Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-30
Platform and Resolutions.


The Republicans Of Nevada, in Convention as
senblsd resffirm their unfAl'erinS loyalty to the
principles Of the party AZ onunciated in all their
Natinnal PatformE from Lincoln to Blame We
believe liberty is the inalenable right IF every
man whAtever his race or color, and In the equal
ity uf every mAn before the law, with the unre-
stricted right cf very eiized to cast his vote for
whomever he chooses. with the assurance that it
will be counted cast. The preservation of the
Union and free Government are now recorded in
history "a the work of the Republican party
Union, liberty, equality and protective tariff
have largely contributed In making CO. 600 of
people the best fed the best clothed the hHpptest
and the most intelligent and powerful that ever
existed on earth. The elevation of labor by the
abolition Of slavery and the after reputation Of
caste aud aristocracy by the Republican party has
opened 20 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 Sur tn 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 arrAicn the Democratic administration Of
President Cleveland for having allied TO keep the
pledges on which ii came into power 1t promised
economy and retrenchment, and has been most
extrsv VACANT in expenditures and appropriations,
which for the current year. largely exceed the
abundant revenues Of the Government IL prom
iked 10 reduce the surplus in the Treasury but has
permitted such surplus TO lie idle and accumulate
20 the injury of the business Of the country, and
has refused to approve of the action OF large
majority If both Houses of Congress directing
thai such surplus be applied in payment of the
interest. bearing debt of the country 1t promised
to care for and give alton ton 10 the disabled sol
diers and sailors of the late war and has treated
with contemptuous veto every pension bill agAlnst
which 1t could hnd any shadow of technical OBJ
jectinn, II promised to protect the person ana
property Of citizens both al home and abroad, and
to maintain the dignity Of the nation, yet In its
relations with Great Britain 1t has shown tself
unwilling TO give protection to person or property,
and has permitted our Gag to he tnsulted without
proper protest almost in sight Of our shores,
while by hasty and unseemly action II has unnec-
eesarily jeopardized 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. II has shown itself no friend to Ne
yAda, because, among its first acts of admlnistra-
ton IL 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-
fusal to execute the law for the erection or
Government Building in the Capital OF the state.
II has used the entire power of the administration
to destroy silver as money, and by refusal to ex'
ecute the law and pay out silver for Government
dues has kept the met | out of circulation aud
by various devices 1t has reduced the price OF sll
yer since the inauguration of President Cleveland
more than 10 per cent II has closed many of our
silver mines, and thrown thousands OF honest
laborers out of employment
III.
We favor a tariff upon tho imported products OF
low-priced foreign labor TO protect the inter-
ests Of American wage-workers, aud for the devel'