Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-29
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party Of the State of Nevsds,
in convention assembled, sfhrms its devotion
to the principle Is laid down in the National
Democratic platforms OF ls76 and 1850, as We
believe that the maintenance OF these princi-
pies is necessary TO the safety, prosperity and
perpetuity Of the Union under the Constitution.
We srraign the Republican party for having. in
addition to its other grave crimes, dealt the
most dangerous blew ever leyeled ct the liber-
ties of the American citizens and the perpetu-
ity Of republican Institutions, by the theft of
the Presidency in 1915. 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
8 stain on our history SIS q people; ii can never
be efsced; nor should 1t ever be psrdoned. II
was sdesdly thrust aimed st the life of the
Republic. An unconstitutional commission,
created TO override the will Of the pc pie, &C.
complishedtts purpose by s vote of 5 tot. Ac-
cording to the revelations Of President Gar
field, the army of the United States vss con-
In and around the capital by order
OF President Grant to prevent the represen-
tstives of the people from insugurslng the
lswfuily-elected President in the mode
provided in the Oonstitutisn-the rsnkest
usorpsuon ever practiced by q military
tyrant. The usurpation was consummst.
ed and the sssassins 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 oam'
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 efaced from the pages Of Ameri-
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 Nevsd4 demands the nomination Of
TIldsu and Hendricks. From the tribunal OF
5 10 Z, created for the 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 Con-
v%ention, are hereby instructed to cast the full
vote of Nevada for Samuel j. Tilden and
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 eoins. of
silver, believing taAt its restoration to its
rank As q circulating medium will
benefit not only the mining interests Of Ne
vsds, but the people'of the entire country We
the Republican party for the demon.
ANAA1 VI oANtA IL - " tPRbbAh Va
partial restoration in 1878, snd for persistently
endeavoring ever since to nulli1y, as far
IS possible, the operation of said laws of
1878, by restricting the coinage to one-half the
maximum permitted by law, aud as far as
Withholding from circulation the
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 call upon the in
telligent miners of Nevada, and upon sll 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 mem 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 peo-
pie of the Pacific Coast their first and only
relief from the blighting effects of unrestricted
Chinese immigrstion-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 e 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 Judge, and of other Federal Off
Gals, have been directed either to its absolute
or practical notification. We are In favor Of
continuing in strict force and execution the
present law of Congress excluding Chinese
lsoorers from every portion OF our country.
We hold that the trariff should be so adjusted
as to yield ample revenue for the r. quirements
of honest and economical government. that
the burden Of duties should be laid chiefly
the Injuries of life, and as lightly Is
upon articles of necessity, and that
in such adjustment the interests of American
labor, and not of m~onopolies, should alone be
Resolved, That our State Constitution is
deficient In it's provisions for our present
wants, and inadequate to the institution by
enactments of the economical re-
forms necessary in our stste and county gov.
and to prevent by wholesome legis.
lation the aggressive attitude of corporation
moDopolies. We the efore recommend tina
the members of the Democratic party in Ne
vads vote at the next election for a call of 9
constitutional Convention; that the Demo.
cratic party is now, and always has been, the
party of the people, and therefore opposed to
monopolies of all kinds; that we are opposed
to the unjust determinations practiced by the
railroads OF this State, and favor any legisls-
ton, national or state. that will prevent this
and Will regulate fares and freights, and re.
duce both to such a maximum as will yield q
fair profit on invested Capital, and at the
same time no longer be oppressive to tht
people; the truth that the creature mus
be subject to the creator, makes this right
auu imperative, tuht we lhVOr the creation vi
a State DO ird 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. Thai
we are opposed to any diversion or interference
with the Public School Fund for sectarian pur
poses that We view with alarm the acquisition
of large bodies of land in this country by
wealthy aliens, and we believe that Legislation
shoul be had restricting such acquisitions fol-
the future; that the public lands should be re
served by the General Government for actua
settlers. and that there should be no monopl,
of acreage by subsidies to railroad corpora
tons. for the violation Of which principles W,
arraign the Republican party, a party which
pretentious,y speaks of the public lands as III,
''heritsge of the people, after 1t hassquanderet
the fairest portions of this domain In reckless
grants.
In all matters not touched upon in this dec
lsration of principles, we shall feel safe fl
standing upon the platform to be put forth b
the National Democratic Convention, a bod
whose wisdom we recognize as superior to ours
and whose loyalty to the cause Of Democrac,
we know to be as spirited and as earnest as on
own, and we pledge the Democracy of Nevad
to the hearty support of the nomination Of tina
convention.