Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-09-22
PLATFORM AsD KEsoLUTIoss.


: Your Committee on Platform and
Resolutions sould respectfully report -
follows:
The Silver Party Of Nevada. in conven.
lion assembled. 81 Carson City. on the 4th
day Of September, 1894. declare that plat
forms should assert cardinal principles Of
political faith eoncerning questions OF
political interest and present moment
without equisocaiion or evasion. We bold
that history has demonstrated that these
principles are right and equitable, and
their observance necessary TO secure the
welfare and individual hsppiness for which
this Government Was established.
sILyEs.
We deny the right or authority Of the
Government Of the United States 70 pass
any Law restricting or sbridging the privi-
lsge Of any citizen 10 the fres coinage OF
silver into standard money 81 the legal
ratio Of I6 70 I Independent Of any other
nation. and We demand the repeal Of all
laws denying or sbTidging that right.
We assert that any Law denying or
abridging the right Of free coinage Of GOLD
and silver into standard money 81 the legal
ratio OF Is 10 / independent Of any other
nation, il Q denial o. the sovereignty OF
the people Of the United States ~ . nation
and Independent State, and Law 10 re-
strsint and a~bridgment Of production and
commerce.
We assert that from 1861 70 1894 inclu-
sive. speriod OF 81 years last past, the Demo
cratic party and Republican party have
made and administered tbs Law Of this ma
tion; that that period has been character
lied a. Of uninterrupted bountiful hsT-
vests and bountiful production from ell
our great natural and that our
people have made unparalleled advances
in skill, In every branch Of Manufacture
and s~rtizanship. that the period has been
one OF general health. and notwithstanding
the civil war, . period Of unparalleled
prosperity from 1861 down TO 1873. In
1878 the Republican party passed laws in
restraint Of the coinage Of money, denying
mintags to silver, the money We need In
the pocket Of every citizen and till Of
evsry store. The decadenee Of silver has
been steady. gradual and unrelenting 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, deld, 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 16 to l.
Three millions OF our people are without
the comforts and decencies OF life, every
industry In our patton IL restrained,
pinched and dwarfed BY the demonetizs-
laborer, producer and trsdesmAn In the
nation.
The volume OF money In circulation
should be speedily increased and always be
fully adequate for the requirements Of
business. That all money should be Q
legal tender for debts both public and pri-
vate. That no money should exist except
such - il issued directly by the National
Government. and nothing should be money
except gold, silver and Government paper. |
We favor the redemption Of Government
bonds and 9 prohibition Of any further L.
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 10
the United States - 1t natures without
any extension CT time or change Of terms
conditions.
A public Office IL public trust. No per-
son or party should be trusted who has
1nce violated that trust. Every citizen
should contributs 10 the support Of the
In proportion TO his means
md In accordance with the necessity OF
good government, but no Government
,hould augment this burden or enlarge
% necessities by unnecessary. needless In
crest bearing debts making useless e.
or By failing 70 promptly col
sct what Ia justly due IL, whether u be .
oan, Q tsx or tariff.
No grant should be made Of public prop
'rty for any other than . public purpose,
md 10 10 the duty Of the Government TO
Iscure TO the public the enjoyment Of ths
benefit which WA the confederation Of the
rant OF declare 10 forfeited.
We demand Government ownership Of