The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-30
THE PLATFORM

The Republican party OF Nevada in
state convention m reafirms 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
in public or private life in this country
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
mex four years tha Theodore Roose-
welt. the statesman in peace. ne hero In
war. the westerne- Always. ana the Re-
publican non NEE for President of the
United States.
We respectfully suggest TO ne voters
of Nevada thai Alton 5rooks PARK, r is
too closely allied wi-n The selfish col pc.
rate and moneyed institutions OF Wall
street and the lawless and predatory mo.
nopolistic trusts of the country to quail.
lily him for the discharge of the duties OF
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected him,
and that no 1anpuage which We ran
frame more aptiy illustrates his disqual.
iications than that 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
ic presidential nominee were subject to
free and ~untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the people or the state
Of Nevada upon the passage OF the na-
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands or the west. and
which VIII 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 70,
one man is a travesty .. fact and Justice
TO the thousands OF Western citizens who
nave agitated this subject. to the western
senators and congressman who for twen-
ty-lve years have persistently urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. and to
he engineers who have measured west
ern streams and threaded ;fie 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 ins,stent recommenda
ton of Theodore Roosevelt that congress
consider this 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
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear TO secure Its
passage.
IST!IMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States OF sufficient Isthmien ter
! ritory upon which to excavate. construct
and operate IA commercial canal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans en-
tirely regulated and controlled by the
government OF the United States and
development OF all sections of the Pacific
coast. and we especially regret that Sen