The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-29
THE PLATFORM


The Republican party or Nevada in
state convention assembled reafirms it,
adherence to the principles Of Republi
canism as expressed in the national plat
form and wrought into the government
Of the nation from Abraham Lincoln to
Theodore Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
form. Endorsing the nominees of the ma
tional convention. we affirm that no mar
In public or private life in this country
Is more fitted in honesty. daring. uncom-
promising independence. sreadfastness in
what he believes to be right and sound
Judgment to guide the American people
IN the fulflment or their destiny the
next four years han Theodore Roose-
Welt. the statesman in peace. ne hero In
war. the westerne- Always. and the Re-
publican nor nee for President of the
United States.
We respectfully suggest TO the v,ters
Of Nevada that Alton 5rooks Parxsr is
too closely allied wi-n Inc selfish col pc.
rate and moneyed institutions OF Wall
street and the lawless and predatory mo.
nopolistic trusts of the country to quail
ify him for the discharge of the duties OF
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hin,
and that no language which we can
frame more aptly illustrates his dlsaual-
iacavons than that freely and publicly
employed by William !. Bryan. w. H.
lously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments Of the Democrat
ic presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the peupie or the state
of Nevada 1pon the passage OF the ma
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands or the west. and
which will within a few years transform
the desert waste. of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit OF this great act FOL
one man is a travesty ~ fact and justice.
TO the thousands of we stern citizens who
nave agitated this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for twen-
ty-fve years have persistently urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. and to
he engineers who nave measured west
ern streams and threaded the mountains
and deserts to learn the possibilities Of
storage and we give due and
generous credit and the rullness of our
gratitude. But above all We declare :hat
the ringing and ins:stent Recommended
ton of Theodore Roosevelt tina congress
consider this subject was responsible for
the capitalization OF all theories and
plans into the bill known as the Ma
tionai Irrigation Law. which was framed
and agreed to by all the western senators
and congressman and introduced stimuli
t%aneously in the senate and house and
which would have failed in the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear 10 secure Its
passage.
IST.IMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States of sufficient lsthmien ter
ritory upon which to excavate. construct
and operate Ia commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government OF the United States and
which will greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections Of the Pacific
coast. and we especially regret that Sen