Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-10-18

| election machinery into interrnfnsbie conflict
| ana cothsion, with q statutory effort Of the
leopie OF the various commonweslths Of our
onion 70 institute genuine, practical and per.
manent policsl reform.
We hold that this species Of Fedral inter-
ference with the people In the registration OF
their sovereign Will Is despotic and eentrslir-
ing 10 It's tendencies, dangerous 10 the liberty,
peace and prosperity OF the people, revolution.
sry Its nature and purpose, and a direct con-
| traventlon Of the principles Of free government
s. oequesthed to us by the trainers 81 our Con.
| Fer these crimes the Republican party OF the
state 10 In part responsible, and wholly respon-
ible for greater local ofsnses.
The Republican party OF this stats began its
career OF dishonor and ruin In 1854. when our
Neaitn and populstion were more than double
what they are to-day; when our yet undeveI.
oped industries gave greater promise than in
any other part OF the earth; when the State
W.. vas honored and our people respected wher.
ever knovn; and when we had reason 10 hope
that Nevada would become one Of the grand.
est, the richest and most populous Of the great
sisterhood Of States. Our hopes have been
once seekers. the Republican party Of Nevada
nss created unnecessary Offices, multiplied
deputyships, established extravaeant fees and
unprecedented salaries. 10 has enacted laws
and instituted q system Of business which an.
rlched and populated the State Of California At
the coat Of the State Of Nevada; which made ID
more profitable to reside and do business In
Gan ErauCl8cO tnan IN Nevada.
OF the hundreds OF corporation, evn,no
mines and mining upon the great Comstock
lode but one 10 Nevada corporation. The
rest are non resident. not smensble 10 our
Courts. With their directors. officers and EN-.
ployes hlling positions, exercising employ
mens and drawing salaries which Of right be-
long TO our people. OF . thousand million
dollArs taken out OF the mines. not ten MIL
lions remain in the State. The mines, the
greatest source of our wealth, nave fallen into
the hands Of corporations and speculstors
Not only the business Of mining and milling
ores, but the business OF manufacturing lum.
supplying water, fuel and lights: in short.
every profitable industry ts monopolized.
dragged and plundered, until nothing Is left 70
our people but the wretched pittance called the
wages Of labor.
The State is literally the spoil of monopiies.
the public lands. which should have been sold
in small holdings TO settlers. have been con-
Tracted to speculstors and cattle kings
In tracts large enough for counties, and
In place OF our villages being homes for people,
they are camps for the cows.
Our population. which was 900 in 1894
and which should have been 10000 by
property, which should . thousand million
dollars, 10 less than twenty million.
II has robbed the school fund-solemny ded-
icated TO the education Of our children-And
substituted for the money worthless promise,
which 10 provides shall never be paid.
Under its management our industries have
been paralyzed and are no longer profitable;
taxes have increased until in M any places pro-
perty is valueless; immigration has ceased and
the State is being depopulated.
II has so often imported candidates for ONCE |
into the State, so often exposed the great once
Of Senator for sale so often; corrupted the bal
lot box, that we bave been stigmstized as the |
4" rotten borough" and have become Q by.word |
and reprosch and stencil in the nostrils Of the |
English speaking people.
To correct these wrongs and reform these |
a a. Dam0cYatic
and TO the sccomp mplshm ment Of this great work |
we solemn1y pledge ourselves