The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-16
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
An EnthusIastic Meeting at Vtrglnia
Saturday.

met at virginia City Saturday ana
nominated delegates to the National
Convention which meets at st. Louis
on June 10th. The convention was
largely attended by representative
men of the State. Harmony and q
unanimity ofo inion prevailed, except
on few minor details, and every one
seemed have Republican principals
at heart and laborsd for the best in
tsrests of the party. Ex-Governor
Colcord was elected Chairman and E.
D. VANDERBILT, Secretary.
A Committee Jon Credentials and
one on Platform was appointed and
the convention took recess for an
hour to give these committees time to
report. After the convention reas-
sembled the report of the Committee
on Credentials was adopted.
After that business had been trans
acted nominations for DELEGATES to St.
Louis was declared in order and the
following names presented for consid-
Grafton: w. w. Williams, of Church
hill, W. S. Bonnefeld of Humboldt,
A. G. Cleveland of White Pine, John
Tore of Eureka, P. L. Flanagan, w.
d. Philips and Geo. +. Turrittin of
Washoe, Enoch Strother, j, b. Over
ton and G. Fl. Colburn of Storey land
G. HI. Sproul Of Elko.
After the counties being called the
men having the six highest votes were
declared elected as follows Z. FL.
Sproul of Elko, with 1853 votes, w.
D.. Phillips and G. F; Turrittin of
Washoe, Enoch Strother and J. B.
Overton of Storey, A. 9. Cleveland of
White Pine.
On motion the other gentlemen
voted for but not elected, with S. A.
| d. Glasscock of White Pine added,
were declared elected IS alternatos as
foil VS.: z. L. Flanagan, S. A. d.
Glasscock, q. Ell. Colburn, w. A. Will
liams and w. S. Bonnifeld.
THE PLATFORM.
We, tho representatives of tbs Re-
| publican party of thu State of Nevada
pausing at the threshold tf the great
national political campaign of 1895,
congratulate the people of onr common
country in general, and of our State
in particular, upon the unnistakahls
evidences on every hand pointing With
unsrring certainty to an overwhslm-
ing victory next November, and the
Inauguration of an era of prosperity
that will drive away the dark clouds
of poverty and hard times which have
lowered over the whole country like
funeral drapery ever since the inaug-
ura ion Of the present national admin
istration. Be it resolvsd: 81
First-We again reitsrate our stead
fast devotion to the cause of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, and
, declare that in our judgment the re-
Sto-ation of the true bimetallic stan
dard of value as 1t existed previous to
1873-nanely, at the ratio Of 16 to 1
is an absolute and indispensable re-
quirsment before the financial system
of our government will afford the pso-
pie value of stable circulating money
sufficient to place the business of the
country on permanently prosperous
basis.
Second-We declare ourselves to be
infavor of no one for any public Office,
either humble or exalted, appertaining
to the State of Nevada, who is not in
the truest sense of the word an actual
resident of the State of Nevada, and
we cordially invite the cooperation of
all SO f respecting citizens of the State
regardless of their political sentiments
upon other questions, in aiding us to
displace our present non resident Sen
ators and Representative i'll the Cen
gress of the United States with a Ne
vada man, who, when not engaged in
the performance of their official duties,
will mingle with our people in an en-
deavor to ascertain from true sources
our necessities and our duties.
Third-We believe in protection for
the American farmer and manufacture
or, and especially do we demand pro-
lection Tor the American laborer as
againot sry and all foreign lsborers
who are not American citizens.
Fourth Bslie4ing thst the frse
non-seotarian public school system of