The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-10-01

Free text books for the school chill.
dren, and a liberal appropriation for
the inauguration of Industrial training
schools.
Reform in the Nevada state prison
so that the inmates thereof may earn
their own support.
The Democratic party since it's ac-
c%cssion to power in this state has been
the steadfast friend of labor. Practi
cally every law or our statute books
has been enacted by = Democratic adj
ministration and we pledge the Demo
cratic party to a policy of progressive
legislation in the interests of the wage
earners.
Attention is called to the laws in
force passed by the Democratic admin
istrations for the protection of wage
%earners. as follows:
For the protection of labor unionism,
statutes of 1908.
The eight-hour lay, statutes of 1905,
amended 1905.
Company stores and boarding houses.
statutes of 1905.
Discounting pay checks, statutes of
1908.
Blacklisting, statutes of 1905.
Pay of unskilled laborers, statute OF
1907. .
Amicable adjustment of labor dis
putes, statutes Of 1907.
Full train crew law, statutes 1909.
Labor day, statutes of 1908.
Nine hour law for telegraphers, stat
ntes of 1907.
Preventing grating Of employees by
fpremlen or others in charge of men,
statutes Of 1909.
Employers liability acr, statutes Of
1907.
Such conservation of the natural re
sources of the state as will secure their
highest present development and at
the same time protect future genera
tions against waste aud monopoly, act
i've cooperation therein between the
milton and the states, and the extern
sion of the work of the state engineer
Office in the study of water resources
Of the state, with a view to securing
their full development and use for il
rigation, power, and every useful pur-
pose, both in aid of and supplementary
TO the work of the United States re-
oIop,afian carx,oa
A constitutional amendment limit
ing the legislative Endorsement of n
proposed constitutional amendment to
the action Of only one session instead
of two.
Fair treatment of all corporations
and equally fair treatment from them.
The platform as printed above is
not an exact copy of the document on
file, fer the reason that certain changes
snd interlineations as well as add:
lions were made in the original draft,
and it was almost impossible to copy it
in full. Some of the additional fea-
lures were 10 this effect:
Charging the Republican party with
"An absolute failure in legislation
and administration to curb the trusts.
Pledging 'Our representative in the
lower house of congress to vote against
C%annonism and for the restoration OF
popular government
Pledging ur representatives in Con
gress 70 the support of all just and rea-
sonable measures looking to the enlarg.
ed use of silver as money.
Demanding the enactment of a law
making ii a crime punishable by i'm
p%risonment in the state prison for any
employer directly or indirectly to do
any act for the purpose and with the
intent to deprive any employee Of his
franchise or of coercing his vote.
For the reform of misft land laws in
such a way rs 10 prevent monopoly, to
protect homeseekers and to secure the
development of our natural resource.
In addition there was a plank OF
generous proportions endorsing the
actlVitleS oI oeitatof Ne"iohuS
Washington. This mentioned the
PavneAldrich tariff bill, the ship sub
sidy bill plan espoused by him, which
offers a solution of the difficulty, and
mary other measures with which the
Senator has been prominently assoei-
ated. This last named plank cannot
be reproduced verbatim, owing to one
of the accidents of newspaper work by
which a copy failed TO come to hand
in time.
nrrrr 4nr Am rArrn DAMON