Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-09-15

We favor q constitutional amend I
ment providing fo- the initiative and .
referendum. |
We congratulate the laboring men
Of this State that in pursuance Of tina
plain mandate of the labor plank IN
our last platform the Democratic-Sil-
yer Party Legislature enacted an eight
hour law that was signed by a Dem
ocratic Governor and upheld by the
Supreme Court of this State.
We also favor a national eight-hou.
law applicable to all public works.
We are opposed to the alorming
growth ON militarism and to the inter-
ference and settlement Of civil dis
putes by the military forces undA
the present Republican administration
We demand that all military author
tiles be subordinate to civil law.
For the protection Of the life and
limb Of employees we favor the pass-
age Of bill by the Legislature Of
the State of Nevada defining who ara
fellow servants in the occupations Of
mining, railroading and all other ex.
ira hazardous occupations
We favor the passage of the laws
providing for the inspection Of mines
and mining machinery, to insure the
safety of miners. We favor law pro-
viding for arbitration for the settle
ment of labor difficulties.
NO IMPERIALISM.
We favor and especially emphasize
that plank in the St. Louis platform
which declares that all men under
the American flag are entitled to the
protection Of the institutions whose
emblem the flag is, even if they are
inherently unfit to be members Of
the American body polite Wherever
there may exist people incapable of
being governed by American laws I'M
der the American Constitution, the
territory or people ought not to be Il
part of the American domain. We in
sist that we ought to do for the Fill
pinos what we have already done for
the Cubans. and it is our duty to make
that promise now nd upon suitable
guarantees of protection to citizens Of
our own and other countries resident
there at the time of our withdrawal
set the Filipino people upon their feet
free and independent to work out
their destiny.
PANAMA CANAL TREATY.
We favor the building of the Pan
anna Canal but most strongly condemn
the methods adopted by President
Roosevelt in obtaining the right u
way for the Canal. We charge hin
in this particular with a violation OF
the sacred principles upon which on;
country was founded, with incitins
and supporting rebellion in Colombia
a sister Republic. for the purpose :,
= unlawfully acquiring possession of {
portion of its territory.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We renew our demands for the cleo
ion of United States Senators by Gi
rect vote of the people.
TRUSTS.
We are unalterably opposed to a
trusts and combinations formed f.
the purpose Of restraining trade, fis
ing prices and monopoliZ1ng bushes:
We demand the strict enforcement C
the laws relative thereto and we f,ll
Their demand that such trusts an
: combinations shall de deprived of a
i tariff protection so far as it may b
necessary to effectually curb theI
; and prevent them from charging III
i reasonable prices to the American col
) sumner.
TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES.
II Trusts and all other unlawful con
Il binations of capital owe their Dirt
u to Republican laws, and their growt
to the encouragement and protectlc
e of the Republican administration. "
= condemn President Roosevelt f.
% maintaining in the Office of Attorne
u General Philander Knox, man WI
u was made and owned by the trust
II and who did everything in his pow
Il to further and protect these Grimm
combinations.
For Rent