The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-09-12

gently on every possible line for the up
building of the State, We feel that he
has fairly earned promotion TO the Sem
ate and with no reservation whatever, we
endorse him for the position of United
States Senator, believing that in the Up
per House of Congress he would reflect
the highest credit upon both himself and
the State of Nevada.
STEWARDS TREASON.
Once more we take occasion to congrat-
.ulate ourselves upon our happy radiance
of that political traitor, VIM. M. Stewart,
whose insensate and insincere rawlings
worked infinite harm to the silver cause
by awakening doubts in the minds of
conservative people as to the good faith
of all who were associated with him. Our
experience with Mr.. Stewart has been
bitter one, but it will be of value in
putting us on guard against political
charlatans in the future. 1t is fitting that
the Republicans have again taken him
up, and made him their leader with a
view to his reelection two years hence
to position he has disgraced for 10, these
many years. We regret that any con-
siderable body of our fellow citizens
should find pleasure in the political COM
partnership of so unprincipled a rene
gade, but if he must have a place in the
political forum, we can imagine nothing
more peculiarly appropriate than the
position which he now occupies as the
tential, if not the nominal, head of the
Republican party of Nevada.
THE UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOLS.
Again we proudly advert to the higher
character of our University, and the gen.
eral excellence of our public schools. We
pledge ourselves to the support of all just
and proper legislation for the further en-
hancement of their efficiency-and useful
ness.
We endorse Assembly Resolution No.
r. amending section one of Article 10 of
the Constitution of the State of Nevada
pertaining to Patented Mines and the
taxation of mortgaged property and
mortgages, and pledge our Representa-
tives in the legislature to vote for the
passage of the same
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We favor the election of United States
Senators by popular vote, believing that
this is not only proper way of ascer-
tanning the peoples will, but more in
harmony with the principles of Republic
can government.
We believe in the regulation of the
hours of labor by the State, and that
shortening such hours will tend to the
material advancement, prosperity and
happiness of those who labor, as we'll as
to the best development of home-the
foundation of free government. We
therefore pledge our candidates for the
legislature to the passage of on eight-hour
law applicable to all labor in the mines,
mills, smelters and other works for re-
ducing or refining ores, and to extend
such laws to other classes of labor so lar
as it can be made to apply. We recog-
nize the right of laboring men to organize
into unions for their own protection, and
we earnestly object to any unjust limita-
or otherwise.
We favor a constitutional amendment
providing for the initiative and the refer
endum.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE..
We favor such interstate commerce
legislation as will effectually protect in
dividuals and communities from unjust
discrimination.
THE RAILROAD POLICY,
We view with satisfaction the changed
policy of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, with reference to the political
affairs of this State. Entering, as we now
seem to be, upon a new era of State de-
velopment, we indulge the hope that
without the unpleasant political friction
caused by former methods there may
hereafter be harmonious cooperation be-
tween the railroads and other business
interests.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
We denounce as false and ridiculous
the claim that Republican success in this
State is necessary to induce capitalists
living elsewhere to make investments
here. In proofof the falsity of such claim
we direct attention to the fact that capt.
tai from other States is now coming free
ly into Nevada, while the political forces
opposed to the Republican party are in
full control of the State government in
all its branches. We assert that there is
nothing in the policy of either the Ma
tional Democratic party or it's allies in
Nevada that need give capital seeking in
vestment the slightest reason to avoid
the vast field presented by the unde-
veloped resources of this State. On the
contrary, we declare that Republican
policy is altogether adverse to the local
interests of Nevada and that upon every
distinctively Western measure of devel-
opment Nevada always finds her main
support in the National Democratic
party. We earnestly invoke the incom-
ing of,capital from other States, promis-
ing to such capital the fullest measure of
cooperation and protection at the hands
ofan anti Republican State government
Our State government was navar mora