Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-04-16
COME LET Us REASON TO.
GETHER.

ton, We should bear in mind the
proposition, that the government of.
the United States, is q government of
majorities and that political parties
are the mediums through which the
people instruct their representatives
as to the policies upon which the
government should lie administered.
Political parties are in turn gov
srned by the majority sentiments of
their adherents. These propositions
being true it necessarily follows that
in formulating platforms and nomI-
mating candidates the majority views
govern. II the platforms adopted and
the candidates, nominated do not re-
feet the sentiments Of the majority.
the trouble lies with the people and
not with the conventions.
Another proposition, to which we
invite our critics, is that the ale
glance of the citizen is due to the gen.
eral government and not to the State
In which he may happen to reside.
Now, il the conventions Of the re-
spective parties in their elaboration
come 60 the conclusion that the great
issues to be determined by the Ameri-
can people in the coming campaign
are those relating to tariff reform,
transportation aud irrigation, would
they blindly advocate what we all ad-
NIT to be the one great question be-
fore the people Of this State, or would
they fall into line and support the
party and candidates that more nearly
represented their views on the other
great q~uestionsS AS good citizens,
with the interests OF the whole coun-
try at heart, they would give their
support to that party whose admins
tration of the government would re-
suit in the greatest good to the ma
jority Of the whole pc ople.
'rne pledge adopted by the Colorado
Silver Leagues binds all who sign it to
support no candidate at the polls un-
less hs SHALL unqualiiedly favor the
JnH demonstration of siIuer and shall
stand squarely on a free coinage plut-
form. The test adopted by the Re-
publican State Committee is as
fell VS.: "Idm a citizen of this State,
end wW support the nominees of the
Republican party" We will let our
rea1srs judge whether a voter, who
signs the pledge adopted by the Silver
League, can co~nscientiously vote at
the Republican primaries to-day, II
he can, he can serve God and the
devil at the same time-a feat never
successfully accomplished before.
We reiterate our advice to the De-
mocracy not to bind themselves hand
nd foot before the primaries are held
but to take part in them and SEQ that
tn DE who go to the State Convention
r effect the majority sentiment of the
party. The editor Of this paper Is as
heartily in favor OF the free coinage
OF silver as either OF the gentlemen
who signed the article in yesterdays
paper. but we do not agree with them
that the only way to accomplish that
much desired end is to A
separate party in this State. We be.
lieve that more can be ACCOMPLISHED
by sending men to the National Con-
ventions who will impress upon the
delegates there assembled the neces-
sity Of formulating a platform and
nominating a candidate in favor OF
free coinage.
We do not question the mo-
tives Of Mr.. Cassidy or Mr..
Wren in this movement. We rec
ognize their ability and worth, yet we
are not bound to follow blindly
wherever they may lead. Our critics
think for Themselves and we but exer.
oise the same right in opposing their
views.
II we believed the movement advo.
Cated +1yr them would hasten the re-.
monetizdtiO1 Of silver, we would
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