The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-10-12

property greatly enhanced in value and its
rate of taxation materially lowered, and so
believing we pledge our nominee for Con
gress, in the event of his election, to dili-
gently cooperate with the Congressman from
the arid States in seeking to obtain liberal
allowance in the general appropriation bill
for the storage and distribution of water un-
der the supervision and control of the States
and Territories affected.
LARGEST USE OF SILVER.
We favor the lawful use of silver,
money, in all manners compatible with the
best interests of our government and we here
by pledge our nominee for Congress, in the
event of his election, to exercise his best en-
deavors TO secure the greatest possible use of
silver beneficial to the mining States of this
Union, without endangering the financial
safety of our country.
DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.
We condemn the existence of all combina-
tions of capital known as trusts" which seek
to control the production and the markets of
commodities and act hurtful to the people at
large. We characterize the vote of almost the
entire body of ofDemocratic Congressman in the
late sessions of Congress in opposing pro-
posed Constitutional amendment comforting
full power upon Congress to regulate snd con-
troll "trusts" as a gross betrayal of popular
rights and as a protection to the colossal Dem
ocratic "trusts' of the city of New York.
DIsFRANc1IIsEMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.
We unqualifiedly denounce the Demo-
cratic overthrow of the fifteenth amendment
of the Constitution of the United States in
several of the Southern States in the disfran-
chisement of almost the entire colored race in
these states by means of artful state Constitu-
tional amendments and legislation. We de-
mand that our nominee for Congress. in the
event of his election, shall support such Con-
gressionai enaetments as viii reduce the basis
of representation In Congress of all such States
proportional to the number which disfran-
chised citizens over the age of twenty one
years bears to the total number of citizens of
that age
THE LOTTERY.
We reject the proposed amendment to the
Constitution OF Nevada authorizing lottery
as being an attempt to disgrace our state in
the sight of the enlightened world and we
recommend to the various Republican County
Conventions that they pledge their legislative
nominees to vote against the adoption of the
proposed amendment.
PRIZE FIGHTING.
We regard the act upon our statute books
legalizing prize fighting as stigma upon the
fair name OF our State and we urge that the
Republican County Conventions pledge their
legislative nominees to vote for its repeal.
CORRUPT PRACTICES.
We condemn the repeal of the "Purity of
Elections" laws and demand the passage of
an act reasonably limiting the expenditure of
candidates and prohibiting corrupt practices
during political campaigns and at the polls.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
We favor all such amendments to the Inter
state Commerce Law as VIII render the same
thoroughly efficient and will carry into effect
the spirit and the intent of the original act.
EIGHT HOURS DAY.
We declare ourselves in favor of an eight
hour work day on all public works, where the
labor, and in all mines, smelters, mills and all
other institutions for the reduction or REIN
ing of ores or METALS and we pledge our nom
inees for the Legislature TO work for a law
embodyng that principle
FOSTERING PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Republican Party recognizes that the
public schools of this State are OF fundamental
importance to its welfare and progress. To
usefulness is an imperative duty. We there
fore favor such well-considered legislation as
may be necessary to promote to these ends
and are opposed to any plan by which the
income of the General school Fund may be
decreased.
TREAT POOR AMI RICH ALIKE.
We declare our opposition to all measures
proposing the leasing of the public domain as
from an employment of equal opportunities
with wealthy syndcates and corporations.
POLITICAL REWARDS.
We condemn the present State Adminlstra.
tion for its prohigacy in creating useless Of
fees with which to reward its supporters.
NEVADA FOR NEvADANs.
We again earnestly contend that all public
offices appertaining to Nevada, and all APP
pointive positions accredited to our state.
should be filled only by the actiial residents
of Nevada. We demand That the gates to hon
orabe political preferment shall not be closed
to the people whose hearths and homes in
truth are inseparable parts of our State in
order to crafty the political ambition of non-
resident men of affiuence. We assert that
Nevada can be best represented In the halls
of national legislation by men, who, when not
engaged in the discharge of their official
duties viii associate with our people in their
various walks of life and will study the ne
cessties and the conditions OF our State with
the object of benetittlng the people We call
upon the fathers of our land to assist us In
shaking off the incubus of nonresident rep
resentation and we earnestly implore The
youth of Nevada to assert their manhood at
the polls In support of our political battle cry: