Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-10-18
MOTH plane MISSING OVER ATLANTIC
PLATT SHOWS
PITTMAN STAND

AUSTIN, New, Oct. 18 (SpeciaD
An open demand to United
States Senator Key Pittman that
he come out in the open honestly
and frankly to tell the people OF
Nevada Just where he stands with
reference to the Republican pro-
tective tariff was voiced here last
night by Sam Platt, Republican
nominee for United States Senator.
This challenge to Nevada's SEN
ior senator came as climax 10
q stinging arraignment OF Pitt
mans voting record in the senate
on all tariff measures in which
the written records of the senate
were introduced to show that
Pittman had opposed a protective
tariff throughout his senatorial
career except in 1921 when he Vot-
ed for the emergency tariff bill
while serious crisis was facing
the country.
"On the speaking platform dur
ing this campaign my distinguish
ed opponent has told the people
he voted for the high schedule
on wool, on livestock, on meats
and on other agricultural products
in the Fordney McCumber Bill OF
1922" declared Platt, but ne did
not tell you that after having
voted for these schedules he voted
against the bill itself and thus
nullified his vote on these lndl-
vidual schedules"
The speaker declared that the
I,aoY,le of Nevada are now de-
manding a change.
"They are insisting upon an un-
divided Republican delegation IN
Congress to work with Herbert
Hoover in maintaining the pres
ent high standards of living and
prices. The sheep men the wool
men, the business men the pouI-
try men, the mining men, the
working men-all are sending
broadcast an appeal throughout
the state urging the voters of this
state of yours and mine to send
a Republican to the United States
Senate" he said.
United States Senator TaSker
L. Oddie, and Congressman Sam
Arentz spoke on behalf OF the
Hoover candidacy and cited long
array of facts to uphold their
contention that a Republican ad-
miniStration is vital to the contln-
ued prosperity of the American
people.
Tom Lotz, Republican nominee
for Surveyor General, and George
Russell, Republican nominee for
State Treasurer, were both given
a strong reception and assurance
that the people of Austin and
Lander county would support them
to the limit ntheir respective
candidates..
Every seat in Hogan'S Hall was
filed when j. M. Hiskey, chair
man of the Lander County Re-
publican Central committee called
the meeting to order. HiSkey
pridefully declared that this erst-
while Democratic section has,
during the past four years, swung
slowly but surely into the Re
publican column until today it
can be relied upon to support
Republican policies and Republ-
can principles.
Sheriff Joe Parker accompanied
the Republican candidates here
from Battle Mountain yesterday
and introduced the several speak
ers at last nights meeting. Every
where the Republican candidates
have been thus far in their swing
about the state they have found
the people wanting an answer
from Senator Pittman concerning
the repeated charges OF his voting
record on all tariff measures. The
day by day and night by night
charges hurled at Pittman'S tariff
record by Mr.. Platt are making a
deep impression on the voters
throughout this part OF the state
and the strange silence from the
Democratic camp is taken by the
voters as an admission from Pitt
man that he is not proud of his
past record in the senate.
AS Mr.. Platt put it in his talk
here last night, If Senator Pitt
man In the past has voted time
after time against the best in
terestS and prosperity of the peo-
pie of Nevada ca nyou trust him
in the future? You must judge
a man by his past record and on
his tariff record in the United
States Senate Senator Pittman is
not entitled to the vote and con-
fldence of the people of this great
state"
The Republican candidates are
leaving this morning for Eureka
where a big rally is planned for
tonight.