Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-07-12
DEMoCnATIC SATIOSAL. rLNr-
FORM.

United by tue majority OF the Conn
mittee on Resolutions:
We, Democrats of the United
States, in National Convention as
sembled. reaffirm orr allegiance IL
the great essential principles Of JUS
tice and liberty, upon which IL IN
stitution are founded and which the
Democratic party has maintained FROM
Jcfferon's time until our own.
Freedom OF speech, freedom Of
press, freedom of conscience; the
preservation OF personal rights, the
equality Of all citizens before the law.
and the faithful observance Of consti-
tutional limitations.
FINANCIAL PLANK.
Recognizing that tine money ques-
ton Is paramount to all others al this
time, we invite attention to the fact
that the Federal Constitution names
gold and silver together rs money
metals OF the United States, and that
the first coinage law passed by Con.
gress under the Constitution made
the silver dollar the unit Of valne and
admitted gold to free coinage Mt u
ratio measured by the silver dollar
unit. We declare the Act OF 1873, de-
monctizing silver without the know
ledge or approval of the American
people, has resulted in the apprecia-
ton of gold and Il corresponding fall
in prices OF commodities produced by
the people. The heavy increase i'll
the burden of taxation and OF all
debts. public and private. the enrich
mcnt Of the money lending class at
home and abroad, the paralysis OF in
dustry and the impoverishment OF the
people. We are unalternbly opposed
to Il single gold standard, which has
locked fast the prosperity OF an in
du%strious people in Il paralysis OF
hard times. The gold monometallism
is Il British policy, founded upon
British greed for gain and power, and
it's general adoption has brought the
other nations into a financial servi-
tudc to London.
1t IL not only un-American bnt an
ti-American, and it can be fastened
upon the United States only by the
sitting of that indomitable spirit and
love OF liberty which claimed our po
litical independence in l7TG, and won
1t in the war OF the Revolution.
We demand the immediate restora-
ton Of the free and unlimited coinage
Of gold and silver at the present legal
ratio Of l6 to ], without waiting for
the aid or consent OF any other nation.
We demand that Il standard silver
dollar shall be full legal tender equal
ly with gold for all deb,s, public and
private, and we favor such legislation
as will prevent the decentralization OF
any kind OF legal tender money by
private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and
practice OF surrcndcring to the hold
ers of obligations of the United States
the option reserved by law to the gov
crnmcnt Of redecming such obliga-
tons in either silver coin or gold
coin,
THE BoN ISSUE.
We dcnounce the issuance of bonds
in times Of peace. We demand that
the power to issue notes he taken
away from National Banks.
TARIFF DENOUNCED.
We denouncc the Mckinley law,
and aro in favor Of tariff for revenue
only, and oppose any changes in the.
present tariff until the money qlIcs-
ton il settled.
There would be no deficit in rcyen-
TIC but for the annulment 10y the Su-
premc Court Of laws passed by q
Democratic Congress in strict pur-
sunnce Of decisions OF that Court for
nearly leo years. that Court having
sustained tho constitutionnlity of
Congress to cuactmcnts by the best
judges who ever sat on the bench. |
We declare that it ia the duty Of Con-
grcRs to use all constitutional power
which remains after that decision, or
which may come from its reversal by
the Court ns it may hereafter be con-
siitutcd, so that the burdens Of taxa
ton may be equal, that wealth may
bear its due proportion OF tho cxpen.
ses Of the government.
FEDERAL AUTHORITY.
Wo dcnouncc tho arbitrary inter
ference by Federal authorities in
local affairs as u violation Of tho Con.
%stitutiOn OF .lIc United States and u
crime against free institutions. and wo
especially object to government in.
reference by injunction as n now md
highly dangerous form Of oppression,
by which Federal Judges in contempt
OF the laws OF States and rights Of
citizens become at once tho Legislators
judges and executors, and we approve
the bill passed at the last session Of
tho United States Senate and now
pending in tho House relative to COM
icmpts ia Federal Courts, and pro.
viding for trials by jury in certain
cases Of contempt.
THE FUNDING NIL,
No discrimination should bc indulg-
cd in by tho Government Of tho Unit.
cd States in favor Of my Of it's debt.
| ors. wa uuprnyo of tho refusal of