The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-10-16
REruaL;cAS pLATPonn.
Adopted by rhs state Convention
Held Al Carson, Sept. ~. 1855.

l.
The Republicans OF Nevada, IA con
vsntton assembled, reafhr,n their unfal
tering loyalty TO the principles OF IL,
party rs enumerated in their ualions
platforms, from Lincoln to Blaine. W,
believe that liberty Is the inalienabi,
right OF every man. whatever his race o.
color, aud in the equality OF every mar
before the las. with the rnrestricted
right OF every citizen TO cast his vote fol-
whomsoever he chooses, with the as.
surance that 1T will be counted as cast.
The preservation OF the Union asd free
government are now recorded in history
as the work of the Republican party.
Union, liberty, equality and protective
tariff have largely contributed Of making
60, 900, 600 Of people the best fed, the
best clothed, the happiest, the most IN.
telligent and powerful that ever existed
on earth. The elevation Of labor BY the
abolition Of slavery and the utter repu-
diation OF caste and sristocracy by the
Republican party has opened to free men
and free labor every acre of land within
the jurisdiction OF the United States.
and has enabled the toiling millions of
the North and Of the South to associate
in one common brotherhood for the pro.
lection Of their rights and the advance.
ment OF their intellectual and material
prosperity.
ii.
We arrai5D the Democratic admins
tration OF President Cleveland for having
failed to keep the pledges on Which 1t
came into power. 1t promised economy
and retrenchment, and has been most
extravagant in expenditures and ap-
preparations, which, for the current year,
largely exceed the abundant revenues OF
the government. 1t promised to reduce
the surplus in the Treasury. but revers-
ing the rule OF previous Administrations,
has permitted such surplus to lie idle
and accumulate to the injury OF the bust.
ness OF the country, and has refused to
approve Of the action OF a large majority
OF both Houses OF Congress directing that
such surplus be applied in payment OF
the interest bearing debt OF the country
1t promised TO care for and give atten-
ton to the disabled soldiers and sailors
OF the late war, and has treated with
contemptuous veto every pension bill
against which it could find ar shadow
Of technical objection. 1t promised to
protect the person and property Of citi.
zens both at home and abroad, and to
maintain the dignity and honor of the
nation, yet in its relation with Great
Britain 1t has shown itself unwilling to
give protection to either person or prop.
erty, and has permitted our flag TO be
insulted, without proper protest, almost
in sight OF our shores, while by hssty
and unseemly action il mas unnecessarily
jeopardized our friendly relations with
the Mexican Republic, and made our
nation ridiculous 10 the eyes Of the
world. Its evasion Of civil service re-
form, to which its leading representatives
are pledged, have been bold. insolent and
lawless. 1t has shown itself no friend to
Nevada, because, among its first act, Of
administration, it closed the Upited States
Mint in Carson City, in utter violation
of the law, to the great detrimeut of
every miner and silver producer in this
State in particular, and OF the public in
general. 1t has seriously impaired our
mail facilities. without shadow OF just
excuse. 1t has outraged the express will
OF Congress, and denied to this people
their rights by its unexplained and con.
tinued refusal to execute tine law for the
erection OF Government building in the
capital oil this State. 1t has used the
entire power OF the Administration to
destroy silver as money, and by refusal
to execute the law and pay out silver for
Government dues has kept the metal out
OF circulation, and by various devices it
has reduced the price OF silver since the
inauguration Of President Cleveland more
than fifteen per cent. 1t has closed many
OF our silver mines, and thrown thousands
OF honest laborers out Of employment
III.
We iavor a tariff upon the imported
products Of low priced foreign labor, so
AZ to protect the interests OF American
wage workers, and for the DEVELOPMENT
Of American industries. We demand in
behalf Of our mining interests the main
tenance OF the present tariff on lead,
borax, soda and other mineral produc-
tions, and in behalf Of our wool-growing
interests, a restoration Of the wool tariff
Of 1867, ard we denounce the recent at
tempt Of the Democratic majority in the
National House of Representatives to
pass the Morrison bill reducing the tariff
| on the products Of our mines and placing
| wool on the free list
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We believe IN American soil for Amer.
lean citizens, and are opposed to non.resi-
dent aliens becoming landowners. The
public domain should be reserved an
homesteads for actual settlers, and the
accumulation Of large tracts or bodies Of
land in the hands OF corporations or in.
dividuals shout be discouraged, and in
the case Of land grants to railroad cor.
porations where the corporations have
failed to comply with the conditions Of
the grants, the land should be forfeited
to the General Government, and held for
the benefit Of actual settlers.
V.
We favor the intelligent organization
OF labor for such worthy purposes as mu.