Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-05
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the State Of Nevada
in convention assembled, aft IN its devotion
20 the prihcip t Is laid down In tue National
Democratic plstf, rms of l &c and 1850 as We
b lievg that the maintenance of { ese princi-
pies is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
perpetuity of the Union und r til Constitution
We arr.ign the republican party for having, Ia
n idiuoa to its other grave cri dealt the
mot dangerous blow .ver leveled at the liter
ties OF the Am rlcsn cit zens and the perpetu-
ity OF republican il stitutions. by the THEFT of
the Presidency in 1876 We concur In the I'M
qualified condemnation expressed by the great
n lass meeting recently held in New York City,
which declared: That fraud Will forever be
a stain on our history rs a people; it can never
be effsced; nor should 1t ever be pardoned. 1t
Was deadly thrust aimed at the life of the
hepub ic. An uAconstI~ tutional commission.
created to override the Will of the Pc pie. ac-
comp ,ished its purposes by q vote VI s tot. Ac-
c rding to the revelations of President Gar
held, the army of tie United States was con-
centrsted In and around the capital by order
Of President Grant to prevent The repre-en-
tat yes Of the people from inauguratlng the
swfully-elected Pr sident in the mode
provided in the Uonstitutisn-the rsukest
usurpaion ever przctced by a military
tyrant. The usurpation was consnmmat.
ed aud the assassins of self-government
We're severally rev ,Ided out OF the public
treasury, and rs yet the greatest frau I OF the
century has not beeu punished. To redress
this wrong becomes the paramount duty of the
Democracy In the coming Presidential Camp
pal IN. To alta n this end We ask the earnest
cooperation Of every Democrat and every
American citizen"
In the full convict on that the stamp of
fraud eau be effaced from the pages of Ameri-
csH history, by no means so effective as by the
re election of the true and tried Statesmen aud
patriots against whom the successful con-
spiracy Was planned and execu led, the Democ-
racy OF NeVadt demands the nomination of
rIldeu and Hendricks. From the tribunal OF
8 to 7, created for the occasion, we confidently
appeal t the supreme tribunal Of tue Anne l.
can people.
The delegates to be selec ed by his conyen-
ton, to represent Nevada in the National Con-
yention, are hereby instructed to cast the fun
vote of NevadA for Samuel j. Tilden 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-
movsl of all restrictions upon the COMA e Of
silver, believing taat its rest ration to its
ancient rank as q circulating medium will
benefit not only the III Mug interests of Ne
vads, but the peuple'of tie entue Country We
denounce the Republican party for tue demon
itiz4tlon OF silver in 1873. for opposing its
partial restoration in ISIS, snd for p-rsistently
eudeavUrinR ever since to NULL v, as far
az possible, the operation Of said laws OF
1878. by restric ing tue coinage to one-half the
maximum permitted by law. aod as ar a.
possib Q Withholding from circulation the
limited Quantity coined. 10 the great S ats
OF New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
the State platforms have already dem anded
the Immediate cessation of the coinags of sill
Yer, while their national platform is obviously
silent upon this question of vital impor ance
to the people CT Nevada. We cali upon the iu-
t-lIigeat miners of Nevada. and upon sil ether
citize1s of the State, regardless of partisan
preferences, to exoTe.s at the ballot box their
Inflammation of this party, which has proved
itself to be their most dangerous enemy, and
which now thre q ems to repeal the Act of 1873,
We claim for the democratic party of the
country the honor OF having given TO the PEG.
Pile of the Pacific @ asst their first and only
relief from the bl ghting effects of unrestricted
Chinese lmmigration-reiief long but vainly
sought at the hands of Republican Congresses.
We point to the fact that the passage of
this Act Of partial reitef was b tterly and
vigorously opposed by a large majority
of the Republicans in Congress amt
almost unanimously by tn Eastern press and
leaders Of that party. W. further charge thai
siuee the passsg4 Of that Act the Efforts of
Republican Judge and of other Federal off
Gals, have been direc' ed either to it's absolute
or practical nuliic-tion. We are f. favor of
continuing in strict force and execution the
present law of Congress excluding Chimes
lsborers from every portion of our country.
we hold that the trat if should be so sdiu. ted
as to yield ample revenue for thor quir-ments
OF honest aud economical government that
the burden of duties shou d he laid chiefly
upon the luxuries of life, and ss lightly ~
p ssiple upon articles OF necessity, and that
IN sucn adjustment the Interests Of American
lHbor. and not of monopolies, should alone be
regarded.
Resolved, That our State Constitution is
dehcient In Its provisions for our present
warts, and Inadequate to the institute n by
statutory enaetments of the economical re-
forms necessary in our stste and eounty gov
ernments, and to prevent by wholesome legis-
latton the aggressive attitude of corporation
monopolies. We the efore rec mmend that
the members of the d. mocra ic party In Ne
vada vote at the next election for q call OF q
constitutional Convention; that the Demo-
cratic party Is now, aud al avs has been, the
party OF tue people, and therefore opposed to
monopoiies of all kinds; that we are opposed
to the UNJUST determinations practtced by the
railroads of this State. and favor any leg ,sls-
ton, national or state that will prevent this,
and will regulate fares and freigh 8, and re-
duce both TO such a maximum as will vie d a
fair pr"ht ON Invested c,pita', ard at tn
same time no longer be oppressive to I, q
peopls: the truth that TIE creature must
be subject to the creator. mskes this right
ard Imperative; that We favor the creation Of
q State 10 I'd OF Fqualiza att n, as the only fes4i-
ble way by which q uniform and ennitnbla
w faeJ - A"N W. fRtFty SITUATED
In two or more counties in this State. That
we are opposed ia any diversi IN or in teri ference
with the Public School Fund for ssctarian pur-
poses that W. view with alarm the acquisition
Of large bodies of land in this cou"try Nv
wealthy aliens. and we believe that legi .lstion
should be bad restricting such acquisitions for
the future; that the public lands should be re-
served by the General government for actual
settlers. and that there should be no monopoly
of acreage by subsidies to railroad corp IRA.
tons for the violatioa of which principles we
arraign the Republican party, a party which
pretentiously speaks of the pablo lands as the
heritage of the people "sfteri 1t assqusndered
he fairest portions of this domain 10 reckless
grants.
In all matters not touched upon in this dec.
l ration of principles, we shall feel safe in
standing upon the platform TO be put forth by
the National Democratic Convention. q BODY
whose wisdom we recognize as superior to ourS.
aud whose loyalty t. the cause of Democracy
we know to be "a spirited and az earnest as our
own. and we pledge the Democracy of Nevada
to the hearty supports of the nomination Of that
convention.
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