The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-20
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The Republican party of Nevada In
adheI ence TO the principles of Repubii.
canism as expressed in the national plat
form and wrought into the government
of he nation flom Abraham lincoln To
Iheoi lie Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
pLDlioanism Is the parsy.s nissat.est plat
Ioim. Endorsing The nominees of the na-
.ional convention, We alarm that no man
n public or pliva. e Life in this ountiy
is moIe MED in honesty, dating. une"hi-
or missing Independence. steadfastness IN
what lie belieses 20 he right and sound
judgment 10 guide tie American people
n Inc f%ull.Iment OF their destiny the
next four years han Theodore Roose-
vel, the Salesman in peace. he hero In
war, the ner always. and the lie
publican nominee for President OF The
Unl.ed States.
We RESPECTFULLY So. gest to the tiers
If Nevada that Altan Brooks Parker -
100 closely allied VIA me s=irish corpc-
rae and money ed Institutions of "ail
stIeet and the lawless and predatory mt
nololist.c trusts of The country to quail
lily him for the dischal ge OF the duties #
The office for which The Democratic party
of the Cnited States has selected nirl,
and hat no language which we can
frame more apply illustrates his disauai-
iacations than that freely and publicly
employ ed by illiam j. Bryan. ". IL.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
uously prominent in Democratic circles
when The environments OF the Democrat
ic presidential nominee were subject TO
free and untrammeled discuss on.
NATIONAL. IRRIGATION.
We congIatula, e the pc pie of the state
of Nevada ipon the passage Of the ma
tional irrigation law which will Ultimate
ly reclaim The aid lands of the west. and
VIII oh VIII within. a rew years transform
the desert wastes OF Nevada into fruitful
homes. eads. " e assert that the attempt
TO usurp The credit of this great act for
ne man Is Il travesty on fact and justice.
To he thousands of western citizens who
nave agi,ated this subject. to tae western
senators and congl essmen who for twen
ty-i.ve years have pers silently urged anu
fought for irrigation legislation. and {"
the engineers VIII have measured west
ern stl cams and threaded the mountains
and deserts 10 learn the poseiblit es OF
storage and reclamation we give due and
geneI Gus credit and the ruliness OF oui
gratitude. But above all we declare ;.lit
the ringing and ins stent iecommenda
don of rheod lie Roosevelt that congress
consider This subject was responsible 10,
the crystalization OF all theories and
plans into the bill known as the Ma
tional Irrigation Law. which was framed
and agI eed 10 by all the western senat IS
and cong. essmen and introduced stimuli
taneously in .he senate ana house and
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore tto0se!e't finally prougnt
h S & eat influence 10 bear To secure It's
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States of sufficient lsthmian ter
ritory upon which TO excava. e, CONSTRUCT
and operate "a commei Iial canal betweea
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
til ely regulated and controlled by the
II the United States and
which win greatly promote The indus rial
development of all sections of the PACING
coast. and We espec ally egret that Sen
ator Francis Ii. Newlands so far forge
the substantial interests of the state OF
Nevada as t interpose his vo Z In The
of the United States against the
ratification of the Treaty between the
States and the republic OF Pam
anna in the vain attempt to lnterdict the
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
We congratulate the people of Nevada
upon the awakening + her prosperity I'm
field and mine. and that the hour is
struck which closes a quarter of a CEN
Jury of state depression. That the dawn
begun Of a new era wherein this
commonwealth is destined to take high
in agriculture. the industries ana
mining. New leaders are called for To
represent In congress this new spirit VI