The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-08-06
TIE iNnEPEHDESrs.

]: The Republican press % the country
L vninly eu'leavoring to encourage and
coax the Independents iato tllo Hcprb-
hcan rnirk; but all such efforts give
: promise of ending i'm simply driving
those whom they wish, to decoy still fur
Their from Tic objective point. Neither
the Republican plctforrnor, Tic nolni-
necs whc.ind0rse il are up to the stand
ord. which, has long since been set
down by the Independents.
st InAIay last there was n, conference
of Independents held at the Fifth Aven-
NC Hotel. in New York city. Carl
Schur2, who Initiated its proceedings by
u brief speech, said that, III issuing the
Invitations, ''no inquiry had been made
as 70 any mans party connection. and
only as to the sincerity of his faith"
This will give some iieans to the poll
teal feelings Of tho men, who partici-
patea. This. conference adopted II SER
les OF, resolutions, among which was
the following:, $50, s.
Every. American citizen who has the
future Of the republic nnd tho national
honor sincerely mt heart, should solemn
: ~ resolve that the country must have
i EresldGnt WHOSE name Is already II
wntchword Of reform; whose capacity
mil courage for tho work nrc matters
of record rather than OF PROMISE; who
will restore the simplicity, indepcud.
ence and rectItude Of the early ndininis-
rrtiuns. and whose life will be guar
hnteo Of his fidelity and iitncsg;" n man
at the iilerc souhd of whose name even the
most aisheartened will tal,e new cour-
age, and all mankind will shy: .rrhe
Americans are indeed in earnest to re-
store The ancien! purity Of the govern
ment."A
- Parke Goodwin, one OF the very men
who drew up these resolutions. thus re-
efcrs to Hayes and the Republican plat
form, in letter to the New York Iri-
'5,fdes
TheEc words DO not apply to Cover
I.nor Haycs; and it would DO disinsen-
nspsneSB hard to charctfriZc, for those
who wrote and adopted them, to select
one OF tho very persons against whose
possible candidacy they wcro loycled, as
their ultimate exponent.
rr but from the candidate let us turn to
the platform or declarations of priuci-
pies on which he is presented. Will
that improve his positionH Not Mt all.
The platform. i'll iIB rcformatory as
5pects, is oven weaker than tho nominal
zion.
. The Now York Post, one of tho journ-
els which most strongly sy1npntLizcd
in the object Of the conference, said of
it, on the day of its publication. that it
WAS "lalf-henrtcd" md "tiuiid." So
much for tho Republicans aud thcir
platform. --...
As TO the Democratic platform and
leaders. speaking Of Governor Tildcn,
3lr Goodwin says: T..
"SIr Tildcn seems 10 me 10 combinc,
more than my man nos before tho
public, hardly excepting Mr.. Atlnms Of
Massachusetts,, the two great kinds Of
quality, iEoorCtic nnd practical, Which
form tho true statesman; profound
understanding Of the phlosnphic
grounds of pOiiiicm opinion, and ia
sd,gnciD'A iact and energy Of tho nan
Of business. =
Mr.. IildCu, in Ibis short tenure Of
Mo place, has crinced g. nlnS,crly fi-
ness for all iii duties. lie has defeated.
u multitude Of ill.cunsiIrrcd aud i'm
proper bills, IGcliilcd many minor errors
Of administration, OYcrifirUwing n
fraudulent aud gigantic conspiracy
and reducing tho taxation from over
SlD .O0n, 900 III 1879 10 loss than So
600, 900 i'll 1876, with al assurance Tint Ii
the changes lio has suggested arc fol-
lowed, tho decrease will be two or three
million moro in 1877. - Mr.
Tildcn IL caution; and wary, AMI never
acts until assured Of fnOtlipId on truth
and right; hul tlteRhu j. uB tenacious
in pursuit Hs Blcutli l4,ilu.l AID aiJsu-
jUt"I; iUNcNihlc.
And referring to the platform, upon
which hv stands, Mr.. Goodwin says:
"fhc platform adopted at St. Louis
reads 10 iu9, from beginning to end, as
All cnrncsl and vigorous cry for better
condition Of things. IL IL clear, out
srokru, and positive, uYadiuG no real
issues and treating those IL touches
With refreshing bUldUcas anI dcCisivm."
The views Of sucli nlpu as Parks
Goodwin. and his associates, buckcd by
the Independent organs. such a3 the
PyAt. ore BnTG 10 bayu their effect. Gnd
will, WITH right and justice on their
side, succeed in carrying tho Indep"nd-
rnt vote where il belongs, and in rcali.
ty to tho only purity Ia which IL ran go
the DrinDrTntiC