Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-01-24
BROAD AND GENEROUS
WESTERN POLICY.
The Greatest Need Of Nevada.

tttC OtCOtSSS ANCNN
Never since the commencement Of
the history of the United States, has
that graf portion Of the country in
the west, large in area but compari-
lively small in population, received
such courteous consideration at the
hands Of the power and wealth Of the
Nation as at present. In Nevada par
ticularly, have we witnessed the effect
of this change. Every industry is
progressing and prospering as it never
Gid before. Capital and energy from
nearly every other State In the Union
is employed in discovering, developing
and building up those matchless re-
courses which are destined to place
Nevada at the head o. the columns Of
progressive commonwealth.
President Theodore Roosevelt is
more than any other man, responsible
for the seeming miracle. He has spent
the best years Of his life in the broad
ening and educating influences Of the
West. He represents all that is best
typical Of that section Of the country
honesty and determination, a fearless
ness and generosity. true American
manhood and self reliance.
He has many times asserted that
the accomplishment Of the irrigation of
the arid West is one Of the foremost
Of his self appointed tasks. Of this
region Nevada forms a large part, and
the force of his influence and char
acter have overcome and subdued an
opposition that would have been relent-
less and overwhelming during the ad-
ministration Of any other president Of
the United States.
Every important demand that the
vest has made OF the nation has in
President Roosevelt an ardent advo-
cate and powerful supporter. His de-
termination has made his influence
commanding and In the o~utspoken
manner of a plain man, he has told
the nation that it must concede to the
western States the benefits to be de-
rived from a liberal national legisla-
ton.
From being a forlorn hope, his pow
has made national irrigation practically
a certainty; and to him alone will the
people Of the west give individual cred
It for the seriousness with which the
question is being considered, Without
him, 1t would be impossible, and in
cidentally, it is the Republican party
alone that can grant this boon. Both
halls Of Congress are SO completely
Republican that no probable circum-
stance could arise in which the min
GRITTY party cast an effective vote.
Surely Nevada's present representa-
tive in the lover House-the only
member Of his party in the halls Of Con
gress. a exert no great beneficial in
~fluence.
Familiar conditions have establish
ed the supremacy Of the Republican
party in national politics. for years to
come, and it is the duty Of every
western State, including Nevada, to
elect such men to represent them in
congress as are in political sympathy
with the great Westerner-Presiden
Roosevelt. 1t is the duty Of Nevada
to cooperate with the President TO
support him in helping Nevada. to E.
lect men who can participate in the
great councils of the Presidents party,
who can and will be in his confidence
and who can assist in the furtherence
Of his beneficial plans.
To the Democratic party, with Its
long and unbroken record Of opposition
to internal Improvements, the west
cannot look for assistance. 1t has not
the power, even if it would, and If