The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-26
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party of Nevada in
state convention assembled reaf1rms it,
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
Theodore Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicanism is the party's mightiest 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
IN the fulhllment OF their destiny the
next four years h Theodore Roose-
Welt. the statesman in peace. ne hero in
war. the westerne- Always. ana the Re-
publican non NEE for President Of the
United States.
We respectfully su.Eest 20 the v.sters
of Nevada thai Alton brooks Parxsr fs
too closely allied wi-n The selfish COZ pc.
rate and moneyed Institutions OF Wall
street and the lawless and predatory mo.
nopolistic 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-
~ifcations than that freely and publicly
employed by william J.. Bryan. w. Il.
Hearst and other leading men onspic
lously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments of the Democrat
tc presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the people of the state
Of Nevada 1pon the passage OF the ma
tionai irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands OF the west. and
which Will within a few years transform
the desert wasteS Of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit OF this great act FOL
one man is a ~travesty ~ fact and justice
To the thousands OF We stern citizens who
nave agitated thiss subject. to the western
senators and congressman who for twen-
ty-five years have persistently urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. n 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 fullness of our
gratitude. Blu above all we declare that
the ringing and insistent 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 have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear TO secure It's
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States Of sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to %excavate. construct
and operate b commercial canal between
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 pacinc
coast, and we especially regret that Sem
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 vain attempt to interdict tn.
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHTP.
We congratulate the people Of Nevada
upon the awakening of her prosperity In
field and mine. and that the hour IL
struck which closes q quarter of a cen.
fury of state depression. That the dawn
has begun OF new era wherein this
il destined to take high :