Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-06-14
Eureka Dailp Sentinel.
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party Of the State OF
Nevada. in convention assembled, afirms
its devotion to the principles laid down in
the National Democratic platforms OF 1876
and 1880, as we believe that the mainten-
ance of these principles is necessary to the
safety, prosperity and perpetuity OF the
Union under the Constitution. We ar
raign the Republican party for having, in
addition TO its other grave crimes, dealt
the most dangerous blow ever leveled at
the liberties of the American citizen and
the perpetuity Of republican institutions,
by the theft of the Presidency in 1876.
We concur in the unqualified condemna-
ton expressed by the great mass meeting
recently held in New York City, which
declared ssThat fraud will forever
be q stain ON our history as q peo-
pie: it can never be effaced; nor should it
ever be pardoned. 1t was a deadly thrust
aimed at the life of the Republic. An un-
constitutional commission, created to
override the will of the people, accom-
plished its purpose by q vote Of 5 to Z.
According to the revelations OF President
Garfield, the army Of the United States
was concentrated in and around the cspi-
tai By order of President Grant to prevent
the representatives of the people from inau-
gurating the lawfully-elected President In
the mode provided in the Constitution-the
raukest u~surpation ever practiced by a mill
tary tyrant. The usurpation was consum-
mated and the assassins of self-government
we're 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 para
mount duty of the Democracy in the
coming Presidential campaign. To at
tain this end we ask the earnest co-opera-
ton of every Democrat and every Ameri-
can citizen"
In the full conviction that the
stamp of fraud can be efaced from
the pages Of American history, by
NO means so effective as by the
reelection of the true and tried statesmen
and patriots against whom the successful
conspiracy was planned and executed. The
Democracy Of Nevada demands the nomin-
alton of Tilden and Hendricks. From the
tribunal OF s to Z, created for the occasion,
we confidently appeal to the supreme tri-
bunal Of the American people.
The delegates to be selected by this con-
vention, to represent Nevada in the Ma
tional Convention, are hereby instructed
to cast the full vote of Nevada for Samuel
]. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the
United States, so long az their names shall
remain as candidates before the conven-
ton. We demand the removal of all re-
strictions upon the coinage OF silver,
believing that its restoration to its ancient
rank as q circulating medium, will benefit
not only the mining interests OF Nevada,
but the people of the entire country. We
d~enounce the Republican party for the
decentralization of silver in 1875, for OPP
posing its partial restoration in 1878, and
for persistently endeavoring ever since to
n%ullify, as far as possible, the opera
ton of said laws Of 1878, by restrict
ing the coinage to oDe-half the max
imum permitted by law, and as far 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 silver, while their ma
tional platform is ominously silent upon
this question of vital Importance to the
people of Nevada. We call upon the in
telligent miners of Nevada, and upon all
other citizens of the State, regardless of
partisan preferences, to express at the bal
lot 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 people Of the Pacific Coast
their first and only relief from the blight
ing effects of unrestricted Chinese immi-
gration-relief long but vainly sought at
the hands of Republican Congresses. We
point to the fact that the passage OF this
Act Of partial relief was bitterly and vigor-
ously opposed by q large majority of the
Republicans in Congress, and almost
unanimously by the Eastern press and
leaders Of that party. We further charge
that since the passage OF that Act the
efforts Of Republican judges, and of other
Federal officials, have been directed
either to its absolute or practical nulliica-
ton. We are in 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 tariff should be 30 adjusted
as to yield ample revenue for the require
ments of honest and economical Govern
ment, that the burden Of duties should be
laid chiefly upon the Injuries Of life, and
as lightly as possible upon articles of
necessity, and that in such adjustment the
interests Of American labor. and not Of
m~onopolies, should alone be regarded.
Resolved, That our State Constitution ia
deficient in its provisions for our present
wants, and inadequate to the institution
by statutory enactments Of the economical
reforms necessary in our State and county
Governments, and to prevent by whole
some legislation the aggressive attitude of
corporation ~monopolies. We therefore
recommend hat the members of the Dem
ocrstic party in Nevada vote at the next
election for the call Of q Constitutional
Convention; that the Democratic party is
now, and always has been. the party Of the
people, and therefore opposed to monopo-
lies Of all kinds; that we are opposed to
the unjust Determinations practiced by the
railroads of this State, and favor any legis-
lation, national or State, that will prevent
this, and will regulate fares and
freights, and reduce both to such
q maximum as will yield q
fair profit 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 crea-
tion Of q State Board Of Equalization, as
the only feasible way by which an uni
form and equitable assessment may be
made IN uronertv aifuated in two mr. mora