The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-07-23
DEM0GRATIc 1 Z

N'suPtSu u! INT sN<ioiiAi DCtsdsTblc Convention;
,rn the 2Sth VI 5nns. 1870. a. st.'GoGIs. No.! h
We. The nr..n4iaIic fattJf 81 lIu iinitcl states
: In National CnnYeniIuD aS-;nnhicd, do hSrNby
declare Tho a'lininiStration0f tiIe fr-lt:al Gov.
ctuuenl 10 he i i,rirnt need CT fi.f':ctliac rr-
form. We 'lO hereby cn)Uin upon The nominees
( az ihla contention end % ne I-1nhcrstic party
IA each STATS ~ eSfTtiE tfit tt Y;;ji. ration Il,
this end. and do hereby appeal Ia cur fellow .
CitSesis 81 every tortne- political unnccliuu To-
nndcriAkc with HA iihl 'hrSt hnd most patriotic,
duly ef IT, te:n1sr.cJ OF the whole county,. :;
rs w do here stffm our faith in Tie TcrmaIicn.
'icy uf the Federal Union. aud our cNotlun to
the Constitution OF the unItCd States. with Its
HmeIiduicntS unisrrsa!y ECceptc1l "a n final
ECndeftti'by tlIc civil war, and do here records
eur StCatltrst confidence IN The prvlUtuity 'cr
Republican Ecif.SiScriInlCnt In absolute iCi mic
srehee to the GilI ~ tho 'stiaietI;y; t,u vital
, PRINCIPLES OF IicrubEcs In IAc supremacy OF tho
SiNil over tie military authorities; III the tUaI
separation Of church and State. fur the rake
Mike OF civil and religious freedom; IN the
cIuallty Of all citizens before Just laws OF their
own cnactninht: in Tho liberty Of indivI.I-ali
conduct unycScd 10y sunptuary laws: In tho
faithful education Of tie rising gCncrattoc That
ihcy may preserve. enjoy and transmit tAs,sL.
beat conditions Of human hapriucss arr hope
slrci years Of rhlnsefni histsSyy M. while IN,
holding The tCr'l. of orr Uuivn and the great
'tharicr " these our Tii1ts IT bciooycs u free
spOuplu 10 practlce also tIS. eternal YlgilAticc
Which tDthG'2rtGc Of Ebcrt;. .HsforIn is ncres.l
.nryt0 rc-builh anti establish tui ttn 'hraits CT
The whole people, tue Union eleven years ago
happily rCsrncu FROM The dt1Eor Of corrupt
ccnIralism, wlicii, after iilhlcting III,aiI ten
States Tie raIaciiy Of carpet Ga;; iyraniiIcs las
honcS-c7t1bcd the oilircs of tho Federal GOVERN
IAcnt iLssl4N inc1llcity, WA tc and fraud
infected SStrs na'l mnniCirnliticS uTtht,re:cun.
tagiou Of nitsr,iic, bse lacked fast tho lrospcr.
~ Of an Industrious people III the paralysis 81
llsia.m lbs necCsSary 10 establish n sound cur.
.ter>5 ;S>estere tho public credit aud maiita IA
The national honor. Esl
-kpx ~, .
SraIB 10 make coed the PROMISE or tue legal
lender notes. which arr changing standard OF
value III the hands OF Tile people, aud the i.on.
payment oil which il disrcSard uI the plishtcd
iaTtIi'uf The nation. ,arI..T, :. 2
g4 VIC denonncO tho improvEdcnce which in
eleven years Cf rcncO has taken from the Pau.
pie, In Fe,lcTul tLxcs, thirteen times the ulIjlc
:aTnoahI OF thu legal tender notes. and suIIau.
.ttrTcd1our tines isis sum n r'.clcss Cxpri,spJ
without accommodating auy reserve for their re-
'tlvIup ion. 4 3 - ~. 81 -. E[-.-F sF'
We dcnouncc tic financial iuibcciiEty mud iuI-
morality Of the party which. during eleven years
NJ pcarc has liado no advance towards rrSunIp-
tlnn; that Instead has INSTRUCTED RESUMPTION by
,HAstng our resources and CxlatIstlrg all our
surplus income, ami willie annually protesting
rctufn tn specie payment has Hnnu ilk; enacted
: fresh hln,iyenccS ihGl.to. AZ sush ilnIranrc
Su dcnUnnen the resumption clause Of tic act
'or 1915. AMI We here demand u repeal 81
-IWHi rInAnl JudlriouS Eystefn Of preparation
10y public ccoIIUnIits, ly Official rctrcnctnlrnt
and by wise hnnHcc which, shall enable the ma.
ton hOon tn assure tho world OF its pcrcet road
fncss 10 meet any Of Its promises at The raliof
the creditor entitled TO payment We bellows
sustl Z C. stcni well devised, aud above ali In
lrns,cd TO competent hands for execution, ere.
4 n'iDg ut no time MI artificial scarcity Of crr.on-
cy, AMI Mt 10 time alarming tho public mind III
TO withdrawal or that waste machinery Of
credit by which % per cent. OF all business
AransHcIiona me- performed. a system open.
}-tPublts nndimiriTing general con fIenro. would
from ihc.day Of its rdupiioi,, bring IIcaIng on
lis wiBgSio our .haITas6ed industry aud sci ia
tnoiion. tho wheels OF commerce, manufactures
stiud tho mechanical n-is. restore employment to
!; labor and renew In all iis national I rec the
. prosperity Of tho people. .-'. 70.
40 dcnouncc the rrcEent tariff levied upon
nearly 1850 articles. as u masterpiece Of iuc-
Hbaliy and. Inlsos rFctCnEGC. II yields dwlud-
Ing, not yearly rising, revenue. 1t has impsv-
!, criShcd many industries, 10 snbsidizc few II
prohibits imports ihRt might :Durchasc tile pro-
ducts Of American Iabor itlIls degraded Amer.
