The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-12
THE PLATFORM

The pubic party OF Nevada I'm
state converts n m reafirms 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 tn
Theod re Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicsnism Is the party's mightlest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees of the ma
tional convention. We affirm that no man
in public or private life in this countr.
is more fitted In honesty, daring. uncom
promising independence. steadfastness III
what he believes TO lie right and souno
judgment to guide the American people
In the fuliillment or their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
Welt. the statesman in peace. he hero In
war, the western. always. and the Re
publican nor ruee for President Of In.
Uniled States.
Ne respectfully suggest 10 The vfer-
of Nevada tina; Alton Hooks Par~sr II
too closely allied WIN me seiIisii corpc'
rate aud moneye institutions OF Wal.
street and the lawless and predatory mt
nopolistic trusts OF the country To quail
ify him for the discharge OF the duties ~
the office for which the Democratic part.
of the United States has selected hi.i.
and that no language which We cat
frame more apply illustrates his aisuuai
iiications thar that freely aud publici.
employed by William j. Bryan. W. IL
Hearst and other leading men conspic
uously prominent in Democratic circle
when the environments Of the Democrat
ic presidential nominee were subject t.
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the pc pie Ut the state
Of Nevada ipon the passage OF the na
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
iy reclaim the arid lands OF the west. am
which VIII within "a Few years transform
the desert waste. OF Nevada into fruitfi
homesteads. We assert ttat the attemp
to usurp the credit Of THIS great act Tor
enc man Is a travesty ~ fact and Justice
To the thousands OF we stern citizens VII
have agitated thus subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for iwen
ty-1ve years have persistentiy urged an'
fought for irrigation legislation. and l.
he engineers VIII, nave measured west
ern streams and threaded The mountain
and deserts to learn the possibilities al
storage and reclamation we give due an'
generous credit and the fullness Of on
gratitude. But above all we declare M
the ringing and ins.stent recommend
ton of rheod re Roosevelt that congress
consider this subject was responsible 10
the capitalization OF all theories am
plans into the bill known as the Ma
tional Irrigation Law. which was fram@'
and agreed 10 by all the western senators
and congressman and introduced stimuli
ttaneously I'm the senate and house anti
which would have failed in the house ha'
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brougn
his great influence TO bear TO secure IT.
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Wa rejoice In the requirement by TN
United States of sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to excavaie. construc'
and operate ia commercial canal betweei
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
t,rely regulated and controlled by the
government II the United States anr
which viii greatly promote the Industrial
development OF all sections of the pacifi'
coast. and we especially regret that Sen
ator Francis q. Newlands SO far forgo'
the substantial interests OF the state o.
Nevada as to interpose his vote In the
senate OF the United States against the
ratiHcation Of the treaty between the
United States and the republic OF Pam