The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-07-30
q DEM0CRA1IG PlATFoRHl,

Following is ITO FILL text ri tho Platform
adopted by the National Democratic Convention
en- the n3,h Of June. 1876. al ST, Ioal.. No.:
Ne. tho DcHccratic party Of the United Suites
In National Convention assembled. do hereby
declare the administration Of the Federal Cow
erument 30 lie In urgent need Cf iinr,cdiAtc re-
form. Nc do hereby GDlOin upon the nciniIiCcS
Of this convention and OF thc 1tfnoCIatic lszsty
In Zach Stale jealous effort AMI evaporation Ia
This end. AMI 40 hereby. appeal Ia our fellow
citizens 81 every former political connection. to
undertake with ms this firtt and most patriotic
tlntI OF tho etnUerIcy OF tho whole country.
/. Nc do here gitrni faiiil In the lTrniHncn-
~. of tile Federal unlon, nnd our devotion to
7 iLe Constitution Of the United States, With It's
amendments universally sect ptc'l as n final
= settle nent Of tho controversies uist were en-.
rendered by the civil %ar, and do here record
sur .icadfast cunrdynco In the pTCpotuily OF
EcuuhlEcnn Hclf.EuNcrIImcIIt In absolute ncquic-
scrnre Ia tho will ID the majority; the vital
Irinci,kS oG Republics tn tie supremacy OF tho
Tiyjl over the military authorities; In the total
nc,tarnlI,yn Of church and H.stc. f1r thc sake
alike of civil and religious fTrctlUhi: In Tho
equality Of all citizens before lust laws 3i Their
coudIct, 'nnYcxcd by sumPtuary laws: In tho
faithful education Of tho rising generation That
!; they may preserve: enjoy and transmit those
best conditions Of human happiness and hope.
- NO behold the nOblcst productions OF hun
,lrcd years Of cliallse1nl history. but while mp
holding ille bend OF our Uhion ana ITO great
SH- ,,rnci;ce also tha 1tCxilsl Vigilance
which Is the price 81 kbcSty. R"'HTmiI nccS-
sary 10 rebuild and establish III the Hearts ~i
tLo whole people, tho Union, eleven years ago
hanniiy rescued from tho danger OF corrupt
: ccnraiisIu, Which. after lniictinS upon ten
StsAs tho rzparity OF carpet SaG ian Ss, mas
aren't Itself with incapacity' waste aud fraud.
3 i,fccLSl States and municipalities with the con
- t.rsiCEl 81 mts-rnlc md locAGu lGst uo piprtcI'
+ ~ II Ru industrious Ptope III 'HS VI
l,,rtl times. ...'. - r. ...
h4ns,nrin Il necessary to establish SIuuh
e rrncy, restore the publli; Credit and maintain
~" fcnuunce tlsc failure OF all these ola ven
Z Years Id mptc god the promise Of tho legal
icnhcr notes which are ri,anGs S,n ti,.. ,, o.
Z payment of which is disregard Of the piiEhted
flIih OF the nation. 80, D.,
% ~ wc, slrnouucc tho ipipTovidcnco, which III
.,cvcn yrnrs 81 pcaco has taken from tlIc Ico-
Mo in Federal taxes thirteen Times the whole
amount Of the legal tender notes, nnu sqlian-
r derCd four times this EMM III useless cfpGhseS
without ncculnuIaiinS any fese'no- IoA 'ieAA &c
dcInp'ion. ,,,c.i,,,v ,,J Inn
morality OF the party which. dutins eleven years
finn: that instead has ubstIHcted resumption oy
wasting our resources and eShR'istirS sn our
surplus income nn1 Willie as'n an,,,;,Iir
fresh hIntlrunccs thereto. - such hlhdrnnce
ne icnounce the resumption clause 81 The net
x Of 1876 ind wG lieru demand its repeal
hr ,niMc economies, Ivy Official rctruuchneEt
and by wlse filance which shall enable the NO.
ton socn to assure t% wUrn ;scs n the call ";
tic creditor entitled to raynIcnt- W0 belieNo
Huch a system well devised, nnu above all III
irustcd to competent hands Tor eXeen,lol, cre-
,t,1,, nj no fine an artificial scarcity az curren-
CIV aud nj TO lime alarming tho public mird III
10 n withdrawal OF That wnsto machiuerS oil
credit nv which Us per cent. OF All biistilesS
, transuriiors arc pcrfUuuel. 4 System, open.
