The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-24

The Republican party or Nevada in
state convent n assembled reafhrms its
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
publicanism Is the par;y's m;gatiest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees or the ma
ional convention, we affirm that no man
m public or pTiva.e life in this country
is more fitted In honesty. daring. uncom-
pr missing independence. steadfastness in
what he believes 10 he right and sound
judgment to guide the American people
IN the fulnllment 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 81. gest to the y'tnrs
IF Nevada that Alton Brooks Parker Is
TOO closely allied wi-n me selfish corpc-
rate and moneyed institutions of wall
street and the lawless and predatory m"-
nopolistic trusts of the country TO quail
ify him for the discharge of the duties ,f
the office for which the Democratic party
OF the United States has selected hi A.
and that no language which We can
frame more aptly illustrates his disqual-
ifications than that freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. w. Il.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
uously 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 pc pie of the state
of Nevada Upon the passage OF the ma
tional irrigation law which will Ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands of the west. and
VIII CHI will Within a rev years transform
the desert wasie- of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit of inls great act for
ne man Is a t~ravesty IN fact and justice.
To the thousands of we stern citizens who
have agitated this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for TWEEN
ty-fve years have pers.stently urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. and To
the 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. But above all we declare :hai
the ringing and ins .stent recommends
ton of Theod re 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 In The senate ana house and
which would have failed in the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
h s great influence TO bear TO secure its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States of sufficient lsthmian ter
ritory upon which TO ava construct
and operate IA commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government # the United States and
which will greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections OF the Pacific
coast. and we espec ally regret that Sem
ator Francis u. Newlands so far forgot
the substantial interests of the state OF
Nevada as T. interpose his vote In the
senate of the United States against the
ratification of the treaty W the
United States and the republic of Pan
anna i'm the vain attempt to interdict the
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
We congratulate the people of Nevada
upon the awakening ( her prosperity In
field and mine. and hat the hour is
struck which closes a quarter OF a CEN
fury of state depression. That the da wn
has begun OF a ley era wherein this
commonwealth is destined to take high
rank in agriculture. the industries and
mining. New leaders are called for to
represent In congress this new spirit Of