Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-13
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the State of Nevada
In convention assembled, afi rms its devotion
to the prihcip o Is laid down iu the National
Democratic platforms of l rs and 1850 as We
D Hevo that the maintenance OF I ese princi-
pies Is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
perpetuiry of the Union under the Constitution.
We arr ign the Republican party for having. In
additIo to lts other grave cri mes, dealt the
most dangerous blow EVER levele at the liber-
ties OF ths Am ricau citizens aud the perpetu-
ity OF republican Institutions, BY the theft of
the Pro-idenry in 1876 We concur in the nm
qualified condemnation expressed by the great
mass meeting recently held in New York City,
which declared: ''That fraud Will forever be
n stain on our history as a people; il can never
De effaced; nor should 1t ever be- pardoued. 1t
Was adeadly thru,t aimed at the life of the
hepub &c. An uAconstitutional commission.
created to override the will of the Pr pie, ac-
comp ishedi its purpos s by q vote Of 8 tot. Ac-
Q rding to the revelations of President Gar
held, tue army of the United States was con.
centrated III and around the capital by order
OF president Grant to prevent the repre>en-
tatlves OF the people from inauguratink the
awfuliy-elecied Pr. sident in the mode
provided in the OonstitutiSn-the rankest
usnrpatlon ever practiced by a military
tyrant. The usurpation was consummat.
cd and the assassins of self-goverument
We're severally rev ,rded out of the public
treasury, aud as yet the greatest frau OF the
century has not been punishei l.. To redress
this wrong becomes the paramount duty of the
Deinocrncy III tue coming Presidential Cam.
pal IN. To alta II this end we ask the earnest
cooperation OF every Democrat and every
American citizen"
In the full conviction that the stsmp Of
fraud can be efaced from the pages of Aineri.
can history. by no means so effective as by the
re election OF the true aud tried statesmen and
patriots against whom the successful con.
sp'raey Was planned and execu led, the Democ.
racy OF Nevada demands the nomisation of
rilden and Hendricks From the tribunal O,
8 to 7. created for tue occasion, we confidently
appeal the supreme tribunal of tue Anne 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 fuIl
vote of Nevada for Samuel j. Tilden ana
Thomas A. Hendricks for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United States. so long
as their nam.s shall remaia as candidates.
before the COW sntion. We demand the re-
moval OF all restrictions upon the coinz e of
silver, believing t at its rest, ration to its
ancient rank ss a circulating medium will
benefit NOT only the IN ming interests of Ne
vada, but the people'of tie ent g country We
denaunce the Republican party for tAe demon.
OF silver in 1873. for opposing IT'S
partial restoration in 1878, snd for p.rsistently
endeav"rinR ever since to NULL ". "a far
AZ plssib e, the operation of said laws OF
1878, by restric ing the coinsge to one-half the
maximum permitted by law, q d as tar a.
possib e Withholding from circulation the
Limited quantity coined. In the great States