1r,l,lIc md inspiring general confidence would
from the day OF It's adoption, bring heLihS on
lis wings to our hnirasscd industry, anu SET III
,nntIn,, tin wheels of commerce, manufactures
and tic mechanical arts, restore employment to
labor and renew In Nil lis natiouai t.Fcc the
NJ IcSnmnce iiIe present tariff luyicd upon
nearly 1000 articles, NJ Il mastrr;plSee OIL me
qualify and false prttenscs. IL yiriIs nWlnu-
ling not yearly riaiuE. revenue IL NAB inlp'S.
nr;sirS n;nuy iudnstTIus to subSilizc few II
prohibits imports that might purchase !ie pro-
ducts Of American labor; Il has d'grS1D1 Amer
jcan commerce from first to an inferior rank on
tIc h{ul seas: II has cut down the sa!c OF Aneri-
can manufactures mt home AMI nornau al" de-
Dlotcd tllo returns of American ngricnitnrc-ai
9 Industry followed by hnif our peoples II costs
lie neo;le iiyc times moro than II produces TO
3 tho treasury; ObslrItCts tho process OF pIouuc-
ii1n, and wastes tho fruits OF labor; u promotes
fraud aud fosters smuggling; clIrichcs dishoheSt
oniri.is. und hsnITupts honest merchants. NWc
demand that all custom house taxation hhali DC
only for revenue :, ,,,
pcuscs, Federal, State md inunirirsi: our
Federal taxation las swollen from SGoOoo,oyu.
in gold. III 1851 iiO,VEoooo, III currency, ~
= IN more than SIS per head. Since the return
OF peace the people have paid to Their taS;EaIn
crers more than thrice tho sum OF Tue halloi IA
debt, and more than twice mat sum ior uio
Federal Government alone.
We demand vigorous fruGaliiy In every de-
pHrimeut nnl from every olllcer OF tue Govern
: Hcfo,m is necessary to put stop TO the pro-
hlgato wustc OF public lands and their diversion
from actual settlers by Tie party III power;
which has SquanderCd two IfhndIch injurious ul
acres uEon railroads alone, ana OUT CT moro
than thrice that eggrtgato has disposGn OF less
than n sixth directly Ia tho tillers ni THO son;
IcIoIm In necessary TO correct tle GmisHlohh
of The Republican Congress aud tho errors OF
Our lrcaiics and our diplomacy, Wlrrii have
stripped orr citizens Of foreign oiIth alia ki,
Jrc;l race reCrosslng the Atlantic, OF Ulc shiell
Of American citizenship. nrd have exposed our
brethren OF tho Pacific coast to the inrnrsioils
Of race not sprung from tho ssmc Grth lbISh.
stock and Ia fnct 10y law denied citizenship
through naturalization, MS BEING hrih'r nSGus-
toned 10 the traditions OF progressive eiNllI|''
tIOn HOT exercised In liberty under tqllai laws.
We dCpouIicc the policy which thus dis'atdS
tho interviewing German and iOlcratos the ro'
viyal Of tic roolio trade In MonEoi'Hn women
imported for lnlInoral purposes, Ilu MonSoii,i
men hired to perform Scfvilo labpr cohlrhct5.
and demand such mobilization OF The treaty
with The Chincfc Empire. or such iSGi:lEtion W
Congress Nlilina constitutional Limitation, as
HlInlt prevent the further Immigration OF ihi-
puriatiOn Of tho MoI gnlinn race.
Reform Ia necessary and can never he effected
but by making II tho controlling Issue OF The
election and lifting II above the Two iaiso lssues
will, which the CfcC.hOlding class aud the
IAriy In puwcr seek Ia smother II. The false
iss,tC with which thoy wCn!d cnkindle SECTIONAL
strife in r,Rlt ct TO the public echOolt which tho
Democratic party hes cherished from Their
foundation and resolved t" maintain without
rariiality or preference for any class. rect or
creed, and without contributions from the
treasury TO any Of them, aud the false issue by
which they seek TO light anew tho Chbcrs Of
sectional hate between bindTcd rC"po once
cstrnngch hut now reunited In ono indyisnblG
IL. rcriIblir and common uchttUy. ..
I,cfurm is bCCCsFaty In tho civil service. En-
Z. pcricncc proves thGt efficient md economical
conduct OF the goyrIn mcnt business IL not pos
sihlc II ita civil service DO subjected 10 chnngc
" at every election; hca prize fought for Rt the
lallctLUx; be n brief reward OF party zeal III
stead Of pVsis 81 honor assigned for proved
coIupticiiey and held for fidelity ia the public
employ; that tho dispensing OF patronage
should neither be n tax upon Ito limo Of all our
public men nor The Instrument Of their alnbi.
lion. Here aEnn professions hlsRcd Ia Der.
fOrInnIcc attest that the party IN power tan work
10 practical OF s1Iutary reform.
= Nefurm II ntcctsnry even moro Ia the higher
grades Of the public scrviCcI President. Vice
president, Judges. Scnntor,. Representative,
Cabinet officers. Thee EEd all Others ~ MT.
ihoriiJ hrr The peoples scrSGili.. Their Offices
Grc not private p(rqulstc. They are public
trust. when ihr zIhnls Of this republic show
the dltETacp and CcrfuTc nf NlCC.PftadCn,, %
late Speaker CT tho hOnsO OF Representatives.
marketing lis rulings aa presiding tfliccr,
three s,iin,ars ptCftihg secretly by their yulci
Rx law maker. hYc chHirInclI IL tile leading
committees Of The lato House 81 Representatives
B CSNcgCu ia jubhCTy, n IatH SECRETARY VI the
I'rcat,iy JUrCirg balances 10 public accounts,
late Attorney Hcnc,ai inigapptnI Rating public
funds, RSCcTctaTy Of the navy enriched or TN.
richiDg irrIrls by perez ninge levied oil tho IrU
lls OF contractors with his department, al Am.
,tnF In rQi Gr1l, la