Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-16

sovereignty Of the people of the Unit.
edState6 a. q nation and independent
State, and law in restraint and
abridgment OF production and COM
merce. . tS;s
+ We assert that from 1851 to 1891 in.
elusive, a period Of "a years last past
the Democratic party and the Rep0bi-
can party have made and administered
the law OF this nation; that that period
has been characterized as Of uninter-
| rupted bountiful harvests and bounti-
fui production from all our great maj
ured resources and that our people
have made unparalleled advances in
| skill, in every branch of manufacture
and craftsmanship, that the period has
been one of general health, and not
Whilst anding the ciYal war period
OF unparalleled prosperity from 1861
down to 1873. In. 1873 the Repubh.
den party passed laws in restraint of
the coinage OF money. denying min
tage to silver, the money we need in
the pocket OF every citizen and till of
every store. The decadence of silver
has been steady, gradual and unre-
lenting as the grip of the gold stand
ard of money has closed around. our
industries and labor, and the price of
every production of labor, by forests,
field, mine and manufacturer; have
fallen parallel with the decadence of
silver, which to day is worth less than
5O per cent OF it's standard coinage
value at the legal ratio of 16 to l.
| Three millions of our people are
without the comforts and decencies of
life, every industry in. our nation
Is restrained, pinched and dwarfed
| by the decentralization of silver, to
the great injury of every laborer,
producer and tradesman in the ma:
tion.' ..-. g..
| The volume of money in circulation
| should be speedily inc. ased and al
ways be fully adequate for the re-
| quirements of business. That all
money should be a legal tender for
| debts both public and private. That
no money should exist except such as
is issued directly by the National
| Government and nothing should be
money except gold, silver and Govern.
ment paper.
We favor the redemption of Govern
ment bonds and prohibition of any
further Issue thereof in the time of
peace.
| We demand the abolition of Ma
tional banks.
We demand the collection of the in
debtedness of the Pacific railway
companies. to the United States as
it natures without any extension of
time or change Of terms or condi-
tions. .-....s .... ,-.-... ..- -
A public. office. is public trust.
No person or party should be trust
ed who has once violated that trust.
Every citizen should contribute to the
support of the Government. in proper
ton to his means aud in accordance
with the necessity Of good govern
ment, but no Government should
augment this burden or enlarge
it's necessities by unnecessary
needless interest bearing debts max.
ing useless expenditures, or by failing
to promptly collect what Is justly due
it whether it be a loan, a tax Of tar
lift. g." IN, yaaa',-, -. ,...<,s,..
No grant should be made of public
property for any other than public
purpose, and it is the duty Of the Gov
| eminent to secure to the public the,
| enjoyment of the benefit which
was the consideration of the grant
or declare it forfeited. ~. . s.
We demand Government owner
ship Of telegraph lines and Govern
ment subsidized railroads. ..a' OIL
| LABOR.
We demand that no law shall ever
be enacted restraining or abridginR
the development OF our natural re.
sources and we guarantee to the peo.
pie freedom of pursuit and the inal-
lenable right to enjoy the full value
OF all property that their labor pro-
duces. We hold it as one of the tru-
isms Of human existence and modern
progress and enterprise, that capital
and labor should go hand in hand in
the general Advancement, happiness
and good Of this great commonwealth.
Therefore we claim that capital and
labor should stand on an equal foot.
ing before the law, and that tho Ia
borer should always receive fair
compensation for Q fair days work
That both capital aud labor have the
legal and unquestionable right to or.
ganize for mutual protection and self
l preservation.