The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-09-02


the National Dem racy, as clearly and
ably stated in th platform adopted al
ot. Lewis, and ples 20 their earnest sup
port to Alton b. arker and Henry G.
Davis the nationa standard bearers oi
the party.
we adhere to our tated position upon
the money question we rejoice to know
enat ,ne national Do attic convention re
iuseu 70 place lIself record as favorine
.ne golu standard Gated the PROPOSE
tlon 10 90 SO by more than ITO
or the committee ON and resolutions
We affirm that III ,e incidental and
collateral question I'd I'm the silva,
issue the friends of interests are al
most to a man in Il tic party 1t Ii
the Republican par pressing tht
Fowler BILL providi1 more silver
shall be purchased 70. subsidiary coinage bui
that standard dollars shall be melted down
| for that purpose. 1t is a Republican Presi
dent. who Is urging the policy Of placing
Mexico and China upon n gold basis.
We call attention TO the pledge of this
National Democracy that it viii stay with M
| and light the battle through on lines of which
Will preserve our undeyeloped resources fol
the highest good TO the masses. II has kept
Its promise In the past and will keep its
promises in the future, as indicated in the
| foliowlng plank in the st. Louis platform.
I'VE congratulate our western citizens upon
the passing OF the law known as the Newlands
Irrigation and reclamation of the arid lands
Of the West-a measure framed by Demo.
crat. passed In the Senate by a nonpartisan
vote and passed In the House against the op.
position Of almost all the Republican leaders
by a vote the majority of which was Demo
cratic. we call attention to the great Demo
cratic measure, board and comprehensive as
| u is, working automatically throughout all
time without further action Of Congress. un.
title The reclamation Is accomplished, reserv.
ing the lands reclaimed for home seekers in
small tracts, rigidly guarding against land
monopoly, as an evidence of the policy ol
domestic development contemplated by the
Democratic party should it be placed in
power
We deny as false the Republican claim that
President Roosevelt was the main factor in
the enactment of the national irrigation law
We do not deny that President Roosevelt
recommended national irrigation, but we
affirm that long years before he ever gave
public utterance upon the subject, Senator
Newlands was deyoting time, energy and
financial resources to the work. That under
his leadership in the House of Representa-.
tives, campaign of education was conducted
which shaped the way for national irrigation;
that the essential features of the irrigation
bill as finally passed were by him and re-
ceived the the approval of western Senators
and Representatives and of the committees of
the Senate and the House before Mr.. Roose-
welt became President, and that the bill was
and Is known as the Newlands Irrigation
Bill, and that everywhere II has united the
friends of irrigation and disarmed its oppon-
enis, and we believe it unjust and unfair to
attempt 10 derive Senator Newlands of the
the credit of his craftsmanship.
We congratulate the people of Nevada upon
the impartial and able administration of
Governor John Sparks, and upon the
faithful and efficient performance of duty by
Fusion state officer. We recomend the work
of the last legislature, composed almost en-
trrely of Democrats and Silver party men.
We especially endorse the State Irrigation
law passed by Fusion legislature and urged
and signed by Governor Sparks.
We recognize the right of laboring men to
organize into unions for their own protection
and we earnestly object to any unjust limi
lations of that right whether by injunction
otherwise.
We congratulate the laboring men of this
state that In pursuance of the plain lmandi-
date of the labor plank in our last platform,
the Democratic Silver party Legislature en-
acted an elght-hour law that was signed by a
Democratic Governor and upheld by a
Democratic Court of the State.
We also favor a national eight-hour law ap-
plicabe to all public works.
We are opposed to the alarming growth of
militarism and to the interference with an
settlement of civil disputes by military forces
under Republican administration. We de-
mand that all military authorities be subor-
dinate to civil law.
For the protection of life and limb of en-
ployes we favor the passage ofa bill by the
Legislature of the State of Nevada defining
mining, raiiroading and all other extra
hazardous occupations.
We favor law providing for arbitration
and for the inspection of mines and mining
machinery TO insure the safety of miners,
We favor q law providing for arbitration for
the settlement of labor difficulties.
In the st. Louis platform which declares that
all men under the American Flag are en-
titled to the protection OF the institutions
whose emblem the American flag is, even if
they are inherently unfit to be members of
the American body polite. Wherever there
may exist people incapable of being gov
erned by American laws under the American
constitution the territory or people ought not
TO be part of the American domain. We in
sist that We ought 10 do for the Filipinos
what we have already done for the Cubans
nd Ia pnr A m
and upon suitable guarantees of protection to
citizens of our own and other countries resi-
dent there at the time of our Withdrawal, set
the Filipino people upon their feet free and
Independent TO work out their destiny.
We favor the building of the Panama canal
but most strongly condemn the methods ad-
opted by President Roosevelt in obtaining the
right of way for the canal. We charge him In
this particular with violation of the sacred
principle upon which our country is founded:
with linclting and supporting rebellion in
Colombia, a sister republic, for the purpose
of unawfully acquiring possession of por-
tain OF its territory.
and combinations formed for the purpose of
restraining trade, fixing prices and monop-
olizing business. We demand the strict en-
forcement of the laws relative thereto, and we
further demand that such trusts and combina-
tion shall be deprived of tariff protection so
far as IL may be necessary effectually to curb
them and prevent them from charging un-
reasonable prices to the American consumer.
Trusts and all other unlawful combinations
of capital owe their birth to Republican laws
and their growth to the encouragement and
protection of the Republican administration.
We condemn President Roosevelt for main
tanning in the office of Attorney-General of
the United States, Philander Knox, a man
made and owned by the trusts, and who did
everything In his power TO further and pro-
tect these criminal combinations.
REroLyED-That we point with pride TO the
able manner under which our state educa-
tional institutions have been conducted un-
der the present Regents, and pledge our
further support to the state University and
other educational interests
The pla form demands the immediate ad-
mission as separate States Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Indian Territory and Arizona, and
condemns the narrow partizanship of the
Republican party that denied them such ad.
mission. 1t favors the election of the United
states Senators by direct vote of the people
and a constitutional amendment providing
for the initiative and referendum, and COM
mends the course of Senator Newlands and
Van Duzer,