The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-10-18
STORAGE OF WATER.

feature of the Interstate Commerce
Act.
STORAGE OF WATER.
Up to this time no practical means
of storing the waters OF the state
which annually run to waste has been
provided or proposed. This can only
be done by and through the State.
we favor the acquisition OF pubic
lands from the National Government
and the sale of such lauds to raise the
means to provide funds OF sufficient
amonnt To construct permanent res
ervoirs and means of irrigation to be
owned and controlled by the people
of the State. We denounce the
present State Republican Govern
ment for passing the ill-advised ana
unavoidable law regulating the use
of water for irrigation and for settling
the priority of rights thereto. II has
involved the owners of water rights
in useless and expensive litigation SO
onerous. tedious and ruinous that the
farmers of this State will be reduced
to bankruptcy in paying attorneys
fees aloue. We favor The repeal OF
this law.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM.
We favor the Australian ballot
system as enacted by the State oil
Massachusetts,. We favor the calling
OF Constitutional Convention to. re-
wise The present Constitution 10 the
end that retrenchment in the State
and county governments may be Ell
fected. and recommend the Central
Committees of the several counties TO
cause Democratic tickets to be printed
with the words Unconstitutional Con-
in the proper place
thereon.
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE
We are in favor of the election of
United States Senator by the people,
and earnestly urge the adoption OF
such an amendment To the ConsLitu-
ton of the United States as will ac-
complish that result.
BOSS RULE.
We most cordially invite all citizens
who consider the free coinage OF
silver as OF greater Importance to
Nevada than high protective tariff
for the benefit of Eastern manufact-
ures, and all who are weary of cor
poration dictation and "boss rule as
exemplified III The late Republican
State Convention, and. all who dis
approve OF bribery at elections and
are willing to make an effort to purge
Nevada of the unsasory name OF
"Rotten Borough to JOIN with US in
indorsing the principles and electlng
the candidates of this conventions.
ABANDONMENT OF TUE NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY.
We accuse and arraing the Re-
publican party, State and National,
fer every crime possible to be COM
United against free people. When
the war waged To prevent States from
seeding was ended, for The shanIeless
purpose of perpetuating its power, 1t
falsely anu contrary To tbs principles
upon which the war was waged, de-
clared that the reDelling STATES were
not memb ers of the Union, deprived
them of government, exercised
military despoLism over them, estaD-
lished the rule of The bayonet, sub.
verted their civil powers, deprived
the habiLants OF civil anu political
rights, and finally set up carpet-bag
governments, put the ballot in the
hands of the negro, and through his
ignorance and prejudice and The
criminal rapacity Of white Repub-
lican leaders, plunged the already
i'm poverished country into three hun
dred millions of useless debt. After
peace was restored and when the
people were borne down by debt,
burnedened by heavy taxes levied to
maintain the war, 1t doubled import
duties, increased internal taxes, con-
tracted the volume of currency, de-
monetized silver, required green
backs, bonds and obligations to be
paid in gold, and thus fictitiously APP
preciated The value OF money, debts,
bonds and securities and multiplied
the wealth of the bond-holder, money
lender and creditor, and increased
the burdens OF the debtor and the
distress of the poor.
WITH THE SUPREME COURT
When the Supreme Court of the
United States, then the most august
and honored tribunal upon the face
of the earth, decided that green backs
were not a lawful tender in payment
Of debts contracted before the enact
ment Of the greenback law, the Re-
publican party, in the interest and