The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-09-16
CLEAN CUT PLATFORM ADOPTED IN WHICH NEEDS ARE
SET FORTH AND THE CANDIDATES PLEDGED TO ACTION
Inspector
Obedience Dote People H. Anong
hich LnOncibe County Ticket

Straightforward and the splendid membership of
the convention drawn from the citizenship White Pine
county was the platform reported by the committee
utions adopted by the convention amid enthusiasm and heart
lily expressing his opinions by each candidate
who came before the body The platform follows in full
We the Republicans of White Pine county convention
assembled do hereby endorse the of President
Roosevelt while regret part with him before the
work doing evenly divide the of human
endeavor is accomplished extend to the Hon William
Taft and the Hon James Sherman most sincere welcome
into the party leadership knowing that the good work will
be continued their administration and pledge to
them our unqualified and earnest support.
We fully endorse the declarations of party principles
enunciaed in the platforms of national and state con-
yenons and legislative candidates hereby instructed
the candidate for United States senator who re-
ceves the highest vote the people OF this state at the COM
ing election.
We believe should have better pro
lection and favor the creation of the office of state mine
inspector with power to compel strict regard for the safety
and protection of employees working underground.
We favor the granting of license to stationary and hoist
ing engineers only after thorough and actual examination
their qualifications and competency to act as such
We believe the enactment of laws which viii give to our
people correct and abstracts OF title upon the payment
moderate and just fee proporonate to the work and ability
required to make the same
We believe in the reduction the of to the low
est possible figure with honest economical govern
ent and wholesome municipal improvements and depore the
building of large and useless surplus IN our county treas
We believe that primary election laws should be SO
amended to prevent the practice OF fraud and shall declare
the true expression of the peoples choice and Will
We favor the calling of convention and the adoption
organic law better adapted to meet the new conditions OF
state.
We believe that state and municipalities should lead and
the better structural improvements to better san
tary regulations the city beautiful That our public high
ways should be made models of enduring Workmanship and IN
telgent labor skill aordng cheap rapid and efficient
means of transportation for people and products and by
such taxation and such period OF time as
shall not budensome oppressive and Tor THIS purpose
favor the passing of law authorizing the boards OF county
commissioners of the various counties OF the state TO create
fund for public roads and highways IN addition to the one
half of the poll tax as now provided by law
We depore the investment of state funds IN low bearing
interest bonds distant municipalities and states we our
own municipal securities GO without market and we oeeve
in the enactment of laws the change IN our con-
ution which will such abuses and insure to our own
peope securities within our state and snail
result in keeping our money at home.
We favor the free book system for our public schools
and the early establishment of public high school for White
Pine county
AS Good Roads the slogan nearly every section OF
our common country and White Pine county needs and
should have better enable the farmer to his crops
and to give the travelling public generally
comfort.
Be it resolved by the Republican party of White Pine
county convention assembled that representatives In the
legislature requested and urged to all honorable means
at their have placed the statute books OF the
state creating the Office of road supervisor for each town
ship or road district in White Pine whose duties is shall be
to supervise the repairing and building OF public highways
through their particular district that the farmer and mine