To join him
and he would inaugurate filibuster
that would not close until the day of
general judgment
In touching upon legislation of In
terest to the ex-service men the SEN
ator sal that the opposition set ur
the fact that II would cost billion
and a half odd dollars to pay the
men who won the war and saved the
flag, a paltry sum which in his juds-
ment was in no way commensurate
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