Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-16
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the State of Nevada,
in convention sssemb ed. aft rms its devotion
to the priucip 9 ls laid down In the National
Democratic platforms of l rs and 1-sO as we
b heve that The maintenance OF t ese princi-
Piles Is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
perpetuity of the UuiJ IN und r the Constitution,
We arr iga the Republican party for having, III
addition to Its other grave cri nes, dealt the
mot dangerous blow ever levele at the liber.
ties OF tn Am rican cit zens aud the perpetu-
Ivy OF republican Institution, by the theft of
the Pre- -idency in 1876 We concur in the un-
qualified cond- mDstion expressed BY the great
mass meeting recently held In New Y ,rk Oity.
which declared: "Thst fraud will forever be
y stain on cur history as a people; it can never
be effaced; nor should 1t ever be psrdoned. IL
was adeadly thru-t aimed at the life of the
hepub ic. An demonstrations commission
created to override the will Of the D. pie. &C.
comp ished it's purposes by q vote If 8 tot. Ac-
9 rding to the revelations of President Gar
neii, the army OF the United States was con-
contrat-d IN and around the capital by order
OF President Grant to prevent The repre-ep-
tatives OF the people from inauguratinx the
iawfully-elected Pr. sident In the mode
provided in the uonstit1tisn-the rankest
usnrpaton ever practiced by q military
'yrant Inc usurpstion was consnmmat.
ed and the asssssins of seIf-xovernment
were severally rev uded out of the pnblic
treasury, aud as yet the grratest frau OF the
century mas not been punishe l.. To redress
sAAS WING DcSoiHes tue paramount duty OF the
Democracy IN the coming Presidential cam.
pal N. To alta n this end we ask the earnest
cooperation of every Democrat and every
American citizen"
In the full conviction that the stamp Of
fraud can be effaced from the pages Of Aneri.
cAA history, by no means so effective as by the
re election OF the true and tried Statesmen and
patriots against whom the successful con.
spiraey Was planned and execu led, the Democ.
racy OF Nevada demands the nomin alton Of
Tilden and Hendricks. From the tribunal ~
3 to 7, created I r the occasion, we coufdentlv
appeal t the supreme tribunal of tue Anne i.
can people.
The delegates 10 be selected by This conven.
ton, TO represent Nevada in the National Con.
%vention, are hereby instructed 10 cast the INN
vote OF Nevada fur Samuel j. Tildsn and
Thomas A. Hendricks for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United States, SO long
as their names shall remain as candidates
before the convention. We demand the re.
moval OF all restrictions upon the COMA g of
silver, believing I at its rest ration to its
snci-nt rank 30 q circulating medium, will
ben-ht not only the IN Mug interests Of Ne
vAda, out the pe"ple of the emit e Country We
den unce the Republican party for to. demon.
IL ztion OF silver in 1873. for opposing iIs
partial restoration in ISIS, snd for p-rsistently
eBdeavoring ever since to multi v, as far
az possible, the operation of said laws OF
1878. by restric ing the coinage to one-half the
maximum permitted by law, q d as ar az
possib 9 Withholding from circulation the
Limited quantity coined. IN the great States