'inAn commerce from first 10 MI infer iGr rauk on
the bglI seas; IL has cut down the salo of Amiri.
can manufactures ut home and abroad, and dc.
plctcd Tic returns Of -EBicri:An nsricuEura--an
Industry followed by half our pG6nic; Il c-Sts
tho people Ave times more than II produces 20
tho treasury; obsttucts tho process Of proluc-
tioD; and wastes tho frliis Of labor; 1t promotes
.fraud aud foatcrs smuggling; cnrichcs dishonest
i'ofllcials; ard bankrupts honest merchants. We
dclnnnh that all custom house taxatlvh shall DC
only for revenue. rsa.
,HcfVrm Is necessary in the seals Of public OK.
pcnscA, Federal, State aud municipal. Onr
4Fcdcrpl TAXATION has swollen from SD, 900 90,
Ia Go!d Or ds6I, 10 $3.50 900 COO, in currency In
1870. or In G i,tIsde from lcss than 50 per head
to moro than giS PER Read. Since the return
of peace tho pGnplS lraSO paid 10 their ax.g1tll-
erers more than thrice tho rum OF tho national
. debt, and mere than twico fliaI sum for tio
. Federal uOycrIlinont nlonO. .,.. 81,
Wo demand vigorous fruSalify III c;cry de-
parimcnt and from every officer Of the Govern
.ment.r 90. \ =. ~. '..-- s- 8 .--.,.- "a. g.
Reform Ia NECESSARY TO PIT stop to Tho rro.
higAlo waite Of public lands and ilci~ diver. lon
rom 4etusl settlers hy tbs party IN power,
Which las EqiIanflcrcd two hundred millions OF
acres nnon railroads nionc. AMI out Ct mpro
Than thrice that aggregate has disposed Of less
than sixth directly TO tho tllcrs Of tho sell 20.
9icfoIm H. nccckEary TO correct tho omissions
!, al Tie Re5,.Slicnn Congress- Odd !hc errors Of
our nC1ftits and our diplomacy: which have
stripped otTt eiliE1us u foreign tIrth and kin
dred race, Eeerpssing tho Atlantic, of thc shicld
OF american eiiilenhhlp, and have exposed our
brethren Of tho Pacific coast TO tho iucnrsiong
z OF rato not sprung from tho RnInc great rent
STOCK, and in fact now by law denied citizenship
through naturalization, as being neither nc,,is-
Toned 70 the traditions OF progressive civilka'
tfGnt nor exercised IN lScrty under equal Laws.
~oiclIounso tlrs policy which thus disCarlS
Tbs lberiy.lOVing German aud toIeratos tho rO
TirHi Of tho coolic trads In Monaghan women
imported Tor immoral IrSTposcs. and MungOlian
omen hired TO perform RtrrilG labor contracts.
and demand such modihCasiou OF Tho treaty
Will The Chinese Empire, or srinn lchi.iatA'n by
!. congress within Il constitutional lmtatiOnJ
shall prevent tho furthcE Immigration or I'M.
portatlnr OF The no; HollAn race.
RGIoTm u necessary ami can never bG tHcciCd
but by making 1t tho controlling Issue OF tho
election and lifting II ahovG tho two false issues
with which tho oIlico.huldIng class aud Che
party In power seek 10 smother 1t. The false
JsSrtD with which they wcu'd cnkindlc sectional
Hr'fo In respect 20 the public schools, which the
Democratic party has cherished from their
Foundation and resolved to maintain Without
partially or preference for any class sect or
creed, and without contributions from tiu
treasury TO any Of them. and tho fulsU hiud. by
WHICH they seek TO Hight anew tho cmIcrs Of
{ sectional late between kiIldrcd people once
cHifangcd but now reunited in one iIdiyIsiblc
republic and common destiuy. ..
RhfoIln IL necessary In tho civil service. TX
I'criotfco proves that cillciCnt and economical
conduct OF the government business IL not pos.
eiblc IL Its civil service bo subjected Ia change
al every election; hc prize fought fUrat tho
iIallOtboX; DO brief reward Of party real in
stead OF p0BtS q hGuOr assigned for proved
competency and held for fidelity ii the public
employ that the dispentlnI OF patronage
nbouli neither be tax upou thu liIun ~ all orr
publss nicn nor tho Instrument Uf their nInb-
ton. Hero again projections Tilsincd IN Ior.
formaIcc attest that tho party rs power eau work
40 practical or HIiutgry reform.
Reform IN necessary even more In the hIthcr
grades Of The public service, President, Vice
PRECEDENT. Judges. Senators, Representatives,
cabinet officers. These and all CtiICrS III au.
hrc not private prrquIGlic, They ARE public
trust. Rlon tho annals OF this republic show
tho disgracc and ccnBurc of n Nicr.PsCFtIcnt n
hto Speaker OF tho house al Representatives
niarketing h!' rulings as presiding ofllcr.
three FengtOrH pfoiiiing secretly by their vutcs
NJ law makers. fVe cliairinon al the lraairu
committees Of tho latp House 81 Representative.
cIpHhcd IN JObbCry, late Secretary OF fire
Treasury forcing balances H., public accounts n
iato Attorney General riigsrpi oIrin,ing publlg
plnua, uSCcrGtnry OF tho navy enriched or en-.
Ilchlng friends 10y perez ntagn levied on Tho pro.
rus % CentuctOTs with his department, ne Am.
ba6Sannr 10 England cCnBuTCd in a d!ehcn0rahIs
spcCmlsiIon, the rrefldrnts private FcorcIary