Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-12
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM.

The Democratic party of the State of Nevada,
In convention assembled. afi m its devotion
TO the priucip 9 Is laid down In the National
Democratic platforms of l 76 and 1ssO as we
., hevo that the maintenance of t ese princi.
Pies Is necessary to the safety, prosperty and
perpetuity of the Union und- the Constitution,
We arr 4ign the Republican party for having, In
addition to it's other grave cri nes. dealt the
moet dangerous blow ever levele at the liber.
ties OF ths Am ricsn citizens aud the perpetu-
Ivy OF republican 1 stitutions, By the theft of
the Pre- -ideney in 1876 We CONCUR in the nm
qualihed condemnation expressed by the great
mass meetiDg recently held in New York Citvl
which declared: That fraud Will forever be-
stain on our history as a people; it can never
Do enaced; nor should 1t ever be- pardoned. II
was adeadly thrust aimed at the life Of the
hepuo &c. An demonstrations commission
created to override the will of the ps pie. ac.
comp ishedits purposes by a vote Of 8 TOT Ac-
c riding to the revelations of President Gar
heid, the army of the United States was con.
centratrd IN and around the capital by order
OF PRESIDENT Grant to prevent The repre.en.
t"tives OF the people from inaugurating the
Iswiaily-elected Pr, sident in the mode
provided IN the UonsttutiJn-the rapkest
usurpatlon ever practiced by q military
tyrant. Ihe usurpation was consnmmsi.
ed and the assassins of self-poyernme,t
We're severally rev ,rded out OF the pnblic
treasury, aud rs yet the grrstest frau OF the
century has not beeu puuishei. To redress
this wrong becomes the paramount duty OF the
Democracy In the coming Presidential cam.
palm. 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 etaced from the pages of Aineri-
can history. by no means so effective as hv tbs
re el-ctioa OF the true and tried statesmen and
patriots against whom the successful con.
spfracy Was plsnned and execu led, the Democ.
racy OF Nevada demands the nomiuation of
rilden and Hendricks. From the tribunal nj
8 to 7, created for tue occasion, we Confidently
appeal I the supreme tribunal of tue Amei
can people.
The delegates TO be selected by this convsn.
ton. to represent Nevada in the National Don.
v%entton. are hereby instructed to cast the mn
vote of Nevada for Samuel ]. TiIden and
Thomas A. Hendricks for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency of the United States, SO long
Ms their MANS shall remain as csndida,es
before the convention. We demand The re.
moval OF all restrictions upon the COMA e Of
silver, believing I at its rest. ration to its
ancient rank 90 q circulating medium will
dement, not only the M ming interests of Ne
vads. but the psople'of the ent e country We
dennunce the Republican party for tue demon.
itzttion OF silver in 1873. for opposine its
partial restoration in 1875, snd for persistentlv
eDdeav"ring ever since to multi v, as far
- possible the operation Of said laws OF
1878. by restric ing the coinage to one.halr the
maximum permitted by law, q d as ar a.
poss,b Q Withholding from circulation the
limited quantity coined. In the great States