Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-02
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of the State of Nevada
in convention assembled, afirms its devotion
to the pribcip q Is laid down IN the National
Democratic plstf, rms of / IS and 1850 rs We
b lieys that the maintenance of t ese princi-
ples is necessary to the safety, prosperity and
e rpetuity of the union und.r the Constitution.
We arr .igu the Republican party for having, in
u iditIoa to Its other grave crimes, dealt the
most dangerous blow ever leveled at the nber-
ties of the Am. ricau cit Zens and the perpetu-
ity Of republican Institutions, by the theft of
the Pre- >idency in 1916 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
+ stain on our history as q people: 1t can never
be effaced; nor should 1t ever be psrdoned. 1t
was adeadly. thrust aimed at the life of the
hepub ic. An unconstitutional commission.
created to override the will of the Pc pie. &C.
comp ished its purposes by q vote Of 8 TOT. Ac-
C riding to the revelations of President Gar
held, the army of tie United States was con-
centrst-d In and around the capital by order
of President Grant ~ prevent The represen-
tatlves of the people from inaugurating the
lswfuliy-elecied Pr sident in the mode
provided in the Uonstitutisn-the raukest
usarpst1on ever pracuced by q military
tyrsnt. The usurpation was consummat.
w II WIG VI Cl4-koNCEnDLEa
We're severslly rev .rded out of the public
treasury, and as yet the greatest frau Of the
century has not beeu punished. To redress
this wrong becomes the paramount duty of the
Democracy IN the coming Presidential CAM
PAL To alta n 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-
Cas- history, by no means 80 effective as by the
Fa aIArfin. Of thu tr1Ia and triad ofafGarn an atd
patriots against whom the successful con-
spiracy Was planned and execu led, the Democ-
rary OF Nevada demands the nomination Of
rIlden and Hendricks. From the tribunal OF
5 to 7, created f II tue occasion, we confidently
appeal t. 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 fun
vote of Nevada FIR Samuel j. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United States, SO long
IS their uam-s shall remain as candidates
before the convention. We demand the re-
movst Of all restrictions upou the coma g Of
silver, believing ist its rest. ration to it's
ancient rank AS a circulating medium will
benefit not only the NJ ming interests of NJ
vads, but the penple'of the entue Country We
denounce the Republican party for tue demon
it'z4uon OF silver in 1873. for opposing its
partial restoration in 1915, snd for persistently
eudeavoring ever since to NULL v, as far
as possib e, the operation of said laws of
1878. by restric ing the coinage to one-hal the
maximum permitted by law, a,d as ar as
possib g Withholding from circulation the
limited quantity coined. IG the great S airs
of New York, Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts
the State platforms have already demanded
the immediate cessation of the Coinage of sill.
Yer, while their national platform is cautiously
silent upon this question of vital impor ance
to the people Of Nevada. We cali upun the in.
telIigent miners OF Nevada. and upon sl nther
%cttizeus 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 thrs q ems to repeal the act of 1878.
We claim for the Demo -atic party of the
country the honor of having gwen TO the PEG.
pie OF the Pacific @ asst their first and only
relief from the bl ghting effrcts of unrestricted
Chinese 1mmigration-relief long but vainly
soush hit ut the hands of Republican Congresses.
We po1ut to the fact that the passage OF
this ACT OF partial re'ief was bitterly and
vigorously opposed by q large maj ority
of the Republicans in Congress and
Almost unanimously by thu Eastern press and
leaders of that party. W. further charge thai
since the psssags of that Act the Efforts of
Republican Judge and of other Federal Off
Gals. have been direc ed either to its absolute
or practical notification. We are IL favor OF
continuing in strict force and execution the
present law of Congress excluding Chimes
laborers from every portion of our country.
We hold that the trsrif should be so adju.ted
as to yield ample revenue for Their quirrments
OF honest and economical government that
the burden of duties rhOu d he laid chiefly
upon the Injuries of life, and as lightly ~
p ssiple upon articles of necessity, and that
In such adjustment the interests of American
l'bor, and not of monopolies, shout alone be
regarded.
Resolved. That our State Constitution is
deficient in its provisions for our present
wants, ana inadequate to, the institution by
statutory enactments of the economical re-
forms necessary in our Stste and county gov
ernments, and to prevent by wholesome legis-
lation the sg yresstve attitude of corporation
tuonopolies. We the efore rec mmend that
the members of the D. mocra ic party in Ne
vada vote at the next election for a call of .
constitutional Conventions; that the Demo-
cratic party IL now, aud ala avs has been, the
party of tne people, and therefore opposed to
monopo,iss of all kinds; that we are opposed
TO the unjust dlscriminatioDs practtced by the
railroads of this State. and favor any leg isla-
ton, national or state that will prevent this,
and will regulate fares and freigh g., and re-
duce both to such a maximum ss will vie d a
fsir profit on Invested c7pita,, ard at tn
same time no longer be oppressiy We to Il g
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 no ,rd OF Equalization, as the only feast
BILE way by which a uniform aud equitable
assessment may b. made on property situated
Ia 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
If large bodies of land in this courtry by
wealthy aliens. and we believe that legi .lstion
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 tn railroad corp ,ra-
tons for the violatioa of which principles we