Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-19
A NEW AND SENSIBLE PLANK.


From the published platform adopted
by the Republican Convention Of washos
county, we copy the following new and
sensible plank:
Third-That VIC believe that the Office
and duty Of q Statesman 10 to do bust.
ness for the State, and In the trsnsac-
ton OF the business Of the State, II Is
our duty to call into sficial place
the most intelligent. industrious. enter
prising and discreet business men Of the
State-hsrsby plsdging such men, and
all men, candidates before, and NOM
insss Of. this convention. II elected. TO do
business for the State Of Nevada and
the county Of washos - i~ndustriously.
economically and discrsstly a. In THAR
individual capacity A. private citizens
they do business for themselves.
We have called this new. II Is so to
Us. We have read every platform Of
every State and county convention pub
lishsd in the telesraphic OF other col
umns Of our exchanges, and have failed
to note q single resolution, which. in
our Judgment, 10 aptly and freshly sets
forth the duties Of . public reprsssn-
tativs OF q State. and at the same time
gives . hint Of the present needs Of this
nation. II Is sensible because 1t rscog-
nizss the fact that practical business
men. more than mere theorists and stu
dents, are just now needed in the coun-
ellis Of the nation. The period 10 one
Of practical issues. There are NO great
unsettled questions Of human rights and
wrsngs. There are no towering issues
OF foreign or domestic nature which
need the character and class Of men.
Who, like Calhoun and Clay and Web
ster. stood p~rs-sninsnt in theories; but,
al! so puny in practical knowledge.
This is an u~tilitarian age-sPerisd when
the whole bent Of the nation IL toward
Enlargement. not Of boundaries, but Of
resources; not Of territory, but Of prac-
teal and beneficial internal develop
msnt.
The time has gone by whom eloquent
apostrophss /, favor Of human liberty
and against human slavery can swell
the passions Of . multitude like
the waves Of the Atlantic in
q tempest; when hsrce invsctivs
and impassioned appeal for the defense
Of the Union can stir the highest emo
tons and deepest pAssions in the breasts
Of milliens. The age Is practical. It
tends toward development Of our vast
resources. We want . stable circulate
ing medium; We want the mighty arts-
ries Of commerce, eur rivers and u
iron highways made the servants OF
more people, and the bearers OF more Of
our productions. The grain fields Of
the vast basins Of the Mississippi and
Missouri demand that cheaper trans
portation for their products be furnish
cd. The mineral belts Of this mighty
valley between the two great mountain
ranges OF our continent, and also Of that
vast slope which faces toward the even
ing. need aid in their development.
Their interests need such guarding,
watchiul care that no ill~-starred adven-
turer with schemes Of ominsus import
shall. through the ignorance Of some
and the ~venality Of others, destroy their
present or impair thar future prospects.
In short, the Nation needs her business
men to-day in her highest councils.
The State OF Nevada has need Of just
such men to represent her in the Ma
tional Legislature. men who will 'do
business for the State as discrsetly and
economically Is they have - private
citizens done business for themselves.
We indorss this plank Of the Reno plat
form unqualihsdly. To our mind il
hits the nail squarsly on the head; ii
represents the feelings Of the people,
and more than that, is typical OF the
tendency OF the age. This is the age OF
business, and the business Of the Gov
eminent. like all others, calls for Prac.
teal business men. We are in favor Of
choosing such for State and National
representatives.