Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-20
Platform and Resolutions.

The RcpublicAns Of Nevada, in Convention as
sembpd, reaffirm their unfal'erinG loyalty to the
principles of the party as enunciAted IN all their
National Platforms from Lincoln to Blaine We
believe liberty IL the inAlienhble right Of every
man whatever his race or color and in the equal
ity Of every man before the law, with the unre-
stricted right Of every citzed to cast his vote Tor
whomever he chooses, with the assurance that II
will be counted as cast. The preservation Of the
Union and free Government are now recor ded in
history as the work Of the Republican party
Union, liberty, equality and = protective tariff
have largely contributed In making CO., 900 of
people the best fed the best clothed the happiest
and the most intelligent and powerful that ever
existed on earth. The elevation OF labor by the
abolition Of slavery and the utter reputation of
caste and aristOcrhcy by the Republican party hiss
opened TO free men and free labor every acre OF
land within the jurisdiction OF the United states,
and enabled the totinR millions OF the North ana
Of the Sorth tc associate in one common brother
hood for the protection Of their rights and the ad.
vancement OF their intellectual and material pros
perity.
We srraign the Democratic administration Of
President Cleveland for having allied 10 keep the
pledges on which IL came into power. II promised
economy and retrenchmen and has been most
extrhvagSnt In expenditures and appropriations.
which for the current year. largely exceed the
abundant revenues Of the Government II prom
iked to reduce the surplus in the Treasury but has
permitted such surplus to lie idle and accumulate
to the injury Of the business of the country, and
has refused TO approve Of the sctinn OF large
tha, such surplus be applied In payment Of the
interest bearing debt ot the country. IL promised
10 care for and give siten ion 20 the disabled sol.
dera and sailors of the late war, and has treated
with Contemptuous veto every pension bill against
which II could hnd any shadow Of technical OBJ
jection. II promised to protect the person and
property OF citizens both at home and ABROAD, and
to maintain the dignity of the nation, yet In It's
relations with Great Britain 1t has shown itself
unwilling to give protection to person or property,
and has permitted our flag to be insulted, without
proper protest, almost IN sight of our shores.
while by hAsty and unseemly action II has unnec-
essarily jeopardizad our friendly relations with
the Mexican Republic, and made our nation re,
diculous in the eyes of the world. Its evasion of
civil service re .orm TO which it's leading repre-
sentatives are pledged, have been bold, insolent
and lawless 1t has shown itself no friend to Ne
vada because, among its first acts of admlnistra-
tion, IL closed the o. s. Mint in Carson CITY, in
utter violation of the law, to the great detriment
Of every miner and silver producer in this state
I'm particular and of the public in general II has
seriously impaired our mail facilities without a
shadow Of jnst excuse. 1t has outraged the ex-
press will of Congress. and denied to this people
their rights by its unexplained and continued re-
fusal to execute the law for the erection or a
Government Building In the Capital of the state.
II has used the entire power Of the administration
TO destroy silver money, and by refusal to ex'
ecute the law and pay out silver for Government
dues has kept the met out of circulation and
by various devices it has reduced the PRICE Of sill
yer since the inauguration of President Cleveland
more than l5 per cent. 1t has closed many OF our
silver mines and thrown thousands Of honest
laborers out of employment
III.
We favor n tariff upon the imported products OF
low priced foreign labor as to protect the inter
ests Of American waSeworsers' and ior the deVei'