The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-12

When the legislature began its ses-
sion in this city q few weeks ago the
cided to adopt we'll defined line OF
policy on all party measures and the
cided upon by the leaders was TO be
followed by the Democratic members
of the legislature in the body and by
soliQly supporting these measures the
way was TO be paved by which this
state would be altogether Democratic
Two years from now.
The leadership of the caucus was
turned over to Speaker Skaggs and
when the Republican Senate turned
down a resolution a Democratic house
went TO The front and passed it unan-
imousIy.
The prompt action OF the House
made q host of new friends for the
party throughout the state and gave
the assurance I victory two years
from now victory that would make
this state solidly democratic.
At Tonopah on Saturday evening
Governor Sparks made a speech ad-
vising the legislature to wait a
couple of years before attempting o
regulate fares and freights on rail-
roads in this state. to go slow and
Lelp the roads etc, etc.
Speaker Skagg5 made 4 speech in
which he took exactly the opposite
sides and the question is being asked
all over the state today whether the
views of Governor Sparks or Speaker
Skaggs are the views Of the Demo
cracy Of Nevada.
The Appeal believes that the De-
mOcracy of this state represent the
common people, and the Republican
party represents the corporations.
This is the way the party waged the
fight last fall and the way the fight is
being waged now.
The Appeal is not a rampant anti
railroad organ. 1t never advocated
the tearing up of the tracks OF any
railroad, making it pay any more than
a fair assessment, but it believes that
the various corporations of this state
are at present paying less than theil
fair portion of taxation and in addi
ton to this they are charging more
than their rightful proportion for ser
vices rendered The railroads are Iot
the only offenders in this respect
The Wells Fargo, the Western Union
the Pullman car monopoly have fas
tened their tenticles upon the wealth
Of this stat and are reaping a lion:
share of the profits.
The question arising at the preseu
time is naturally. Shall the Demo
cratic party go on record as bein:
. for the people of the state or the cor
, porations?
The Appeal does not favor drasti
legislation and never did, but part
must have its principles clearly dc
fined and before this week is pas
the leaders should caucus, it shoul
give out to the party just what tn
policy of the party is
4 We cannot have two policies an
ever command the respect of the pee
y pie
We must follow the lines laid dow
in our platform and no man ca
change the party policy as laid dow
/ in that platform.
{ There was much n the Boyd resoll
ton that was drastic and we believ
that the three Democratic Senator
who voted against it did so from col
l. scientious motives. They are men {
n character and ~tanding and have
L right to their opinions. There shoul
}. be some sort of regulation of all th
y corporations and before the sessio
passes there should be somethin
done which will show the people tn
the legislature is here in their il
L terests.
e Not a radical, sweeping bill thu
would cripple any business where ca
ital is invested, but a measure that
fair and just to both sides and an
IS one in this state at the present tim
IS knows perfectly we'll that the prese,
% condition of affairs is not fair and ju'
to the varied interests representa-