Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-12-02
WAIT AND WATCH is THE WILSON POLICY IN MEXICO
Presidents Message Read the Joint Houses of Congress
$1,000 Bribe for
Police Officer
By Associated Press.

y bg Associated Fres&.
> NEW YORK, Dec. Former .
. Police Captain Dominiek Riley =
. has been indicted for bribery .
. by the grand jury in connec- .
. tion with alleged wire-tappers =
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! urge the prompt enactment Of leg
islation which win provide for pri-
mary elections throughout the coun-
try at which the voters Of the sew
eral parties may choose their nomi-
nees for the presidency without the
intervention of nominating conveu-
tions. venture the suggestion that
this legislation should provide for
the retention of party conventions,
but only for the purpose Of declaring
and accepting the verdict of the pri- |
maries and formulating the platforms
of the parties; and | suggest that
these conventions should consist not
of delegates chosen for this single
purpose, but of the nominees for con
gress, the nominees for vacant seats
/ in the senate OF the United States,
/ the senators whose terms have not
yet closed, the national committees,
and the candidates for the presi-
dency themselves, in order that plat
forms may be framed by those re-
sponsible to the people for carrying
them into effect"
Here follows reference to the Phil
ippines, urging the extension of self
government.
DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA.
"The people of Alaska should be
given the full territorial form of gov
eminent, and Alaska, as store
house, should be unlocked One key
to it is system of railways. These
the government should itself build
and administer, and the ports and
) terminals it should itself control in
the interest Of all who wish to use
them for the service and develop
ment of the country and its people.
But the construction of railways
} is only the first step; is only thrust
ing in the key to the storehouse and
throwing back the lock and opening
the door, How the tempting re
t sources of the country are to be ex
: plotted is another matter, to which
t shall take the liberty of from time
r to time calling your attention, for L
q is a policy which must be worked
n out by well-considered stages, no
J. upon theory, but upon lines Of prac
e tical expediency. II is part of on
l. general problem of conservation. W.
l. have a freer hand in working out tn,
l. problem in Alaska than in the state
= of the union; and yet the principle
e and object are the same, whereve
0 we touch it, We must use the re
y sources of the country, not lock then
o up. There need be no conflict o
t jealousy as between state and fed
d eral authorities, for there can be n
1t essential difference of purpose be
tween them. The resources in ques
is tion must be used, but not destroye
IS or wasted: used but not monopolze
upon any narrow idea of individua
4. rights as against the abiding intel
h ests Of communities.
u BUREAU OF MINES.
ly Our bureau of mines ought to b
ht equipped and empowered to rende
II even more effectual service than
st renders now in improving the cond
tions of mine labor and making tn
mines more economically productiy
!, as well as more safe. This is an al
:, important part OF the work of col
!. servation; and the conservation {
j. human life and energy lies eve
20 nearer to our interest than the pre-
bo ervation from waste of our matters
!, resources.
!, eve owe 1t, in mere justice to tt
ho railway employees of the country,
i provide for them fair and effectiN
!, employers liability act; and a la
~ that We can stand by in this matt,
"a will be no less to the advantage
i those who administer the railroad
- Of the country than to the advantal
"a of those whom they employ. TT
:. experience of a large number of Il
4, states abundantly proves that"