The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-24
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party Of Nevada In
state convention assembled eaffrms it,
adherence to the principles Of Repubii
canism as expressed In the national plat
form and wrought into the government
OF the nation from Abraham Lincoln tn
Theod re Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
form. Endorsing the nominees OF the ma
tional convention. we afirm that mn ma
In public or private life In this country
Is more fitted In honesty. daring. uncnm-
pr missing Independence. steadfastness In
what he believes to he right and sound
Judgment to guide the American people
n the fulhliment OF their destiny the
next four years than Tneodore Roose-
welt. the statesman In peace. ne nero In
war, the WESTERN always. ana the Re-
publican nor NEE for President Of the
United States.
We respectfully su"sest 10 the v'sers
~ Nevada that Alton ,rooks Par<,r if
too closely allied wi'n the s.i1sh cor pc.
rate and moneyed institutions Of Wal
street and the lawless and predatory mo-
nopolistic trusts OF the country to quail
ify him for the discharge of the duties ~
the office for which the Democratic party
OF the United States has selected hill.
and that no z which we car
frame more aptly illustrates his disaual.
iications than that freely and publicly
employed by william J. Bryan. w. X
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
iously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments OF the Democrat
&c presidential nominee were subject to
tree and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the re pie of the state
Of Nevada ipon the passage Of the ma
tional irrigation law which will
ly reclaim the arid lands or the west. and
which viii within a rev years transform
the desert waste. Of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit Of this great act 70,
ne 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-hve years have persistently urged and
tough, for irrigation legislation. and tn
he engineers VIII have measured west
ern streams and threaded the mountains
and deserts to learn the possibilities OF
storage and reclamation we give due and
generous credit and the fuilness Of our
gratitude. But above all we declare :ha,
the ringing and insistent recommenda
ton of Theod re Roosevelt that congress
consider this subject was responsible for
the specialization o. all theories and
plans into the bill known as the Ma
tional Irrigation Law. which was framed
and agreed to by all the western senator's
and congressman and introduced stimuli
~taneously In the senate and house and
which would nave failed in the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear TO secure its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States OF sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to ~excava,e. construct
and operate Ia commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government - the United States and
which will greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections Of the Pacific
coast. and we especially regret that Sen
ator Francis u. Newlands SO far forgot
the substantial interests OF the state of
Nevada as to interpose his vote In the
senate of the United States against the
ratification of the treaty between the
United States and the republic of Pam
anna In the VAL attempt to interdict tn.
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
We congratulate the people Of Nevada
upon the awakening Z her prosperity In
field and mine. and that the hour II
struck which closes a quarter of a GEN.
'ury of STATE ''eptession. That the dawr
has hAgnn nj new ara wherein ,hi~
Ii destined to take high