Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-13
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Proceedings Of the Nevada State
Democratic Convention.
A STAGE HELD UP IN OREGON.
A Bear on o Rampage in the
Streets of San Francisco
Portland Races.
IsrnnAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooED-UnIos.I /
NEVADA DEMOCRATS.
Proceedings of the State Convention at
Reno Yesterday.

Proceedings of the State Convention at
Reno Yesterday.
RENO (Nev J. September 12th.-The DEM
ocratic State Convention met this morning.
The reports of the various committees were
adopted without discussion, except that of
the Committee on Platform. An effort
was made TO have the clause demanding a
constitutional convention stricken out, but
it did not prevail.
The platform favors enforcing economy
in State affairs, destroying monopolies aud
trusts, and fostering the industries of the
State, and developing its resources. The
platform declares it the duty of Congress to
pass q law perpetually excluding Chinese
from the United States; declares for the
free coinage of silver to be legal tender
equally with gold.
The platform makes an exhaustive ar
raignment of the national Republican
party, and also declares that the Republi-
can party has had control of the State OF
Nevada ever since its admission, and is
therefore responsible for whatever evil has
resulted in the conduct OF public officers.
On this subject the platform says, in part
that the Republican party of this State
began its career of dishonor and ruin il
1854, when our wealth and population
were more than double what they are to-
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Nevada would become one of the grandest,
richest and most prosperous of the great
sisterhood of States. Our hopes have been
blasted and overthrown.
In the interest of office-seekers the Re-
publican party of Nevada has created un-
necessary offices and established extraya-
CANT fees and unprecedented salaries. 1t
has enacted laws and instituted system of
business which enriched and populated the
State of California at the expense of the
State of Nevada. OF the hundreds of cor
porations owning mines and mining upon
the great Comstock lode, but one is a
Nevada corporation. The rest are non-
residents. OF thousand million dollars
taken out of the mines, not ten millions
remain in the State. The business ofevery
profitable industry is monopolized and
plundered until nothing is left to our peo-
pie but wretched pittance called the wages
of labor. The State is literally the spoil of
the monopolist.
The public lands, which should have
been sold in small holdings to settlers, have
been contracted by speculators and cattle
kings.
Our population, which was 10000 in
1864, and which should have been 100000
by now, has decreased to 10000, and our
taxable wealth, which should be thou
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million dollars.
Taxes have increased until in many
places property is valueless. Immigration
has ceased and the State is being depopu-
lated. 1t has so often imported candidates
for Office into the State, so often exposed
the great Office of Senator for sale, so often
corrupted the ballot box, that we have
been stigmahzed as the Rotten Borough"
and have become byword and reproach
and stencil in the nostrils of the English
speaking people.
The following candidates were nomi-
mated this afternoon by acclamation: For
Governor, Theodore Winters; Lieutenant
Governor. R Sadler: District Judges, A. L..
Fitzgerald, J A. Dorsey, NJ. s. Bonnifred
and w. L. Knox; Secretary of State. ] 9.
Brady; Clerk of the Supreme Court, W. W.
Booker; Surveyor General, 7, n. Stewart;
Superintendent of Public Instruction. w.
G. Hyde; Regents, r. H, Osborn and w. E.
+. Deal.
The Convention adjourned till this even
ing.
At the evening session Hon. G. w. Cas-
sidy of Eureka was nominated for Con-
gress; ]. II. Mcmillan of Humboldt, Su-
preme Judge; Charles May of Esmerslda,
Controller; n. II. A. Mason of Lyon, State
Treasurer; w. c. Love of Eiko. Attorney
General After appointing State Central
Committee the Convention adjourned sine
die