Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-31
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the State of Nevada
in convention assembled, affirms it's devotion
to the principle Is laid down in the National
Democratic platforms of 1916 and 1880, rs we
believe that the maintenance of these princi.
pies is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
perpetuity of the Union under the Constitution
We arraign the Republican party for having, In
addition to its other grave crimes, dealt the
most dangerous blew ever leveled at the liber-
ties of the American citizens and the perpetu-
ity of republican Institutions, by the theft of
the Presidency in 1875. We concur In the I'M
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 az 9 people: 1t can never
be effsced; nor should 1t ever be pardoned. 1t
was deadly thrust aimed at the life of the
Republic. An unconstitutional commission,
created to override the Will of the pc pie, &C.
compilshed Its purposes by 6 vote OF 81 to- Ac-
curding 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-
tatives of the people from inaugurating the
lawfully-elected President in the mode
provided in the Oonstitutisn-the rsnkest
usurpation ever practiced by & military
tyrant. The usurpation was consummat-
GU II TIC tsshbslQB OF eu-gOVtflm6lI
were severslly 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
pa1sn. 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 Ameri-
CAN history, by no means so effective as by the
"a QlARfIn. of tho frIla and kxfal ata . ~ AZ, anA
patriots against whom the successful con-
spiracy was planned and execuied the Democ-
racy of Nevada demands the nomin ation of
Tilden and Hendricks. From the tribunal OF
appeal to the supreme tribuns of tine Ameri-
can people.
The delegates to be selected by this conven-
ton, to represent Nevsds in the National Con-
v%ention, 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 e of
silver, believing that it's restoration to its
ancient rank rs q circulating medium will
benefit not only the m ming interests of Ne
vads, but the people'of the entire country We
d~enounce the Republican party for the demon
itization OF silver in 1878, for opposing its
partial restoration in 1878, snd for persistently
endeavoring ever since to nullify, 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 Jar 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
telligent 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
itself to be their most dangerous enemy, and
which now threatens to repeal the Act of 1878.
We claim for the Democratic party of the
country the honor of having given to the PEG.
pie OF the Pacific Coast their first aud only
relief from the bllghting effects of unrestricted
Chinese inmigration-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 a large majority
of the Republicans in Congress and
almost unanimously by the Eastern press and
leaders of that party. We further charge tina,
since the passage of that Act the efforts OF
Republican judges, and of other Federal off
Gals, have been directed either to its absolute
or practical notification. We are Ia favor of
continuing In strict force and execution the
present law of Congress excluding Chinese
laborers from every portion of our country.
We hold that the trarif should be SO adjusted
as 10 yield ample revenue for the r. quirements
OF honest and economical 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 that
In such adjustment the interests of American
labor, and not OF monopolies, should alone be
regarded.
Resolved. That our State Constitution ia
deficient in its provisions for our present
wants, ana inadequate to the institution by
statutory enactments of the economical re-
forms necessary in our State aud county gov.
ernments, and to prevent by wholesome legis.
latlon the aggressive attitude of corporation
monopolies. We the efore recommend that
the LENDERS of the Democratic party in Ne
vada vote at the next election for q call of a
Constitutional Conventions; that the Demo-
cratic party is now, and always has been, the
psrty of tue people, and therefore opposed to
m~oaopolies Of all kinds; that we are opposed
to tire unjust determinations practiced by the
railroads Of this State, and favor any legtsla-
ton, national or state, that viii prevent this,
and will regulate fares and freights, and re.
duce both to such a maximum az will vie d q
fair proht on invested Capital, ard at the
same time no longer be oppressive to thu
people; the truth that the creature must
be subject to the creator, makes this right
and imperative; that We favor the creation uf
a State 30 4rd OF Equalization, as the only feast.
BILE 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 sectsrian pur-
poses that W. view with alarm the acquisition
Of large bodies of land in this country by
wealthy aliens, and we believe that Legislation
should be had 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 violatioao of which principles we
arraign the Republican party, a psrty which
pretentiously speaks of the public lands as the
heritage Of the people. "afteri II hassquandered
the fairest portions of this domain in reckless
grants.
In all matters not touched upon in this dec
l~srstion of principles, we shall feel safe II
standing upon the platform to be put forth by
the National Democratic Convention, q bod
whose wisdom we recognize as superior to Ours
and whose loyalty to the cause Of Democrat,
we know to be as spirited and as earnest as oul
own, and we pledge the Democracy of Nevsd,
to the hearty supportof the nomination of tina
convention.
NOTICE.