The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-05
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party OF Nevada In
state convention assembled reaff1rms Its
adherence to the principles Of Republi
anism as expressed in the national plat
form, and wrought into the government
Of the nation from Abraham Lincoln to
Theodore Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicanism is the party's mightiest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees OF the ma.
tionaI convention, we afirm that no man
In public or private life in this country
is more fitted in honesty. daring. uncom-
promising independence. steadfastness In
what he believes to he right and sound
Judgment to guide the American people
n the fulhliment OF their destiny the
next four years than Theodore Roose-
Welt. the statesman In peace. ne hero In
war. the westerne- nvways. ana the Re-
publican nor NEE for President of the
United States.
We resi- ectfllly su.ges: 90 the vfers
IF Nevada that Alton crooks Parker IL
too closely ,Jied wi.n The ssitlsh corpc.
rate and moneyed institutions of Wall
street and the lawiess and predatory mo-
nopoi;stic trusts of the country to quail
ify him for the discharge OF the duties Of
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hisl.
and that no language which we can
frame more aptly illustrates his disaual.
locations than that freely and publicly
employed by William ). Bryan. w. II.
Hearst n other leading men conspic-
Iously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments Of the Democrat
lc presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the people or the state
OF Nevada 1pon the passage OF the NJ
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands OF the west. and
which Will within = few years transform
the desert waste- of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert lhat the attempt
to usurp the credit of THIS great act fol
one man Is a travesty ~ fact and justice
TO the thousands OF we stern citizens who
nave agitated this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for TWEEN
ty-fve years have persistently urged and
Tough, for Irrigation legislation. and to
he 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 recommended
ton OF Theodore Roosevelt that ongress
consider this subject was responsible for
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 senators
and congressman and introduced stimuli
taneousiy IN he senate and hcus and
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence TO bear TO secure its
passage.
ISTEIMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States OF sufficient lsthmisn ter
ritory upon which to e~xcavate. construct
and operate Ia commercial canal between
tireiy regulated and controlled by the
government Of the United States and
which will greatly promote the Industrial
development of all sections of the Pacific
coast. and we especially regret that Sen