Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-10-20

sity of good Government hut no Government
should augment this burden or enlarge its me-
cessities by unnecessary needless interest bear
ing debts making US less expenditures, or by
failing to promptly collect what is justly due it,
whether il be loan, tax or tariff.
No grant should be made of public property
for any other than public purpose, aud it is
the duty of the Government To secure To the
pubic the enjoyment of the benefit which was
feited.
We demand Governmet ownership of tele
graph lines and Government subsidized rail
roads.
We demand that no law shall ever be enacted
restraining abridgine the development Of
our natural RESOURCES and we guarantee 10 the
people freedom of pursuit and inalienabe
right To enjoy the fun value OF ali the property
that their labor produces. We hold II aS one OF
the truisms OF human existence and modern
progress and enterprise, that capital and labor
should go hand in hand in the general ad
vancement. happiness and good OF 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 a air compensation ft r fair
day work. That both capital and labor have
the legal and nnquestiOnable right to organize
for mutual protection and self-pTeservation.
We believe that National and State Board
of Labor Commissioners should be created by
law and made elective by the people, u whom
all questions in dispute between capital and
labor should be referred, and that both partic,
concerned be compelled To arbitrate and that
the decision OF such Board of Labor Commis-
sioneTs be final and binding alike on the
ployer and employe.
oBEDfENCE TO THE LAWS REQUIRED OF ALL.
We denounce the criminal SUSPENSION of the
laws of Congress by the PRESIDENT, such a the
purchasing clause OF the sherman Bullion Par
chasing Act; the Geary Act providing for the
deportation OF unregistered Chinese. when its
constitutionality has Deen affirmed by The Sn-
preme Court, aud his neglect and refusal to en-
ioree the Anti trust aud Interstate Commerce
Acts against wealthy offenders
ELECTIVE FRANcHIsE.
We denounCe the purchase and sale of the
Elective Franchise a destructive of our liber
ties and treason 10 our Government We de
mand the disfranchisemeut of both parties 10
the crime, ana the punishment OF the prisoner
by fine and imprisonment. The franchise once
sold shall be gone forever.
LOTTERIES.
The establishment OF n lottery in this State
would be Il hot upon the people and would
suit in financial ard 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 terms all Legislature, OF
this state which have attempted to legislate or
authorize lotteries or the sale of lottery ii kets.
We are unalierably oppose ed to the ra ificatinn
of the proposed amendment to Sc. ttOn /, Ar
ticle H. of the Constitution ol our state. where
in il ignores all questions OF amnesty 10 per
sons who alter arriving at the age of eighteen
years, bear arms against the United state, GOV
~rnment ior the reason thar the saiue is un
Amerit an in spirit and contrary 10 the clemen
Cy already eNlcuded 10 hnCn persons lDF over
thirty years, and we therefore recommend 10
the voters Of the sta'e TO vote NO on this
proposition.
SCHOOLS.
We are Justly proud of the public schools and
State University o Nevada WE believe they
should be iostered aud protected above all
other institutions, a. upon them rest the per
petuiiv Of our Government and the ecuritV of
our liberties We are in svor Of su h egisln-
ton a, will in, rea~e the efficiency and raise
the standard Of the pubic :, hool> ana S1nte
Uuiversity, until a thorough education. with
ont expense is pla, ed Within the reach Of
et cry child in Nevada
We denounce in the strongest term, the con
stitutional amendment To be submit ed 70 the
people at the ensuing election prpvidiug or
the investment OF 5, hoOl monies i'll vthcr seen
rites than > Government or Nevada state
bonds. and recommend TO the eleetDv, this
state that the amendment referred to, which
provides Iamong other thinesl that our :, hrol
monies may be invested In any other b md.
than National and Nevada state be voted
against and defeated, and our millions of
school money saved from loss by unsafe in
Vestmcnt.
We look to the Peoples Party of America as
the only national party in eXistan, to day
honestly in iavor Of any Of the above pruci-
pies and reforms, ana we pledge il the hearty
support aud co operation o. the people OF Ne
vada In its efforts to maintain and AIRY out
the same, and the nominee OF this convention
for Congressman, in the event that re shall
have a vote for President oi the United States
as n member of the House of Representatives,
is hereby pledged to vote ior the nominee of
tne BtOpte idflNs unless subsequently IN
Structed otherwise by the silver Party Of this
State.
We demand the enforcement of the Inter
state Commerce Act every where.
We are in favor oi an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States providing for
the election Of United States senators by di
rect vote of the people of their respective
States.
We are In favor OF tho further restriction OF
foreign immigration, and demand the entire
exclusion OF paupers, criminals and contract
labor.
The able and efficient services of Senators
stewart and Jones and Congressman Newlaud,
in the Congress OF the United states in behalf
of all interests that promote the welfare of our
people, are worthy OF the endorsement oi every
patriotic citizen of our State
Resolved, That as large expenditures are
made by the General Government in improv
ing the harborS aud rivers of the coast states
and the agricultural States of Ohio and Missis-
sippi valleys equality and Justice demands sim.
liar appropriations for public uses III the arid
regions and we cali on the Genera! Govern
ment for liberal appropriations for storing and
conserving at their sour, es the waters OF the
streams and rivers of the ARID region This
being done the reclamation of arid land, can
be conducted by the state or by private enter,