Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-14
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the State of Nevada,
in convention assembled, affirms its devotion
to the principle Is laid down in the National
Democratic platforms of 1s76 and 1880. as we
believe that the maintenance of these princi-
pies is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
pefpetuity of the Union under the Constitution.
We arrsign the Republican party for having, in
addition to its other grave crimes, dealt the
most dangerous blow ever leveled at the liber-
ties of the American citizens and the perpetu-
ity of republican institutions, by the theft of
the Presidency in 1876. We concur in the un-
qualified condemnation expressed by the great
mass meeting recently held in New York City,
which declared: THAT fraud will forever be
q stain on our history as q people; it can never
be efaced; nor should it ever be pardoned. 1t
was adeadly thrust aimed at the life of the
Republic. An unconstitutional commission,
created to override the Will of the pc pie, ac-
eomplishedits purposes by a vote Of s to Z. Ac-
c'rding to the revelations of President Gar
field, the army Of the United States was con-
centrated In and around the capital by order
OF President Grant to prevent the represen-
tatiyes OF the people from inaugurating the
lawfully-elected President in the mode
provided in the OonstitutiOn-the rankest
usurpation ever practiced by q military
tyrant. The usurpation was consummat-
ed and the assassins Of self-government
were severally rewarded 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 effaced from the pages of Anert-
can history, by no means so effective as by the
re election of the true and tried statesmen and
patriots against whom the successful con.
spiracy was planned and executed, the Democ-
racy of Nevada demands the nomin alton of
Ftlden and Hendricks. From the tribunal of
8 to 7, created for tue occasion, we confidently
appeal to the supreme tribunal of the Ameri.
can people.
The delegates TO be selected by this conven-
ton. to represent Nevada in the National Com
v%entioD. 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-
moval of all restrictions upon the coina4e of
silver, believing tast its restoration to its
ancient rank as q circulating medium will
benefit not only the mining interests Of Ne.
vada, but the people'of the entire country We
denounce the Republican party for tine demon.
itization OF silver in 1873, for opposing its
partial restoration in 1878, snd for persistently
endeavorlng ever since to nulliiy, as far
as possible, the operation of said laws OF
1878. by restricting the coinage to one-half the
maximum permitted by law. aud as ar as
possible Withholding from circulation the
limited quantity coined. In the great States