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

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 Congressmep 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 ana cconisoi OF the states
and Territories affected,
LARGEST USE OF SILVER
We favor the lawful use of silver, as a
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 Democratic Congressman in the
late sessions OF Congress in opposing "a pro-
posed Constitutional amendment comforting
full power upon Congress to regulate and con-
troll "trusts" a gross betrayal of popular
rights and as protection TO the colossal Dem
ocratic trusts of the city of New York.
DIsFRANcHIsEMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.
We unquaihedly 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 ofertful state Constitu-
tional amendments and legislation. We de-
mand that our nominee for Congress. in the
event of his election shall support such Con-
gressional enactments as will 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 a 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 will render the same
thoroughly efficient and will carry into effect
the spirit and the intent of the original act.
EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
We declare ourselves in favor of an eight
hour work day on all public works, where the
State, County or Municipality pays for the
labor, and in all mines, smelters, mills and all
other institutions for the reduction or refn-
ing of ores or metals and we pledge our nom
inees for the Legislature to work for law
embodying 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
maintain them in their greatest efficiency and
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 AND RICH ALIKE.
We declare our opposition to all measures
proposing the leasing Of the public domain as
tending TO deprive men of limited means
from an employment of equal opportunities
with wealthy syndicates and corporations.
POLITICAL REWARDS.
We condemn the present State Administra-
ton for its profiigacy in creating useless of
fees with which to reward its supporters.
NEVADA FOR NEvADANs.
We again earnestly contend that all public
offices apperiaining to Nevada, and all ap-
pointive positions accredited TO our Stale,
should be filled only by the actual residents
of Nevada. We demand that the gates TO hon
orable political preferment shall not be closed
to the people whose hearihs and homes in
truth are inseparable parts OF our State in
order To crafty the political ambition of nom
resident men of afiiuence. 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 will associate with our people in their
various walks of life and will study the ne
cessites and the conditions of our State with
the object of benefitting the people We call
upon the fathers of our land to assist rs in
shaking OFF the incubus OF nonresident rep
rescntation and we earnestly implore the
youth of Nevada to assert their manhood at
the polls in support of our political battle cry;
"NEyADA FOR NFVADASS."