The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-09-01
A. c. CLEVELAND, THE MAN.

Republican State Convention COM
pletss its La bors.
The platform is one of the strongest
declaration of principles ever put be-
fore the people of Nevada. It is as fol-
lows.
The representatives of the Republi-
can party of the State of Nevada, in
convention assembled, enter upon the
campaign Of 1894 with no aim save
the good of the State of Nevada, de-
voted TO the best interests of all, firm
in the conviction of the justice of their
cause, and supremely confident that
while the minds of men may, at times,
be blinded by passion an the teachings
of false prophets, they cannot remain
permanently clouded, and that the
right will ultimately prevail. We look
upon.
SILVER PLANK.
First-The "silver question" as by
far the most important issue before
the people of this country to-day. We
believe that the destruction of the true
standard of value by the domonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873 was a grave
wrong to every silver mining State
and Territory in the Union; that it
increased the burdens of all debts and
enriched the creditor classes at the
expense of everybody else; that it
paraiyzed the productive energies of
the entire country, depressed business
Of every kind except that of money
lending; and that there can be no per-
manent return of prosperity to our
country until silver shall have been
restored to its full use and highest po-
sition as money metal; and as the
only perfect mode Of SO restoring it,
we deuand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 ounces of silver to l ounce
of gold, with full legal tender func-
tions accorded to each and no discrim-
nation against either. This action we
demand by the United States acting
Independently and wholly regardless
of what any other nation may or may
not do. We hereby pledge our candid
ate for Congress and request our Unit
ed States Senators to make the ques-
ton of silver paramount to every 9th
er, to treat it as strictly partisan,
which it is; to hold themselves free
from all party dictation concerning it
and to use all honorable means TO bring
about its complete restoration at the
old-time ratio of Is to 1.
LABOR QUESTION.
Second-We believe that under any
monetary system that can be adopted
the protection of the American pro-
Queer against the blighting and de-
structive competition of cheap labor
abroad is almost matter of vast i'm
portance to the great body of theAmeri-
can people. Upon this question we
are in hearty accord with the princi-
pies Of the National Republican party.
We believe that the woolgrower, the
silver-lead miner, the sulphur miner,
the borax maker, and all other pro-
ducers are entitled to live as BELTS
American freemen, without being
brought down to the wage level and
social conditions of the poorest paid
labor in the world.
Third-We arraign Senator Stewart
for his failure to vote on the motion
to strike out the differential duty on
refined sugar, thus not only showing
his disposition to favor the gigantic
sugar trust, but failing to kill at blow
the obnoxious Wilson bill, which is now
threatening the very existence of some
of the most important industries in the
State of Nevada, including that of wool
production, which even now furnishes
subsistence to large number of our
people.
Fourth-We recognize the fact if
the labor market is overstocked-if
there are millions of idle men clam
oring for work, the employer is given
an undue advantage, and despite the
best. directed and best intended efforts
Of labor organizations to prevent it,
the, price of labor is bound to fall.
This condition exists generally
throughout the United States at the
present time, and it is largely owing,
as we believe, to the vast tide of inn
migration constantly rolling into the