Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-09-23

and led to victory, and which tbea
and each OF them abandoned az
spurned moro than twenty Year, sa" a
which to-day, corrupted and disboO
ored and recreRnt to every princ;nI.
which made it glorious, has fal1es
under the degenerate leadership :,
Tom Reed, John Sherman, Mat Qua
and Blocks of-five" Dudley, and aIS,
OF bosses, money-bags and mount
banks too contemplate to ment,on
We denounce and condemn the R0
publican majority in the Nationsl
House Of Representatives for the naS
sage Of the infamous Force bill fI =,
which the majority seeks. masouer.S
ing under the guise Of a .tfree hail.
ana a fair count" to perpetuate Itself
IN power by insiduously destroying
the liberties OF American citizens
usurping the legitimate functions q
State governments and bringing thu
Federal election machinery into in.
terminable conflict and collision with
statutory effort Of the people Of thu
various commemorative of our Union
to institute genuine, practical and
permanent political reform.
We hold that this species of Federal
interference with the people in the
registration OF their sovereign will il
despotic and centralizing in it's ten.
denotes, dangerous to the liberty
peace and prosperity of the people,
revolutionary in its nature and pur
pose. and direct contravention ct|
the principles of free government
as bequeathed to US 10y the trainers
OF our Constitution.
For these crimes the Republican
party of this State is in part respon.
sible, and wholly responsible for
greater local offenses.
The Republican party of this State
began it's career of dishonor and ruin
in 1864, when our wealth and popula.
ton were more than double what
they are to-day; when our yet un.
developed industries gave greater
promise than in any other part of the
earth; when the State was honored
and our people respected wherever
known, and when we had reason to
hope that Nevada would become one
OF the grandest, the richest and most
populous Of the great sisterbood Of
States. Our hopes have been blasted
and overthrown. In the interest Of
otfice-seekers, the Republican party ut
Nevada has created unnecessary
offices, multiplied deputyships, esta6-
llshed extravagant fees and unprece.
denied salaries. It has enacted laws
and instituted system of business
which enriched and populated the
State OF California at the cost of the
State of Nevada; which made it more
profitable to reside and do business in
San Francisco than in Nevada.
OF the hundreds of corporations
owning mines and mining upon the
great Comstock lode but one is Ne.
vada corporation. The rest are non
resident, not amenable to our Courts,
with their directors, officers and en-
ployes filling positions, exercising en-
pigments and drawing salaries which
OF right belong to our people. OF a
thousand million dollars taken out of
the mines, not ten millions remain in
the State. The mines, the greatest
source of our wealth, have fallen into
the hands of corporations and specu-
lators.
Not only the business Of mining and
milling ores, but the business Of man.
ufacturing lumber, square timber and
wood; the business of supplying water,
fuel and lights; in short, every profit
able industry is monopolized, dragged
and plundered, until nothing is left to
our people but the wretched pittance
called the wages of labor.
The State is literally the spoil OF
monopolies. The public lands, which
should have been sold in small hold
ings to settlers, have been contracted
to spectators and cattle kings in
tracts large enough for counties, and
in place Of our villages being homes
for the people, they are camps for the
COWS.
Our population which was 10000 in
1864 and which should have been 500,
GOO by now, has decreased to 10000
and. our taxable property, which
should be thousand million dollars
is less than twenty million.
1t has robbed the school fund-sol
emnly dedicated to the education Of
our children end substituted for The
money worthless promise, which II
provides shall never be paid.
Under its management our indus.
tries have been paralyzed and are M
longer profitable; taxes have increased
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