The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1904-10-20
National Irrigation.

We congratulate the people Of the
State oi Nevada. upon lhe passage OF
the national irrigation law which VIII
ultimately reclaim the arid lands OF the
West and which will within few
Years Transform the DESERT WASTES OF
Nevada iuto fruitful Eomesteads. We
assert that the attempt To nsurp the
credit Of This great act 10 one man Is
trIvesty on fact and Justice. To the
thousands of westei Ii cllizens who nave
az tat,d this subject, 10 the western
senators and Congress who Tor
Invent, five years have po' sistently
urged and fought for Irrigation legis-
lation. and to The engineers who have
measured western STREAMS and thread
~ the rnouuta ms ana deserts to learn
the possibilit es of storage and recla
III ttion We give due and generous credit
aud The fullncss Of our gratitude. But
above all We declare that the ringing
and nsistent recommendation OF Ibeo-
lore Roosevelt that Congress consider
this subject was Responsible Tor Inc
crj stailiz ltion of all theories and plans
into the bill known as the National IT.
rig1tlon Law, which was framed ana
agreed To by all the western Senators
and congressman, and lntronu ced ST.
simultaneously IN the Senate and House
and which would have failed in the
House hau not Theodore Roosevelt IL
nally brought his great influence to
bear 10 secure it's passage.
Isthimian Canal.
We rejoice in the requirement by the
United States Ct ,ni1icicnt lsthman
territory upon which TO eXcavate, con.
struct and operate commercial canal
between the Atlantic and the Paclhc
oceans entirely reg ulated and control.
led by the gov eminent OF the United
States ana which will greatly promote
the Industrial development of all Sec
tions of the Pacific Coast, and we es-
lecialiy regret that Senator Francis u.
Newands so far forgot the substantial
in Ter, SIS OF the State of Nevada as to
interpose his vote in the Senate OF the
Unite States against the ratification oil
the treaty between the United States
and the Republic Of Panama in the
vain attempt to intefdict the building
OF the canal.
United States Senatorship.
We congratulate the people of Neva-
da upon the awakening of her prosper
,y in field and mine, and that the hour
is struck which closes quarter OF
century o. State depression, That the
dawn has begun of d new era wherein
ihi- CON mon wealth is destined to take
HIGH rank IN agriculture, the Industries
aud mining. New leaders are called
fer 10 represent in Congress this new
Spirit If State development. For the
Senate Of the United States the Ike
publican party pr, sents the name OF
George ) n Xon, as an abe, true ana
inyal citizen worthy OF such choice,
familiar With and interested in the var
led industries uf our State and who Is
the first candidate for that supreme
oriice presented by Nevada conven-
ton in the past twenty years, who Is
hone tide resident and citizen OF Neva-
da, and pledges the efforts of the Ike
ln"lican party to use all honorable
means and the votes Of lis members IN
the State Legislature to secure bis
c'ection
Capital and Labor.
We submit the ahor record OF the
ltrpuhlfcan party against the profess
Ions of ID .mor1acy. l,epublicanism has
b III up a taritf II about this country
which ve- The Americin markets to
III" products OF A american labor. 1t has
IN every Stale VIII IL IN power enacted
Ep'-lat Oh fayoiing shorter hours and
s" ilar> conditions Of labor, prohibited
cti'n labor, and passed stringent laws
Tor the safeguarding OF life and limb OF