Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-10-17

woman In the State has suffered by
reason of the passage of that bill. All
have been benefited in the knowledge
that it is impossible to create such q
condition of affairs as preceded the
passage of the act and the invasion of
Federal troops into the State. ..
Another thing the Democratic party
has promised to do and intends to do is
to repeal the banking laws and to pass
q guarantee deposit banking act based
upon the Oklahoma law which has
proved the best State banking law yet
enacted by any State of the Union.
IF a Democratic legislature sits at the
next session, there will be a new bank
ing law which will effectually prevent
the loss of deposits in banks in Nevada.
There are hundreds of depositors in this
State now who have not yet received
one cent of the moneys held by the
banks that failed during the last IL
months, and others who have received
but five per cent on deposits in one of
the biggest banks in the State.
All these things require a remedy
and the Democratic party is the only
party in the State which had the hardi-
hood to declare itself in such matters.
1t has promised to see that the banks
shall have more careful regulation in
the future. To carry out this program
Democratic majority is required in
both the upper and lower houses of the
Legislature.
The Eight-hour law now on the
statue books was passed by a Demo
cratic Legislature and signed by
Democratic Governor. When first
proposed in the State Legislature it
was reported from the Senate COM
mittee unfavorably and every man
that SO reported that bill and every
man who voted against it was retired
to political oblivion as the result.
Some of them have regained a part
of the ground lost but Democrats
and Republicans alike who had any
part in the defeat of the Eight-Hour
law have been severely disciplined,
united on the present law and the
Republican party mentions it in only
the most evasive way. There is no
guarantee in the Republican plat
form that the bill will not be repealed
if the Republicans gain control of the
Legislature.
" The Democratic party also pro-
poses to pass Il law similar to the
Oregon primary law, which guaran-
tees to the people themselves the rule
of their affairs and absolute control
of the selection of the men who shall
represent them i'll the government of
the State. The Democratic party also
stands for the election of United
States Senators by direct vote of the
people and forced the Republican
party to agree in writing to such a
plan.
The Republican party failed in its
convention to put any plank in its
platform that guarantees to the peo-
pie of Nevada any more voice in the
affairs of the State than they have
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fact, the whole idea of Republicanism
GENERALIZATION, is being car
ried to the limit both in State and
National affairs and if the Republi-
can party should gain control of the
State Legislature or even one branch
of it, the people would be compelled
to renew their old fight for the con-
troll Of their own affairs
1t is therefore incumbent on the
Voters in every precinct and in every
County in the State to vote for the
Democratic Legislative nominees, who
are pledged to carry out the reforms
demanded by the people. There is no
hope that this will be done if any but
Democrats are elected tn the legisla
ture. e --
The proper supervision OF mining
operation, the prevention of wild
eating, the adequate protection Of
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