Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-11-02

beers and senator's, who voted Tor Il
voted. as the Republican committee
OF Nevada say, under -an almost re-
sistless pressure from their constit-
uents, or certain classes OF them at
home and that each man who so
voted did so gin obedience to power
behind him too great for him to defy"
Had the Republicans who thus voted
studied the question with DISPOSE
ton to get at the truth. and to install
justice, regardless of the clamor of
certain classes; had they. studied it
with half the assiduity with which
they studied the views of the nation
al bankers, they would have scorned
to vote! on any plea, for a policy
which they could not help knowing
would effect the destruction of the In.
dustries OF the country, and tInjustly
forfeit the property of the producers
into the hands OF money lenders, as.
well as relegate to idleness enormous
numbers Of willing workers. Had
the Democrats who voted for repeal
looked into the face Of the labor OF
the country with 1.-THE of the eager
ness with which they gazed into the
face of the president, they would have
defied the Establishments of executive
patronage, as well as the other spower
behind" which, as the committee say,
was too great for them to defy. That
joint act OF Republicans and of ad-
ministration Democrats set the clock
of American history back twenty
years, and placed this country in the
monetary condition established by
the demonetizing act Of 1873. Po-
itical parties that leap backward the
length of half a generation at timer
will hardly be able to keep up with
the needs of an active and progress
sive people. forward" not shack
ward" must be the watchword of the
American people.
The Republicans of Nevada know
that it is not the platform OF their
state convention, but the platform Of
the national convention that counts
with the party. They know thoy can
not give the slightest effect to any
silver plank which their state plat
form may contain. They are as help
less as children in the whole matter.
They also know that with both Re-
publicans and Democrats, the silver
planks of the national conventions,
when even appearing to mean any
ching at all, have been intended to
mean one thing In one part Of the
country, and another in another part;
and to mean one thing before election
and another thing afterward. The
silver plank in the platform of the
national Republican party is merely
the cover Of trap, which the party
proposes to continue setting with
quadrennial regularity, in order to
catch as nnahy votes as silver
Republicans will be foolish enough to
deposit to the credit Of the party.
1t must be borne in mind that the
main object Of the great quadrennial
conventions is to nominate a presi.
dent. Whatever planks may be
niece ssary to secure his election will
always be forthcoming. The benetici-
aries of the gold stand Ird wei kao1
that platform declarations, by which
the people are lulled into security,
are mere whited sepulchres-polishe
stepping stones upon which the can
didate Of the bankers and bondhold-
ers, by which every party nominated,
is to reach supreme power.
For the true convictions of party
we must look to the platform, decla-
rations Of localities in which it is
strong-in states where it has no need
of the silver vote, and where accord.