The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-26


The delegated representatives of the Re-
publican party of Nevada in deliberate con-
vention congratulate the people upon the
bright prospect that at the ensuing election
this State will be restored to its former proud
position in the national Republican family
and cordially invite all of our fellow citizens,
regardless of former political affiliations to
cooperate with us in the attainment of
triumph which we sincerely believe will SUBJ
stantiate industry in our commonwealth,
greatly benefit every citizen and subject
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
We unreservedly approve of the sagacous
and patriotic administration of President
Mckinley as being one of the most beneficent
and resplendent political epoches in our coun-
trys history. We invite comparison of it as
an administration of business capacity and
sound judgement with those of preceding
Democratic administrations of incompetency
and disaster. We call attention to its ability
in spreading prosperity throughout our great
Nation as it promised to do four years ago.
We refer with satisfaction to its uncompro-
missing fidelity in keeping with scrupulous
integrity its every pledge to the people. We
challenge the opinion of the civilized world
upon the dauntess courage and the unfalter-
ing patriotism with which il directed The war
against Spain until cruelty and oppression
were swept from the isles of both the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. We to-day thrill with na-
tional pride as we see Il steadmstly sustaining
our eountry's flag in the very heart of Asia as
an emblem of absolute safety to our Minister
in China and to our citizens sojourning in
that oriental land.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
We thoroughly believe in the expansion of
the sphere of human liberty. of the zone of
law and order, of the field of commercial
activity, Of the domain of literature, arts and
science, and of the en- +aobllng opportunities of
liberal education, and so believing, we declare
ourselves 10 favor the retention of the terri
tory lately acquired by American valor in the
prosecution of a righteous war. We strenu-
ously contend that its Inhabitants shall, un-
der the tutelage of the United States, be in
structed in the principles of orderly freedom
until properly prepared TO participate with us
in self government. We condemn the pro-
posed policy of the Democratic party as being
one of humiiating cowardice and of retreat
from responsibilities which both national hon
or and individual manhood demand that we
courageously meet, and we Indignantly de.
nounce the assertions of the Democratic
party that the Republican party is committed
to a policy of 'imperialism" as being a shall
low political artifice and an objectionable re-
Election upon the integrity of a political party
which has ever stood before the civilized
world as the champion of the weak and op-
pressed. We earnestly protest against the
surrender of the Philippine Islands as being
both denial to their inhabitants of secure
government and an abandonment of a region
of incalcuable benefit for the commercial,
agricultural and Industrial development of
the Pacific coast.
PROTECTION.
We re-aflirm our loyal adherence To the
great cardinal Republican doctrines of protec.
ton TO American labor industries and of COM
mercial reciprocity and we cite the beneficial
results flowing from the Dingley law as the
latest unanswcrable argument supporting the
wisdom of these Republican principles. We
declare that 1t will be the especial duty of the
Republican party at all times to maintain
these great economic principles in harmony
with changing conditions so that labor and
production will always be literally remuner-
ated and fostered.
IRRIGATION.
We believe that with an economic system
for the storage and the distribution OF unap.
propriaied water the productive capacity of