The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-15

to SPECIE pay rnenf has annually added fresh
hiAd anc tbr-eto. As such a hiBdrance we
GenouLcc The resi- mp ION claus OF the Act OF
1875, and we demand its repeal.
HOW ? PUBLIC CIR DIT SHALL DE SUSTAINED.
We demand "a judIcious system o prepara-
ton. by public ecul4omi, 10y official retire. ca!
9Ients, and 10y o VIE hnaLcIal system, which
shall NAB the nation soon to assure the
whole NO Id OF its perfect ability and its pr
feet readiness to meet any of its promises at
the coll Of the creditor entitled to payment.
We beIieye sach d system should be we'll de-
vised. and. above all. intrusted to- competent
hands for execution, creating AZ no time an ar
tihclal scarcity Of CurreIcy, and at no time
alarming the pub ic mind into withdrawal
OF that Vast machinery 0. credit by " hich %
per cent. Of ali business transact are per.
formed. system OpcE, pablo ana inspi. ing
general confidence, would from the day of its
ad ptiOn bring heali & OH its wings to all OUT
hGrIashtd industries, set III motion he wheels
Of commerce. manufactures and the mechahi-
cal ar's; resto e emplo. alent 10 labor an
prosperity to the people. Reform is necessary
i'll the sum ana III de of FeGeral taxation, to.
the end that capital shall be set free from dis
trust and labor lightly burdt ned.
TARIFF FOR REvhSUE ONLY.
We donounce the present tariff levied upon
neariy 400 articles as "a masterpiece of injus-
ticc, inequality and false pretence. 1t yields Z.
Gwibdllng, not ye&I ~ ilsitg levt nue.. 1t has
in pOvei ieEed many indus ries to subsidize a
few. 1t prohibits imports that might lur-
chase the products of American 1ab.r;
II has degraded commerce from the
frs to an inferior rank On the high
seas: IT has cut down the sale Of Amer lean
manufacturers at home and abroad and aeplet-
ed the returns OF american agriculture all in
dustry followed by one half of our people. 1t
costs the people five times MGR. than it pro
duccs 10 the treasury; Ob,tructs the recess of
production and wastes be fruit Of labor 1T
pronot 5 frauds: fosters slnuggl ny; enr ches
dishonest Cfh ials and balkrup;s hon, st
merchants. We demand t.iat Gust III house
taxation shall be only Tor retenue Retoi Ia is
necessary III the ,cale Ul public EXPENSES
Federal, state aid municipal.
FEDERAL TAXATION.
Onr Federal taxation has swollen from 500
Geo SEQ gold, in 1861, to St5U. 1900 800 currency
i'll 1870 our aggregate taxation from ; "a ,O00-
00u gold in lo0u, to $3.50 800 900 currency in
1870. or i'll one decade from less Than IS to
Il. ore than S.S per head. Since the return of
peace tie people have paid to tier
tax CATERERS more than thrice The sum of
the hatiolaI debt, and more than twic. the
sum for Federal taxes. Above all we demand
a vigorous lrugality IN every department ind
from every officer Of the Governs, Mt.
WASTE OF PUBL.C L.NDs
Reform is Necessary To put a stop to the pre-
liSa vase Of pubic lands md heir diver.
sion from tctuai settlers by the party III power
which has Aqu.nd rod Two huntlred millions
Of acres upon railroads alone and out OF more
.h&n thrice that aggregate ha, disposed of
les than sixth directly 10 the tillers of the
soil.
NOTIFICATION or THE BURLINGAME TREATY.
Reform is necessary to correct he omissions
Of republican Cong css and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy. which ave
Sir pped "uc fellow ci.iLeus OF foreign birth
sAlr "A
lantic, Of the shield of American CT
lzensAip, and have exposed our breth-
rem OF the Pa, tic Coast to the incur
sLons of race not speaking our language nor
spiihSng frouI the same great parent stock in
fact, now denied citizenship through nstura!i-
cation, a. being neither accustomed I the
ira 'itiOns Of a prog esSive civilization nor ex-
eTcised III libCty under equal laws. We de-
nuunce tue pOicy which thus discarCs the
liberty loving German, aud tolerates the reyi.
val of The cooiie trade i'll Mongolian women,
imported or immoral purposes, and MUngOli-
an men held to peri, m rel vile labor contracts
and demand sucA modification of t1e treaty
with The Chinese Empire, or such legislation
by Congress. within constitutional limitation
as shall prevent the further importation or
immigration Of the Monaghan race.
REFORM THE DOMINANT ISSUE.
Reform il neces saly, and can never be feet
ed but my making IL the controlling issue of
,
sues with which the Office holding class and
the party IL power eek to em' ther it,
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE
STATES.
First. the fatal Issue with which they would
enkindle sectaran strife in respect 70 the Pub
lie :, hools, of which the establishment and
supphIt belong EXCLUSIVELY o the States, and
which the ID, nIocratic party has cherished
from their founda ion, all j. rest. we'd TO ma IL
tain, without partialIty or pr, fer. nee for sny
class, sGct or crotd ,ald without contributions
from the reasury Second, the false issue
by which they seek to light anew the diving
embers of sec. ional hate between kindred peo-
pie, once unnaturally cstrangeu but now unit
cd III one i-divls!ble Repuollc and u common
destiny.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Reform is necessary IN the civil service. Ex-
perltnce psoves tiat otlic eut and economical
conduct Of The Government bus. ness lis not
possible If its civil service is su bject to change
at every election, to be a prize fought tor at
the ballot box to be the brief reward of party
zeal Instead OF posts Of honor ass gned for
trust an ndeiity il the plbllc employ that
the dispensing Of patronage shD uld neither be
II tx on the unIe III all onr public men nor the
instruments of their ambition. Here. again,
professions ,talslhtd in the performance, at est
that the patty III power now can work out no
practical or satisfactory Ieform. reform is
necessary even more IL the higher grades of
the public service. President Vice Prcsident
judges, Senators, Representatives,, Cabinet
officers, these ana all Others i'll authority are
the peoples servants.
OFFICES NGT A PRIVATE REQUISITE CORRUPT
OFFICIALS.
Their offices are not private perquisite;
they are public trust. When the annals of
TIM, Republic show the disgrace and eensure
of aNice Presid, Mt, y late Speaker of the House
OF Representatives marketing his rulings as IA
a.. 4.