Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-10-13
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

Your Committee on Platform and
Resolutions would respectfully report ss
follows;
The Silver Party Of Nevada, In Conven.
ton assembled, 81 Carson City, on the 4th
day Of September, 1894, declare that plat
forms should assert cardinal principles Of
political faith concerning questions OF
political interest and present moment
without equivooA.ion or evasion. We hold
that history has demonstrated that these
principles are right and equitable, and
their Observance necessary to secure the
welfare and Individual happiness for which
this Government was established.
SILVER.
We deny the right or authority Of the
Government Of the United States 10 pass
any Law restricting or abridging the privi-
lege OF any citizen TO the free coinage Of
silver into standard money Of the legal
ratio Of 10 TO l independent Of any other
nation, and we demand the repeal Of all
laws denying or abridsing that right.
We assert that any law denying or
abridging the right Of free coinage OF gold
and silver into standard money ct the legal
nation, 10 . denial Of the sovereignty OF
the people Of the United States % . nation
and Independent State, Anda Law 10 re-
strsint and abridgment Of production and
commerce.
We assert that from 1851 10 1894 inclu-
sivs, spsriod Of "a years last past,the Demo-
cratic party and Republican party have
made and administered the Law OF this na.
ton; that that period has been character
ICED ~ OF uninterrupted bountiful har-
vests and bountiful production from all
our great natural and that our
people have made unparalleled advances
10 skill, In every branch OF manufacture
and a~rtizanships that the period has been
one OF general health, and Notwithstanding
the civil war. Q period OF unparalleled
prosperity from 1861 down TO 1878. In
1878 the Republican party passed laws 10
restraint OF the coinage Of money, denying
mintsge to silver. the money we need 10
the pocket Of every citizen and till OF
every store. The decadence Of silver has
been steady, gradual and uprelen ling as
the grip Of the gold standard Of money
has closed around our industries and
labor. and the price Of every production Of
labor, by forest, field, mine and maufac-
ture. have fallen PARALLEL with the de-
csdency OF silver, which to-day 10 worth
less than so per cent Of its standard coin
age value at the legal ratio of 10 TO I.
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 demonetizs-
ton Of silver TO the great Injury Of every
laborer. producer and tradesmsn In the
nation.
The volume Of money in circulation
should be speedily increased and always be
Ill .--~ -. AkA .n-A-rnu -
business. That all money should be o
legal tender for debts both public and pri-
vste. That no money should exist except
Government, and nothing should be money |
except gold, silver and Government paper.
We favor the redemption Of Government
bonds and o prohibition OF any further 10.
sue thereof In time OF peace.
We demand the abolition OF National
We demand the collection OF the indebt-
edness Of the Pacific railway companies 70
the United States Is it natures without
any extension CT time or change Of terms
conditions.
A public Office 10 q public trust. No per-
son or party should be trusted who has
violated that rust. Every citizen
should contribute to the support OF the
Government In proportion to his means
and In accordance with the necessity OF
good government. but no Government
augment this burden or enlarge
Ia necessities by unnecessary. needless In.
terest bearing debts making useless ex.
or by failing to promptly col.
lect what Is justly due il, whether 10 be Q
loan. q tax or tariff.
No grant should be made OF public prop
srty for any other than 9 public purpose,
and 10 Is the duty Of the Government TO
10 the public the enjoyment Of the
which was the consideration OF the
grant or declare IL forfeited.
We demand Government ownership Of