The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-07
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party OF Nevada In
state conventi n assembled reafirms Its
adherence TO the principles OF Repubii
eanism as EXPRESSED In the national plat
form and wrought into the government
If the nation from Abraham Lincoln to
Theod re Roosevelt. The history or Re-
public. nism is the par;y.s mightiest plat
form. Endorsing The nominees of the ma
ionaI convention, we affirm that no man
n public or private life In this country
is more fitted In honesty. daring. uncom-
Or missing independence. steadfastness In
What he believes to he right and sound
udgmen to guide the American people
n the fulhllment OF their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
war. the western, always. and the Re-
publican nor inee for President Of the
United States.
We respectfully sues: ~ the v'tsrs
II Nevada that Alton -,looks Parker IL
90 closely allied VIA me selfish corpc'
rate aud money ed Institutions of Wall
sti Get and the lawiesa and predatory mt
nopolistc trusts OF The country TO quail
ify him for the dischaige of the dulles III
he office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hi. 4,
and that no language which We can
frame more apply illustrates his aisuuai-
locations than that freely and publicly
employed By William j. Bryan. ". II.
tiearst and other leading men conspic-
uously prominent In Democratic circles
vixen the environments OF the Democrat
lie presidential nominee were subject TO
free and unlrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL. IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the pe Pile "f tl,c state
of Nevada upon the passage OF The ma
.ionaI irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands OF the west. and
wh ch will within a rev years transform
The desert wasie- of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. we assert dat the attempt
to usurp the credit of lhis great ac, foi
ne man Is Il lravesiy :. fact and Justice.
To the thousands OF we stern citizens VII"
nave agitated tins subject. 10 the western
senator's and congressman who for TWEEN
y-iive years have I,ersisienily urged ana
touSni lOF HTisdtioH tcsisitthfH. Nv ~"
he engineers VIII have measured west
ern streams and threaded the mountains
and deserts TO learn The possib:lit. es oi
storage and reclamation we give due and
generous credit and the fuiiness Of oui
gratitude. Bul above all We declare ;h.i
the ringing and ins,stent Recommended
ton of Theod re Roosevelt that congress
consider this subject was responsible TO-
the crystalization OF all theories and
plans into the bill known az the Ma
tional Irrigation Law. which was framed
and agi eed to by all the western senators
and congressman and introduced stimuli
taneously in ,he senate ana house anu
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brougn'
his great influence TO bear To secure Its
passage.
ISTEMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by III.
United States of sufficient sthmian ter
ritory upon which 20 excavate. construct
and operate a commercial canal betweel ]
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government II the United States and
which will greatly promote the industrial
development CT all sections OF the Dacih
coast. and we especially regret that Sen
ator Francis q. Newlands so far forge
the substantial interests OF the state q
Nevada as To interpose his vote In tn
senate OF the United States against tn.
ratification of the treaty between tn
States and the republic OF Pan
anna In the VAL attempt TO interdict tn
building OF he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSIiTP.
We congratulate the people OF Nevad
the awakening I her prosperity T.
ieli and mine. and that tho hour !
which closes a quarter Of a cen
Iury of state depression. That the daw
aas begun Of . new era wherein thu !