Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-09-04
The Democratic sl.le Ticket.

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The democratic state convention
finished its labors Wednesday after
noon and adjourned. Following is the
ticket nominated:
Presidential Electors. A. Miller of
Lander, L. L. Hudson of Elko and
G. S. Sprague of E%smeralda.
United Senator Senator-Francis G..
Newlands of Washoe.
Member of Congress.-George A.
Bartlett of Nyc.
Supreme Judge-George F. Talbot
of Elko.
Surveyor-G eneral--Charle L. Deadly
of Ormsby.
University Regents-William of Lin
coin, Kettle of Churchill and Sullivan
of Story.
The platform as adopted calls for an
employers liability law, II mine in.
spector, the referendum and recall.
election of United States senators by
popular vote, endorses the state police
law, the adoption of the salient feat
ures of the Oklahoma banking laws. the
Oregon primary laws, for II better
school system, on wildcat mining reg
ulations, conservation of natural re-
sources, economic use of water and
timber, indorsing Francis G. New
lands, indorsing the submission of his
election to IL popular vote, indorsing
George A. Bartlett for Congress, indoors
ing Governor Dickerson. 1t calls upon
all democrats to work for the ticket.
Following is the law and order plank
of the platform:
We are in favor of n rigid and i'm
partial enforcement of the laws for the
protection of both persons and property
and for the maintenance of peace and
order within the confines of our state.
We feel that if the state should leave
itself powerless to deal with the emer-
gencies rs they arise, it can never enjoy
the respect and confidence of either it's
sister states or the national government
and that its progress and prosperity will
be seriously retarded by the fear of both
labor and capital that their respective
rights will not he adequately protected.
We therefore demand that the present
state police law be maintained with
such amendments as will insure against
abuse of power, interference in local
affairs, except where the local officers
are unable or unwilling to perform their
sworn duty and will guard against the
police force degenerating intoa political
machine
We condemn as cowardly, unpatri-
otto and unworthy the action of the
recent republican convention in refus-
ing for demagogic political purposes
any direct reference to, Or endorsement
of this measure, although the passage
of the law was advocated by every
republican newspaper in the state and
the bill received the support, with hut
two exceptions, of every republican
member of the state legislature.
The following endorsement of Cover
nor Sparks was stricken out of the
majority report of the committee on
platform:
And we commend and endorse the
legislature in passing and Governor
Sparks in singing the state police bill"
After the adoption of the platform
the following resolution was adopted:
1--WE commend thu integrity, ability
and faithfulness Of the late Governor
Sparks, who died ut the post of duty in
the service of the state which he had
helped to upbuild."
The ticket is all right, but the plat
form insofar as it failed to endorse the
administration of the late Governor
Sparks is Il disappointment.
Tho victory of Congressman Bartlett
over the element that opposed him is
extremely gratifying. He made II
manly fight and won II splendid
victory.
a telegram received from Mr.. Caine
late last evening said the closing pro.
ceedings of the convention were harmo-
mons and that thu lrst nf frplinO nrn.