Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1898 — CONGRESSMAN NEWLANDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CONGRESSMAN NEWLANDS.

Author of the Resolution Providln* for the Annexation of Howell. Congressman Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, who introduced the resolution providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands and the assumption by the United States of their national debt of $4,000,000 Is now serving his third term In the House. He is a native of Natchez, Miss., a graduate of Yale College, and has been a citizen of Nevada since 1888. Mr. Newlands studied law at the Columbian University law school, and before going West he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Then he went to San Francisco, where, like all San Franciscans, be be-

came Interested in the Hawaiian Islands and their destiny. Mr. Newlands is the only Congressman Nevada has, and he is also the only man in Congress who has a party al) to himself. That is the “silver party,” as he calls It He has been very active as a silver agitator ever since he went out to live among the mines, and silver has no more devoted adherent than he. For years he was the vice chairman of the National Silver Committee. In fact, the Nevada Representative is deeply concerned with all questions pertaining to the big West. He was a trustee of the estate of United States Senator Sharon, of Nevada, and before removing to that State he had built up a good law practice in San Francisco. He is said to be one of the richest men in Congross.

FRANCIS G. NEWIANDS.