Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-06
Platform aud Resolutions.

The Republicans Of Nevada. in Convention as
sembled reafirm their unfal'ernR loyalty to the
principles OF the party enunciAted in all their
National Platforms from Lincoln to Blame. We
believe liberty is the inshenable right Of every
man, whatever his race or colCr and in the equal
ity OF every man before the law. with the unre-
stricted right Of very c,tized to cast his vote for
whOmever he chooses, with the assurance that 1t
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 so, 900 900 of
people the best fed, the best clothed the hsppiest
and the most intelligent and powerful that ever
existed earth. The elevation of labor by the
caste and Aristocracy by the Republican party has
opened TO free men and free labor every acre Of
land within the jurisdiction OF the United States,
and enabled the toilinR millions of the North and
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
perty.
We ArrAign the Democratic administration OF
President Cleveland for having allied to keep the
pledges on which II came into power. II promised
economy and retrenchment, and has been most
eItravAgRnt In expenditures and appropriations,
which for the current year, largely exceed the
abundant revenues of the Government. II prom
sed 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 sct0n Of 9 large
thai snch surplus be applied in payment of the
interest bearing debt of the country. II promised
IN for and give attention 10 the disabled sol
dera and sailors of the late war, and has trested
with contemptuous veto every pension bill against
which 1t could hnd any shadow of technical ob.
lection. IL promised TO protect the person and
property Of citizens both ut home and abroad, and
TO maintain the dignity Of the nation. yet in its
relations with Great Britain IL has shown itself
unwilling to give protection 20 person property,
and has permitted our nag to he inaulted, without
proper protest, almost In sight OF our shores,
while by hasty and unseemly action II has unnec-
essarily jeopardizrd our friendly relations with
the Mexican Republic, and made our nation re-
diculous in the eyes of the world. Its evasion of
civil service reform, to which its leading repre-
sentatives are pledged, have been bold insolent
and lawless. 1t has shown itself no friend to Ne
vAda because among it's first acts of administra-
ton, II closed the U. s. Mint in Carson City, in
utter violation of the law to the great detriment
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 II has outraged the eX-
press will of Congress. and denied TO this people
their rights by It's unexplained and continued re-
fusa to execute the law for the erection of =
Government Building in the Capital of the State.
II has used the entire power of the administration
to destroy silver money and by q refusal to ex.
ecute the law aud pay out silver for Government
dues has kept the met out OF circulation, and
by various devices It has reduced the prce of sill
yer since the inauguration of President Cleveland
more than Is per cent. 1t has closed many of our
silver mines, and thrown thousands of honest
laborers out Of employment
Ill
We favor tariff upon she imported products Of
low-priced foreign labor as to protect the inter
ests OF American wage workers. and for the deSel-