The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-10-30
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM

the Republican State Convention. which
in Tonopah, September 4,
1906:
The Republican party of Nevada, in
State convention assembled, submits
the glorious history of party achieve
ment of the administration of Theodore
Roosevelt as making the highest sue
cess of American government. From
a debtor nation-the heritage left by
the last Democratic administration
the United States, in decade of Re-
publican control, has passed to first
place among the creditor nations of the
earth. The music of prolific industry
fills the air The wage Garner walks
the earth now as one to be reckoned
with in the division of prosperity. JUS
tice has smitten the highest as well as
the meanest offender. Graft has been
purged from the conduct of public af-
fairs. Laws of supreme moment to
mankind have been passed. The Pan
anna canal has been made possible.
The arid west will be reclaimed by
government aid The trusts have been
curbed by stringent laws; the rail-
roads shorn of discriminating abuses.
Above all, there has been infused into
the conduct of pnblic affairs a new
standard of civic probity, the cxem-
plar of which is Roosevelt. These are
the signal results Of decade of Re-
publicanism which we submit to the
voters of Nevada with confidence as to
their answer at the polls.
State Government
The contrast between the admins
trative success of the Republican party
in national affairs and the humilating
history of Democratic inefficiency in
Nevada calls for change in the po-
litical control of the State. With Off
Gals habitually absent from the cap
itol, the executive departments of the
State in Democratic hands are con-
Quoted with only haphazard regard to
the public business. Such absenteeism
is notorious, and coupled with the
complete attendance of the Demo-
cratic member of Congress from his
duties in Washington, condemns that
party as unworthy the further trust
of the people. We are entering upon
golden era of development and the
necessity is urgent to vest the powers
of State into competent hands. We
pledge each and every nominee of this
convention for any.office to, at all times
when not justifiably excused therefrom,
remain at his post of duty, ready and
prepared to cheerfully perform all pub
lie services required of him by law or
by proper regard for the convenient
dispatch of official duties.
Commenda ton.
We indorse and commend the course
of Honorable George S. Nixon.. lin the
senate of the United States upon the
great public questions before this Con-
gress. His strong support of Roose-
welt and his vote upon the railroad an
ti-rebate law and other measures vital
to the welfare of the people, together
with his business-like attention to the
interests of Nevada is source of sat
isfaction to his party and congratula-
ton to his State.
Mines and Mining
The great mineral wealth of Nevada
is a treasure of fortune belonging to
rich and poor alike. Every protection
and encouragement should be given
the mining industry that may be ac-
complished by legislation. We favor
the passage of law extending the
right of eminent domain for mining
purposes to apply to locations made
upon unfenced and unimproved lands
held in private ownership, thesmnerals
within which are reserved by the gov
eminent, that purchase may be made
of the surface thereof by a locator
after proper appraisement; and we con-
denim the vetoing of such law three
years since by a Democratic governor
of Nevada after its passage by an
overwhelming vote of the legislature.
We favor conservative legislation tend
ing to reduce the abuses of an Excess
sive number of locations by one or
more common locators, and favor a re-
duction in the time permitted for thv
marking of boundaries as tending to
prevent confusion of title and litiga-
ton.
We further favor the passage of a
law to render the officers and pro-
moters of stock companies liable for
the reasonable correctness of adver-
Using statements and prospectuses