The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-12
EVERYONE HATES A COWARD

- HE DEMOCRATIC party is II dominant party in Nevada; and as suht the
people Of the state are to be congratulated upon the fact that the utter
ances ofth IL arty in the latnGm adopted at the late state convention were
sol lucid. straightforward and courageous that the ''wayfarng man though fool
can read and understand, and at the same time be convinced that the people who
issued it mean what they say. We believe h people Of the state, unbiased by
political prejudice. will say that a. between the Democratic atI nc n Republican e 1ne
platforms. the former is . statesmanhke utterance Of principle while the latter
Isl makssnift q political s1peasncy. cowardly in its conception and ev'sivs and
Yc1iprfs.se nm ns law AM order issue as embodied in the State Police
= ~ ehsrs "a which IS the chief state ISSUE upon which the state
= s0' :. =. @e.ss. .uss.s. and expensive state meers'. This ringing, plank
in he Republican platform which refMs to the State Police bill. blu; which is too
cowndy and raven to name it, reads as follows:
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question. They thought it would be taken as a sol by the labor vote. But it
will fan short Of its purpose. The labor vote is as intelligent as any other The
they wen know that this State Police law was as much if lot more a Republican
member of the ssnatea acted as chairman If the committee which framed it,
Moreover he Republican United States senatOrf from this state urged it's passage
and every Republican newspaper in the state commended it, And now because
a cernine element in the labor unions of the estate opposes III bill, the Republicans
viii stultify themselves in the hopes Of entcing these votes But what a futile
hope. There is a the bottom Of every mans heart a certain respect for honesty
rather vote the Democratic ticket with its known attitude o. the State Police
bill thar the Republican ticket with its pusIlanimous trucking for every man
hates a coward q trimmer n every man admires III opponent VIII fights
fair and square The Republican patormmakes not only lost the respect of
there is manya Republican who viii rebuke te political snystss of his party for
playing small politics with a principle SO vital to the states sstw welfare while
u thu other han tvothhds of the labor vote ill support the State Police BILL
for under 1t there Is peace, security and steady employment.