The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-07-17

ueHOubCc the resumption CJalSE Oh the ACT OF
1873, and We demand its repeal.
How TIE PUBLIC CIR DIT SHALL BE SUSTAINED.
We demand jndicious system 81 prepare
ton. by public ecUnOmi, S, by official retreLch-
melIts, and by wire hnancial system, which
shall enable the nation soon to assure the
whole void of its perfect ability and its per-
feet readiness to meet any of its promises at
the call of the creditor entitled to payment.
We believe such system should be well de-
vised. and. above all. intrusted to competent
hands for execution, creating at no time aI ar
titcial scarcity of currency, and at no time
alarming the pub ic mind into q Withdrawal
of that vast machinery o. credit by which %
per cent. OF al business transact lis are PEI.
formed. system open. lnblic and inspiring
general confidence, would from tue day of its
I'D, ption bring healing on it's wings to all our
harrassed industries. set in motion he wheels
of commerce manufactures and the mechahi-
cal arts; restO emplos mtnt to labor an
prosperity to the psople. il eform is necessary
i'll the SUM and III de of Federal taxation, to
the end that capital shall be set free from dis
trust ard labor lightly burdtned.
TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY.
We denounce the present tariff levied upon
nearly 4,G00 articles Ar masterpiece of inius-
tice, inequality and false pretence. 1t yields
dwiudlIng, not u HeaI y rlsilg revenue 1t has
impoveI ished many indus res to subsidiZe a
few. 1t prohibits Imports that might pur-
chase the products Of American labor
frs, to an inferior rank on the high
seas; 1t has cut down the sale of American
MANUFACTURED at home ana abroad and deplet-
ed the returns or American agriculture all in
dustry followed by one half of our people. 1t
costs the people I've times more than it pro
duces to the treasury; Obstructs the process of
pr, ductiOn and wastes t. he fruit Of labor. it
promo frauds fosters Smuggling; enrlches
u1shOne>t eff 1&ls and bankrupls hon, st
merchants. We de naIId Tat Gust III house
shall Re- m ig
necessary III the tcale ol public expenses
Federal, state and municipal.
FEDERAL TAXATION.
Our Federal taxation has swollen from S6O,-
Geo eco gold, i'll ls6l> to SI5O, 100 100 currency
in 1870 our aggregate taxation from 81 81 900
COO gid i'll le6n TO $780, 900 currency i'll
1870, on Ill one decade from less than SIS to
more than SIS per head. Since the return of
peace the people have paid to their
TAX gatherers more than thrice the sum of
the National debt, AID more tn an twice the
sum for Federal taxes. Above all we demand
vigorous trugality i'll every department and
from every ofhrer f the Government.
WASTE OF PUBLIC LANDa.
Reform is hecessary 10 put stop to the pro-
tiigaie vase of pubnc lands and their diver
sion from actual settlers By the party i'll power
which has squand red two hundred millions
OF acres upon railroads alone, and out of more
than thrice that 2g.re,,ate has disposed of
les than sixth dliectly 10 the tillers of the
| soil.
MO! LITIGATION OF THE BURLINGAME TREATY.
Reform is niece ssary to correct Il he omissions
OF "a Re publican Cong ess and the errors of
our treaties and our diplomacy, which lave
str pped "ur fellow ci,iZeus OF foreign birth
ana kIudred race, rcroesing the At
lantic, Of the shield of american ci
lzcnship, ana have exposed our breth-
rem o1 tie Pa lhc Coast to the incur
SONS of Face not speaking our language, nor
spfingIng from the same 2reit pai ent stock in
fact, nov denied citizenship through naturah-
Zatlon IA being heither accus omtd the
ira itions of u prog csSlve utilization nor ex-
trclsed III nb,lty under ,qGal laws. We de-
nounce tue policy which thus discards the
liberty loving German, ANA toierates the reyi-
val of The coolle srade IN MUngOlian women
imported or Immoral purposes, and Mongoli-
all men held to peri IN vie labor contracts
and demand sucu "a Modification OF tIe treaty
with he Chinese Eupire, or ouch legislation
J by Congress, within G institutional limitation,
rs shall pleN' mt the iuIther importation or
immigration of the Monaghan race.
REFORM THE DOMINANT ISSUE
Reform is necessary, and can IL, yer be feet
ed but my making IL the controlling issue of
the elections yud lifting it above the false is
hues with which the office holding class aud
the party III power eek 10 sm' tLer it.
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE
STATES.
First. the fatal issue with which they would
enkindle Sectarian strife III respect TO The Pub
lie schools, of which the establishment and
suppIt belong EXCLUSIVELY o the States, and
which the ID, nocratic party has cherished
from their fuuada ION AN l. reSol we'd TO man
tain, without partiality or pr, fer, nee for any
class, set or creed and without contributions
from the ireasury. Second, the false issue
by which they seek to light anew the dying
embers of scc, iunal hate between kindred peo-
pie once unnaturally estrenged but now unit
ed in one iudivisible Republic and Il common
destiny.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Reform is necessary in the civil service Ex-
rerience prov 5 that etfiC ent and economical
conduct OF The Government business is not
possible II its civil service is subject to change
at evtly election. TO be prize fought for at
the ballot box to be the brief reward of party
zeal instead of posts of honor Ass gned I. r
trust an ndellty in the public employ that
the dispensing Of Patronage should neither be
a tax on the time of all our public men nor the
instruments of their ambition. Here again
professions ,falslhed i'll the performance attest
that the patty i'll power now can work out no
practical or satisfactory reform. Reform is
necessary even more il the higher grades of
the public service. President, Vice President
judges, senators, Representatives, Cabinet
officers, these and all others i'll authority are
the peoples servants.
OFFICES NCT A PRIVATE REoUIsIrE-C oRRuPr
OFFICIALS,
Their offices are not u private perquisite;
they are public trust. When the annals of
tins Republic show the disgrace and ctlIsure
of aNice Preside MT; late Speaker Of he House
of Representatives marketing his rulings as
presiding officer; three senators protitins re-
cretly by Their votes as lawmakers five
chuirmen OF the leading committees of the late
q RpnFpsf N hlery