The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-29
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
Theodt re Roosevelt. The history OF Re-
publicanism Is the par;y's mightiest plat
form. Endorsing the nominees OF the ma
lional convention, We affirm mat no man
N public or private life In this country
Is more fitted In honesty. daring, unc"m-
pr missing Independence. steadfastness IN
what he believes 10 he right and SOUND
| judgmen TO guide the American people
an 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 v"er'
II Nevada tina Alton Brooks Par~sr Is
TOO closely allied VIA me selfish corpc-
rate aud moneyed institutions OF Wall
street and the iawless and predatory MO
! nopolistic trusts OF the country to quail
lily MIN Tor the ulScDdIS e Vi thC wv -
the office for which the Democratic party
of the United States has selected hill.
and that no language which we can
, frame more aptly illustrates his disauai-
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
ic presidential nominee were subject to
free and untrammeled discussion.
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
We congratulate the pc pie OF the state
of Nevada ipon the passage OF the ma
tional irrigation law which will ultimate
ly reclaim the arid lands OF the west. and
which Will within a rev years transform
the desert wasie= of Nevada into fruitful
homesteads. We assert that the attempt
10 usurp the credit of This great act for
ne man Is a ~travesty m 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-ive years have persIstently urged and
fought for irrigation legislation. and to
the engineers VIII, 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 :ha'
the ringing and insistent recommends
ton of Theod re Roosevelt that congress
! consider this subject was responsible 70,
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
taneously in The senate and house and
which would have failed In the house had
not Theodore Roosevelt finally brought
his great influence to bear 10 secure Its
passage.
ISTHMIAN CANAL.
We rejoice In the requirement by the
United States Of sufficient Isthmian ter
ritory upon which to e~xcavate. 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 especially regret that Sem
ator Francis u. 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 val attempt to interdict the
building OF he canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHTP.
We congratulate the people of Nevada
! upon the awakening Z her prosperity In
field and mine. and that the hour Is
struck which closes a quarter OF a GEN.
fury of state depression. That the dawn
has begun OF q new 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