The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-09-26
SENATOR NEWLANDS SPEAKS
ON THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES

The speech of Senator Francis G..
Newlands, in accepting the nomination
of the Democratic state convention at
Tonopah for the United States senate,
for a second term, has universally been
pronounced a mastery exposition in
brief of the principles of Democracy.
The speech in full, as taken down by
stenographic reporters at the eonven-
ton, is as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Democratic State Convention:
| thank my too ardent friends for
their generous and flattering ~utteranees
regarding myself. l thank this eonven-
ton from the bottom of my heart for
the kindness with which my name has
been received. | thank you for your
action in nominating me as your candi-
date for the United States senate, that
selection to be ratified by the people of
Nevada at the polls next November. i
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not wish to be represented in any popu-
lar contest by proxy. l wish to appear
before the people of Nevada in my own
name, to receive their suffrage; and
though | may have had some advantage
in this contest by reason of the superior
number of Democratic hold-over sena-
tors, | was only too eager to submit
this question to the suffrage of the peo-
pie whom | have so long served.
AS a public servant | shall 90 before
the people giving an account of my
stewardship. | invite criticism in every
line, in every paragraph of my record;
and | shall abide by the result, what
ever it may be.
/ have read your platform and | APP
prove its principles and it's declaration.
1t is a clear, strong, ringing platform;
not cowardly and evasive as the Repub-
lican platform is. The Democratic
party has controlled this state for many
years because of the candor of its ut
~teranees and because of it's fidelity to
it's pledges. And today, in the face of
a universal movement which has swept
the Republican column, Nevada stands
almost alone of all northern states, a
Democratic state. Why is this! 1t is
because the Democracy of Nevada has
stood true to the people of this state.
Ii has taken the lead in progressive
legislation; legislation not marked by
radicalism; legislation not marked by
violent readjustments; legislation not
marked by economic disturbances; but
legislation marching firmly, consist
emily and progressively in the line of
definite reform. And today Nevada is
known throughout the Union as one of
the most progressive states in that
Union.
We have established the referendum.
We nave passed an eight hour law. We
have passed an employers liability act.
We nave declared that the great public
corporations arc public servants sub
ject to public regulation and control,
and we have organized an honest and
efficient railroad commission, not for
the purpose of destruction, but for the
purpose of regulation in the interests
of the people.
And we now demand as a party that
we supplement this legislation by the
reforms indicated in our platform, pre-
eminent among them being the initia-
tive and the recall; the initiative Civ
ing the people themselves the greatest
legislative body of the state, the power
to initiate legislation, the recall giving
to the people the power to dismiss any
public servant upon whom the public
displeasure has fallen; supplementing
the referendum. which appeals from the
legislative act, from the legislative