Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-14

ioooT ny tne aOclition OF slavery and the ute
repudiation of caste aud aristocracy by tn
Republican party has opened 10 free men ant
Tree iapor every acre Of land within the juris
diction OF the United States and has enabled
me toilfng millions Of the North and of tn,
south to associate In one common broth erhoos
sor the protection of their rights and the sd
vanecment of their intellectual and materia
prosperity.
We arrsign the Democratic Administration
OF President Cleveland for having failed te
keep the pledges on which it came into power
IL promised economy and retrenchment and
has been most extrsvagant In expenditures
and appropriations, which, for the current
Year, largely exceed the abundant revenues OF
the Government. 1t promised to reduce the
| surplus In the Treasury, but reversing the rule
OF previous Administrations, 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
that such surplus be applied In payment Of
the interest bearing debt of the country. 1t
promised to care for and give attention to the
| disabled soldiers and sailors Of the late war,
| and has treated with contcmptuous veto every
pension bill against which 1t could find any
| shadow OF technical objection. 1t promised
| to protect the persons and property OF citizens
| both at home and abroad, and to maintain the
dignity and honor Of the nation, yet In its re-
lation with Great Britain it has shown itself
| unwilling to give protection to either person
| or property, and has permitted our flag to be
insulted. without proper protest, almost in
| sight Of our shores, while by hasty and un-
seemly action 1t has unnecessarily jeopardized
| our friendly relations with the Mexican Re-
public, and made our nation ridiculous in the
1 eyes Of the world. Its evasion of Civil Serv-
| ice Reform, to which its leading representa-
| tives are pledged, have been bold, insolent and
| lswless. 1t has shown itself no friend to Ne
vada, because, among its first acts OF admin
istration, 1t closed the United States 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 ex-
cuse. 1t has outraged the express 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 q
Government building in the capital of this
State. 1t has used the entire power of the
Administration to destroy silver as money.
and by o refusal to execute the law and pay
out silver for Government dues has kept the
metal out of circulation, and by various de-
vices 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 favor o tariff upon the imported pro.
ducts of low-priced foreign labor. SO as to pro-
tect the interests of American wage-workers,
tries. We demand in behalf OF our mining
interests the maintenance of the present tariff
on lead, borax. soda and other mineral pro-
ductions, and in behalf of our wool growing
interests n restoration Of the wool tariff of
1867, and we denounce the recent attempt 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.
".
We believe In American soil for American
citizens, and are opposed to nonresident
| aliens becoming lsndow ners. The public do
main should be reserved as homestesds for
| actuvl settlers, and the accumulation of large
| tracts or bodies of land in the hands Of cor
porations or individuals ehoald re dfEcour-
Aged. and In the case of land grants to railroad
| corporations 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.
| We favor the intelligent organization OF
labor for such worthy purposes ss mutual
education and for the protection OF their In
| terests in all things relating to their welfare
| and to the industrial welfare OF the country,
and We favor the enactment OF State and
| National laws providing for the settlement Of
| controversies between employers and EN-
ployes by methods of voluntary arbitration,
1 or by the establishment of courts of concilia-
ton. which will avoid the waste. loss and
| ill-feeling resulting from strikes and lock-
outs, and the usual expense of litigation.
vi.
We denounce the action of the Democratic
House OF Representatives ut irs last session in
| striking from the bill to compensate the citi-
zens OF this State for losses sustained in the
i Indian war of 1860 all claims for supplies fur
nished for the suppression of Indian hostili-
ties, and also for services rendered during that
memorable struggle in which the lives of a
large number of our most respected citizens
we're sacrificed.
We denounce the pretense of the Demo-
cratic party Of having sympathy for the cause
| of local self-government In Ireland while the
Democratic House of Representatives. in
Committee of the Whole, repeatedly refused
to indorse that principle. In the months of
lApril and June last that body, by Democratic
votes, on three several3 occasions, rejected a
| resolution endorsing free Parliament for
Ireland. which is in the following words:
"Resolved. That the House Of Represents
tives earnestly sympathizes with Right Hon.
William 4. Gladstone and his associates in
| their efforts to secure free Parliament for the
people of ireland, and congratulate the people
| of that hitherto unhappy country upon the
| prospect of early and successful termina.
ton of their long aud patriotic struggle for
right Of local self-government"
Thereby discouraging the growth OF liberal
spirit throughout Great Britain.
VIII.
We commend the efforts of 6enstor Jones
and Congressman Woodburn in obtaining aI
appropriation of $50. 900 for public land sur
veys in this State, and we condemn the action
of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office in Withholding moneys appropriated TO,
that purpose, and particularly condemn the
action OF Senator Fair in absenting himself
from Washington during all the time when
appropriations for this State were under con
sideration by the Senate.
TX.
We endorse the action of Senator Jones and
Congressman Woodburn in their efforts tt
suppress polygamy In Utah, and to check thu
growth of disloyalty to the Government il
that Territory, and we fully endorse the prin
ciples Of the bill introduced for that purpos,
by Congressman Woodeurn. We endorse thu