Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-11-03

ed that trust. Every citizen should contribute
to the support of the Government in proportion
to his means and in accordance with the neceS-
sity Of good Government. hut no Government
should augment this burden or enlarge IFS ne
cessities by unnecessary needless interest bear
ing debts making less expenditures, or by
failing to promptly collect what is justly due it,
whether il be a loan tax or tariff
No grant should be made of public property
for any other than public purpose, and II Is
the duty of the Government to secure TO the
pubic the enjoyment of the benefit which was
the consideration of the grant or declare 1t Tor
feited.
We demand Governmet ownership of tele
graph lines and Government subsidized rail
roads.
LABOR.
We demand that no law shall ever be enacted
restraining or abridgins the development OF
our natural resources and we guarantee To the
people freedom Of pursuit ana lnallensDle
right to enjoy the full value of ali the property
that their labor produces. We hold IL as one OF
the truisms OF human existence dnd inodeFn
progress and enterprise that capital and labor
should go hand in hand in the general ad
vancement happiness and good oi THIS great
commonwealth. Therefore we claim that cap
ital and labor should stand on an equal footing
before the law, and that the laborer should al
ways receive n fair compensation fer fair
day s work. That both capital and labor have
the legal and unguestonaDle right 10 organize
for mutual protection and self-preseryation.
We believe that a National and State Board
of Labor Commissioners should be created by
law and made elective by the people, 10 Whom
all questions in dispute between capital and
{
concerned be compelled tn arbitrate and that
the decision OF such Board of Labor Commis-
sioners be final and binding alike on the EN-
ployer and employe
OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS REQUIRED OF ALL.
We denounce the criminal suspension OF the
laws of Congress by the president, such as the
purchasing clause OF the sherman Bullion Pur-
chasing Act; the Geary Act providing for the
deportation of unregistered Chinese, when Its
constitutionality has Deen affirmed by the Su-
preme Court and his neglect and refusal 10 en-
loTce the Anti trust and Interstate Commerce
Acts against wealthy offenders
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
We denounce the purchase and sale OF the
Elective Franchise as destructive of our ltbcr-
| ties and treason TO our Government. We de
mand the disfranch h isement of both parties to
the crime and the punishment Of the prisoner
| by fine and imprisonment Ihe franchise once
! sold shall be gone forever.
LOTTERIES
! The establishment OF lottery in this state
| would be a blot upon the people and would re
| suit in financial and moral degradation. There
| fore in the language OF our Constitution. No
lottery ticket shall be author zed by this State
nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed.
| We condemn in equal Il rms all Legislatures OF
| this slate which have attempted TO legislate or
authorize lotteries or the sale of lottery tickets
We are unalteraby opposed to the ratification
| of the proposed amendment to Section !, Ar
ticle H. of the Constitution OF our state, where
in il Ignores all questions OF amnesty 70 per,
| sons who after arriv ing at the age OF eighteen
| wears bear arms against the United states Gov
| arnment, for the reason that the same is un-
| Ameri, an in spirit and contrary To the clemeu-
! cy already extended TO such persons for over
thirty years, and we therefore recommend 10
the voters of the State TO vote No on this
| proposition.
! SCHOOLS.
We are justly proud of the public schools and
| Stale University OF Nevada; We believe they
should be fostered and protected above all
| other institutions. upon them rests the per
/ petuity of our Government and the security OF
our liberties. We are in favor of such legisla-
tion a, will increase the efficiency and raise
! the standard of the public schools and state
| University, until thorough education, with
out. expense. is placed within the reach OF
| ev cry child in Nevada.
| We denounce in the strongest terms the con
| stitutiOnal amendment to be submitted To the
| people at the ensuing election, providing tor
| the Investment OF school monies in other secd
rites than 5. Government or Nevada state
! bonds. and recommend 10 the electors OF this
state that the amendment referred TO, which
! provides famoug other lhingsl that our school
monies may be invested in any other bonds
| than National and Nevada state be voted
| against and defeated, and our millions of
school money saved from loss by unsafe in
We look to the Peoples Party of America as
the only national party in eXlatante To day
| honestly in favor of any of the above princi-
pies and reforms, and we pledge il the hearty
| support and cooperation OF the people of Ne
vada in its efforts TO maintain and carry out
| the same, and the nominee OF this convention
| for Congressman, in the event that he shall
! have a vote for President of the United States
as member OF the House OF Representatives
| is hereby pledged TO vote for the nominee OF
the People Party unless subsequently in.
structed otherwise by the silver Party of this
State
| We demand the enforcement of the Inter
state Commerce Act everywhere
| We are in favor OF an amendment To the
| Constitution of the United States providing for
| the election of United States Senators by "A di
rect vote of the people OF their respective
States.
We are in favor of the further restriction o.
! foreign immigration, and demand the entire
exclusion OF paupers, criminals and contract
| labor.
The able and efficient services of Senator
| Stewart and Jones and Congressman Newland
| in the Congress Of the United states in behal
of all interests. that promote the welfare OF our
people, are worthy of the endorsement OF every
patriotic citizen of our State,
| Resolved That as large expenditures are
made by the General Government in imprnv.
| ing the hatbors and rivers of the coast states
and the agricultural states of Ohio and MissiN'
sippi valleys equality and justice demands siut-
liar appropriations for public uses in the arid
regions, and we call on the Genera. Govern.
ment for liberal appropriations for storing and
| conserving at their sources the waters o. the
| streams and rivers of the ard region hts
| being done the reclamation of arid lands can
be conducted by the State or by private enter
! prise.