Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-19
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the State of Nevada,
in convention assembled. afirms its devotion
to the principle Is laid down in the National
Democratic platforms of 1~T6 and 1880. as we
believe that the maintenance of these princi-
Piles is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
perpetuity of the Union under the Constitution.
We arraign the Republican party for having. in
addition to it's other grave crimes, dealt the
most dangerous blew ever leveled at the 1ber-
ties of the American citizens and the perpetu-
ity Of republican Institutions, by the theft of
the Presidency in 1876. We concur in the IN
qualified condemnation expressed by the great
mass meeting recently held in New York City,
which declared: That fraud viii forever be
q stain on our history as q people; ii can never
be efsced: nor should 1t ever be psrdoned. It
was q deadly thrust aimed at the life Of the
Republic. An unconstitutional commission,
created to override the Will of the Pc ple, &C.
compIishedi it's purposes by 8 vote of s to Z. Ac-
cordfng to the revelations of President Gar
field, the army of the United States was con-
centrsted IN and around the capital by order
of President Grant to prevent the represen-
tatlves of the people from inaugurating the
lawfully-elected President in the mode
provided in the Constitutien-the rankest
usurpation ever practiced by q military
tyrant. The usurpation Was consummat-
ed and the asssssins of self-goyernment
were severslly rev arded out of the public
treasury, and as yet the greatest fraud of the
century has not been punished. To redress
this wrong becomes the paramount duty Of the
Democracy in the coming Presidential cam.
paisn. To attain 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 effsced from the pages of Ameri-
can history, by no mesns so effective as by the
re election of the true and tried statesmen and
patriots against whom the successful con-
spiracy was planned and execu Ted, the Democ-
racy of Nevada demands the nomination of
Tildeu and Hendricks. From the tribunal of
8 to 7, created for the occasion, we confidently
appeal to the supreme tribunal of the Ame-i-
can people.
The delegates to be selected by this conven-
ton, to represent Nevada in the National Con-
~vention, are hereby instructed to cast the full
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-
moval of all restrictions upon the COMA g of
silver, believing that its restoration to its
ancient rank IS q circulating medium will
beneht no! only the mining interests of Ne
vads, but the people'of the entire country We
d%enounce the Republican party for the demon
itizstion OF silver in 1873, for opposing fts
partial restoration in 1878, snd for persistently
endeavoring ever since to nullify, as far
as possible, the operation of said laws of
1873, by restricting the coinage to one-half the
maximum permitted by law, AID as lar as
possible Withholding from circulation the
limited quantity coined. In the great States
of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,
the State platforms have already demanded
the immediate cessation of the coinage of sill
yer, while their national platform is ominously
silent upon this question of vital importance
to the people of Nevada. We cali upon the in
t~elligent miners Of Nevada. and upon all other
citizens of the State, regardless of partisan
preferences, to express at the ballot box their
condemnation of this party, which has proved
So ~ - Ah2F- 800 -
which now thrt a.ens to repeal the Act of 1878.
We claim for the Democratic party of the
country the honor of having given to the peo-
pie of the Pacific Coast their first and only
relief from the blighting effects of unrestricted
Chinese immigration-relief long but vainly
sought st the hands of Republican Congresses.
We point to the fact that the passage of
this Act Of partial relief was bitterly and
vigorously opposed by 3 large majority
of the Republicans in Congress and
leaders of that party. We further charge that
since the passage of that Act the efforts of
Republican judges, and of other Federal off
cials, have been directed either to its absolute
or practical notification. We are In favor of
continuing in strict force and execution the
present law of Congress excluding Chin ese
laborers from every portion Of our country.
We hold that the trariff should be so adjusted
as to yield ample re- enue for the requirements
OF honest and government, that
the burden of duties should be laid chiefly
upon the luxuries of life, and as lightly as
possible upon articles Of necessity, and thst
in such adjustment the interests of American
labor, and not of monopolies, should alone be
regarded.
Resolved, That our State Constitution is
deficient in its provisions for our present
wants, and inadequate to the institution by
statutory enactments of the economical re-
forms necessary in our etste and county gov
ernments, and to prevent by wholesome legis-
lstion the aggressive attitude of corporation
monopolies. We the -efore recommend. that
the members of the Democratic party in Ne
vada vote at the next election for a call of q
constitutional Convention; that the Demo-
cratic party Is now, and al avs has been, the
party of tue people, and therefore opposed to
monopolies of all kinds; that we are opposed
to the unjust determinations prscticed by the
railroads Of this State, and favor any legisla-
ton, national or state, that will prevent this.
and will regulate fares and freights, and re-
duce both to such a maximum as will yield q
falr proht on invested capital, and at the
same time no longer be oppressive to the
people; the truth that the creature must
be subject to the creator, makes this right
and imperative; that we favor the creation uf
State Board OF Equalization, as the only feast
bic way by which q uniform and equitable
assessment may be made on property situated
in two or more counties in this State. That
We are opposed to any diversion or interference
with the Public school Fund for sectarian pur-
poses that We view with alarm the acquisition
OF large bodies of land in this country by
wealthy aliens. and we believe that legislation
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 corpora
lions. for the violation of which principles we
arraign the Republican party, a party which
pretentiously speaks of the public lands as the
'heritage of the people, "afteri it hassquandered
the fairest portions of this domain In reckless
grants.
In all matters not touched upon in this dec.
l~sration of principles. we shall feel safe IN
standing upon the platform to be put forth by
the National Democratic Convention, a body
whose wisdom we recognize as superior to ours,
and whose loyalty to the cause Of Democracy
we know to be IS spirited aud as earnest as our
own, and we pledge the Democracy Of Nevada
TO the hearty supports of the nomination of that
convention.