The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-31
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party OF Nevada in
state convent n assembled reafirms Its
adherence to the principles of Republi-
canIsm as expressed In the national plat
Of the nation from Abraham Lincoln tn
Theod re Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicanism is the par;y's might.est plat
form. Endorsing the nominees of the ma
.ional convention, we affirm that no mai
IN public or private life in this country
is more fitted in honesty. daring. nncom-
pr missing independence. steadfastness in
what he believes to be right and SOUND
judgment TO guide the American people
n the fulfillmept 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-
publican nominee for President of the
United States.
We respectfully So Rest to the v"ers
II Nevada that Altan Brooks PARK n Is
too closely allied wi'n Inc saifish corpc-
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 = {
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hi. 1.
and thai no anguag which we can
frame more aptly illustrates his ~sisauai-
ifications than thai freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. W. X.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
aously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments OF the Democrat
lie presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL. IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the ne pie or the state
OF Nevada ipon the passage Of the ma
tionaI irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands or the west. and
which will within a Few years transform
the desert was;e- of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit of mis- great act for
ne man Is a travesty IN fac, and Justice.
To the thousands OF We stern citizens who
have agitated this subject. to the western
<enators and congressman who for TWEEN
ty-five years have pers!stenily urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. and to
the engineers VIII have measured west
ern streams and threaded the maintains
anu utStTlS W tetTH the poSr'Dlili seS ~
storage and reclamation we give due and
generous credit and the fuilness Of our
But above all we declare .hai
the ringing and ins.stent recommends
tion of Theod re Roosevelt that congress
consider his subject was responsible for
the crystalization 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 senators
and congressman and introduced stimuli
In The sena and house and
which would nave failed in the house had
Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
great influence to bear TO secure Its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
States Of sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to excavaie. construct
and operate IA commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
II the United States and
will greatly promote the Industrial
development CT all sections OF the Pacific
coast. and We especially regret that SEN
aior Francis u. Newiands so far forgot
The substantial interests OF the state OF
as to interpose his vote In the
senate of the United States against the
of the treaty the
States and the republic of Pam
una in the VAL attempt to interdict the
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP
We congratulate the people OF Nevada
Ipon the awakening ( her prosperity In
leld and mine. and that the hour is
truck which closes a quarter OF a GEN.
ury of state depression. That the dawn
las begun Of n new era wherein this
commonwealth IL destined to take high
ank in agriculi ure. the industries and
inning. New leaders are called fer to
In congress this new spirit Of /