Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1894-09-29
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
Your Committee on Platform and
Resolutions would respectfully report as
follows:
The Silver Party OF Nevada. in Conven.
ton assembled, at Carson City, on the 4th
day Of September, 1894. declare that plat
for ms should assert cardinal principles OF
political faith concerning questions OF
political interest and present moment
without equivocation 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 to pass
any law restricting or ~sbridging the privi-
lege Of any citizen 10 the free coinage Of
silver into standard money ct the legal
ratio Of 16 to l independent Of any other
nation, and we demand the repeal OF all
laws denying or abridgipg that right.
We assert that any law denying or
sbridging the right Of free coinage Of gold
and silver into standard money ~ the legei
ratio OF 16 to ! Independent OF any other
uAIlQng 10 = aCai8A VI - oONSAtAAht "a
the people Of the United States ss . nation
and Independent. State, anda law In re-
straint and a~bridgment Of production and
commerce.
We assert that from 1851 TO 1894 inclu-
sive. aperiod Of 81 years last past, the Demo-
cratic party and Republican party have
made and administered the law Of thiSus.
ton; that hal period has been character
ICED o. Of uninterrupted bountiful har-
vests and bountiful production from all
our great natural and that our
people have made unparalleled advances
in skill. in every branch OF manufacture
and a~rtizanship. that the period has been
one OF general health, and Notwithstanding
the civil war, . period OF unparalleled
prosperity from 1861 down 70 1878. In
1878 the Republican party passed laws 10
restraint OF the coinage Of money, denying
mintage 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 unrelen ting 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 Is worth
less than so per cent Of Its standard coin
g value at the legal ratio Of 16 TO I.
Three millions OF our people are without
the comforts and decencies OF life. every
industry In our nation Ia restrained,
pinched and dwarfed by the ~demonetizs-
ton of silver TO the great injury Of every
iaborer, producer and tradesman 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 81
legal tender for debts both public and pri-
vste. That no money should exist except
such As IL issued directly BY the National
except gold, silver and Government paper. |
We favor the redemption OF Government
bonds and Q prohibition Of any further 10. |
sue thereof In time Of peace.
We demand the abolition OF National
banks. |
We demand the collection OF The indebt-
edness OF the Pacific railway companies 70
the United States - 1t natures without
any extension CT time or change Of terms
or conditions.
A public Office Is q public trust. No per-
son or party should be trusted who has
once violated that rust. Every citizen
should contribute to the support OF the
In proportion TO his means
and 10 accordance with the necessity OF
good government. but no Government
should augment this burden or enlarge
lie necessities by unnecessary. needless in
bearing debts making useless 81.
or by failing 10 promptly COL
lect what is Justly due il, whether il be .
loan. a tax or tariff.
No grant should be made OF public prop
srty for any other than . public purpose,
and II 10 the duty Of the Government to
secure to the public the enjoyment Of the
benefit which was the consideration Of the
grant or declare 10 forfeited.
We demand Government ownership Of