The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-03

The Republican party OF Nevada In
state convention assembled reafflrms Its
difference 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-
publicanism is the party's mlghtiest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees OF the ma.
tional convention, we affirm that no man
In public or private life in this country
is more fitted in honesty. daring. uncom-
promising independence. steadfastness In
what he believes TO be right and sound
Judgment to guide the American people
N the fulfllment OF their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
welt. the statesman in peace. ne hero In
war. the westerne- always. ana the Re-
publican non rnee for President Of the
United States.
Of Nevada that Alton crooks Parker IL
too closely a.lied WIN The selfish col pc
rate and moneyed Institutions OF Wall
street and the lawless and predatory mo-
nopo;;stic 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 hiil,
and that no language which we can
frame more aptly illustrates his disqual.
iications than that freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. w. X.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
lously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments of the Democrat
&c presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the people OF the state
Of Nevada Upon the passage OF the ma
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim The arid lands OF 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 foi
one man is a travesty 81. fact and justice
70 the thousands OF western citizens who
nave agitated this subject. to the western
senators and congressman who for TWEEN
ty-fve years have persistently urged and
fought for Irrigation legislation. and to
he engineers who 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 that
the ringing and ins;stent recommended
ton OF Theodore Roosevelt that congress
consider this subject was responsible for
the capitalization OF 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
his great influence to bear 10 secure Its
passage.
ISTtIMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice in the requirement by the
United States OF sufficient Isthmien ter
ritory upon which to ~excavate. construct
| and operate Ia commercial canal W
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 hat Sem