The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-27
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party Of Nevada in
state convention assembled reaffirms 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 to
Theodore Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicanism is the party's mightiest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees OF the ma
tional convention, we affirm that no man
is more fitted in honesty. daring. uncom-
promising independence. steadfastness IN
what he believes to be 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. ne nero In
war. the westerne- always. ana the Re-
publican non NEE for President Of the
United States.
We respectfully su.ses 10 the voters
of Nevada that Alton crooks Parker is
too closely allied wi-n The ssinsh cor pc.
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 OF
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hiil.
and that no language which we can
frame more aptly illustrates his disaual.
ifcations than that freely and publicly
employed by William J. Bryan. w. Il.
Hearst and other leading men conspic-
iously prominent In Democratic circles
when the environments of the Democrat
ic presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the people of the state
of evada upon the passage or the ma
tional irrigation law which will Ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands OF the west. and
which Will within a few years transform
the desert waste= of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
to usurp the credit of this great act fol-
one man is a travesty 81 fact and justice
TO the thousands OF we stern citizens who
have agitated this subject. to the western
senator's and congressman who for twen-
ty-five years have persistently urged and
fought 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 that
the ringing and insistent recommended
ton of Theodore Roosevelt that congress
consider this subject was responsible for
tho ~xSfoIfzott pn nf oil fhoortao opA
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
taneously in the senate and house and
which would nave failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear to secure its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States of sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to excavate. construct
and operate n commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
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 Sem
ator Francis q. 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 VAN attempt to interdict the
building of he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
We congratulate the people of Nevada
upon the awakening Of her prosperity In
field and mine, and that the hour is
struck which closes a quarter of q cen.
fury OF state depression. That the dawn
has begun OF T. new era wherein this
commonwealth IL destined to take high