The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-09-21
NOTABLE SPEECH FULL
OF DEMOCRATIC TRUTHS
Doctrines and History Of Party
in the State of Nevada by
Senator Newlands

| Newlands, In accepting the NOMINATION
| of the Democratic State Convention al
| Tonopah for the United States Senate
for a second term, has universally been
pronounced q mastery exposition in
brief of the principles of Democracy.
The speech in full. as taken down by
stenographic reporters at the con
vention, is as follows:
| Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Democratic State Convention
l thank my too ardent friends for
| their generous and fiattering utterances
regarding myself. ] thank this con.
| vention from the bottom Of my heart
| for the kindness with which my name
| has been received. l thank you for
your action in nominating me as your
candidate for the United States Senate,
that selection to be ratified by the people
of Nevada at the polls next November.
/ believe in the rule of the people. dc
not wish to be represented in any pop
ular contest by proxy. wish to appear
before the people Of Nevada In my own
name. to receive their suffrage; and
though l may have had some advantage
in this contest by reason of the superior
number Of Democratic hold-over Sen
ators, / was only too eager to submit
this question to the suffrage of the
people whom 1 have SO long served.
As a public servant / shall go before
the people giving an account OF my
stewardship. invite criticism in every
line. in every paragraph of my record ;
and l shall abide by the result. whatever
it may be.
l have read your platform and APP
prove its principles and its declaration.
1t is a clear, strong. ringing platform;
not cowardly and evasive as the Re-
publican platform is. The Democratic
party has controlled this State for
many years because of the candor OF its
u~tterances and because Of it's fidelity to
its pledges. And today. in the face OF
a universal movement which has swept
almost all of the Northern States into
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
1t has taken the lead in progressive
legislation legislation not marked by
radicalism; legislation not marked by
violent readjustments; legislation not
marked by economic disturbance; but
legislation marching firmly. consist
emily and progressively in the line Of
definite reform. And to-day Nevada is
known throughout the Union as one Of
the most progressive States in that
Union.
We have established the referendum.
We have passed an eight-hour law.
We have passed an employers liability
act. We have declared that the
great public corporations are public
servants subject to regulation and con-
troll. and we have organized an honest
and efficient railroad commission,
not for the purpose of destruction.
but for the purpose or 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 init
alive 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; experimenting
the referendum, which appeals from
the legislative act, from the legislative
body of our Constitution. to the great
body of the people themselves-the
greatest Legislative tribunal of all.
We have held this State in the DEM
column because we have been
true to the people. We have held it
in the Democratic column because we
have always recognized the doctrine
that the people shall rule.
This campaign is a very interesting
1t presents not only ques-
tions of great domestic Importance. but
also questions of great National i'm
portance.
We have as our leader the idol OF the
Nevada Democracy; the man who for
many years has been pre-eminent ID
our councils; the worst m~aligned mar
in the United States hitherto csrica-
tured and ridiculed everywhere by the
forces Of organized wealth and today
he stands throughout the country rec
ognized for his substantial qualities oil
head and heart; recognized every
where as the fearless exponent OF pop
ular rights; treated everywhere with
respect f; and you no longer. n the
New England and the Middle States
find within them q popular sentiment
that will justify disrespectful charac
terization Of William Jennings Bryan
They recognize the real conservatism