The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-23
n PLATFORM

The Republican party or Nevada IN
state convent n assembled reafirms it's
adherence to the principles of Republi
form and wrought into the government
of the nation from Abraham Lincoln to
Theod re Roosevelt. The history or Re-
publlcanism Is the par;y's m,gat.est plat
form. Endorsing the nominees of the ma
tional convention. we affirm that no man
n public or pfiva.e 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
IN the fulfllment OF their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
Welt, the statesman in peace. he hero In
| war. the westerner always. and the Re-
i publican nominee for President of the
United States.
We respectfully 81. sest t. the y'tHrs
II Nevada that Aiian Brooks ParS,- IS
TOO closely allied WIN the s.lisn corpc-
rate and moneyed Institutions of Wall
street and the lawless and predatory n,a-
nopoiistIc trusts of the country tn quail
ify him for the discharge Of The duties n
! the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hi l..
and that no language which we can
frame more APPLY illustrates his disGuai-
iications than that freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. w. II.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
uousiy prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments of the Democrat
ic presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discuss on.
NATIONAL. IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the pc pie OF the state
of Nevada ipon the passage of the ma
tional irrigation law which will Ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands of the west. and
which VIII within. a rev years transform
the desert wasie= Of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit of his great act for
ne man Is a travesty m fac, and justice,
To the thousands of we stern CT liens VIII"
have agitated this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for TWEEN
ty-five years have pers.stently urged and
fought for Irrigation legislation. and I"
the engineers VIII have measures west
ern streams and threaded the mountains
and deserts to learn the possib.lit es OF
storage and reclamation we give .lue and
generous credit and the ruiiness of out
gratitude. But above all we declare .hli
the ringing and ms stent recommends
lion of Theod lie Roosevelt that congress
consider This subject was responsible 10,
the specialization 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 senat rs
and congI essmen and introduced stimuli
taneously I'm The senate ana house and
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roase yet finally brought
h S great influence 10 bear TO secur its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States of sufficient lsthmian ter
ritory upon which to excavate. construct
and operate Ia commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government # the United States ana
which will greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections of the Pacific
coast. and we ally regret that Sem
ator Francis Il. 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 PAN
anna In the vain attempt to interdict the
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
We congratulate the people OF Nevad
upon the awakening { her prosperity In
field and mine. and that the hour is
t-..~ix a ~to.--
fury of state depression. That the da wn
has begun Of n new era wherein this
commonwealth Ia destined to take high
rank in agriculture. the industries and
mining. New leaders are called for tn
represent In congress this new spirit VI