Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-10-27
Platform and Resolutions.

The Pepnblicars Of Nevada, in Convention as
sembled reafiirm their unfsl 'erng loyalty 20 the
principles OF the party enunciatad in all their
National Platforms from L'ncoln to Blame. We
believe liberty is the inalenable right Of every
man, whatever his race or color, and In the equal
ity Uf every man before the law. with the unre-
stricted right of very ctized 10 cast his vote for
whomever he chooses. with the assurance that it
will be counted As cast. Tue preservation OF the
Union and free Government are now record ded in
history as the work OF the Republican party
Union. liberty, equality and q protective tariff
have largely contributed In making 80. 900 600 of
people the hest fed the best clothed the hhppiest
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 aristueracy by the Republican party has
opened to free men and free labor every acre Of
land within the Jurisdiction OF the United States
aud enabled the toilng millions Of the North and
Of the Sorth &c associate in one common brother
hood for the protection of their rights and the sd
vAncement of their intellectual and material pros
perity.
We arraign the Democratic administration of
President Cleveland for having failed 70 keep the
pledges on which IL came into power. tpromised
economy and retrenchment, and has been most
e1trrvagsut In expenditures and appropriations.
which for the current year, largely exceed the
abundant revenues OF the Government. IL 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 action of large
majority of both Houses OF Congress directing
thai such surplus be applied in payment Of the
interest bearing debt of the country IL promised
TO care for and give sitentio TO the disabled sol
diera and sailors of the lats war and has treated
with contemptuous veto every pension bill against
which II could hnd any shadow of technical oh.
lection. II promised to protect the person and
property OF citizens both st 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 property,
and has permitted our flag to be insuted, without
proper protest, almost IN sight OF our chores,
while by hasty and unseemly sction II has unnec-
essariiy jeopnrdized our friendly relations with
thu Mexican Republic, and made our nation re.
,diculous in the eyes OF the world. Its evasion OF
civil service reform, to which Its lesding repre-
sentatives are pledged, have been bold, insolent
and lawlesR. II has shown itself no friend to Ne
yada, because. among it's first acts Of Administra-
tion il closed the U. 8. Mint in Carson City, In
utter violation of the law, to the great deriment
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 a
shadow Of Just 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 of
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.
suite 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 Is per cent, It has closed many of our
silver mines, and thrown thousands of honest
laborers out OF employment.
III.
We favor tariff upon the imported products o I
low.prced foreign labor as to protect the inter-
ests Of American wage workers, and for the deVe'