The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-22
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party Of Nevada in
state convent n assembled rea firms Its
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
Theod re Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
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-
pr missing Independence. steadfastness In
what he believes to he right and sound
Judgment to guide the American people
n the fulfllment or their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
Welt. the statesman In peace. ne nero In
war. the westerns Always. ana the Re
publican nor NEE for President of the
United States.
We respectfully su.sest en the vsers
Of Nevada tina, Alton .rooks Parx,r fs
too closely allied WIN me sstfsh col pc.
rate and moneyed Institutions OF Wall
street and the iawless and predatory MI"
nopolistic trusts of the country TO quail
lily him for the discharge Of the duties ~
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hill.
and that no language which we car,
frame more aptly illustrates his disauaI-
iacations than thai freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. w. II.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
Iously prominen In Democratic circles
when the environments OF the Democrat
&C presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrs mmeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the re pie NJ 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 rev years transform
the desert waste- Of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
TO usurp the credit OF THIS great act foi
,ne man Is a travesty !. fact and Justice
To the thousands OF we stern citizens who
have agitased this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman WIN enr twen-
ty-fve years have persistentty 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 mi
generous credit and the fuiiness NJ our
gratitude. Blu above all We declare hal
the ringing and ins'stent recommenda
ton OF Theod re Roosevelt thai conRress
consider this subject was responsible for
the capitalization 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 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 to secure Its
passage.
IST!iMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice IN the requirement by the
United States Of sufficient Isthmian ter
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 viii greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections Of the Pacific
coast. and we especially regret that Sem
ator Franci q. 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 aud the republic Of Pan
anna In the va, attempt to interdict tn,
bnilding Of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHTP.
We congratulate the people of Nevada
npon the awakening Z her prosperity In
FIELD and mine. and that the hour II
.rrick which closes a quarter NJ a CEN
Jury Of ssate repression. That the dawn
has begun nj ncw era wherein 'hi>
commonwealth II destined to lake high