Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-07
California Republicans.

CALIFORNIA Republicans.
The Republican convention Of Cali
fornia completed it's labors yesterday
and adjourned. The great fight of
the convention was over the seating
Of the contrasting Spreckles and Spear
delegations from San Francisco. The
contest developed II good deal ot Bit
terness aud resulted in the seating of
the Spreckles delegation.
The. platform covers multiplicity
Of subjects, but is as silent as the
tomb OH the funding bill. 1t favors
a proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition of California extending the
elective franchise to women. 1t en-
dorses the course of Senato Perkins;
endorses the. work of the National
Republican League; favors free and
unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio
of 16 to l, and the making OF silver as
we'll as gold legal tender in pay
ment of all debts, both public and pri-
vate; favors good roads, and pledges
the Republican party 10 the p jlicy Of
constructing. throughout the country,
roads on scientific and economic
basis; demands naGional legislation on
foreign immigration that will etfectu-
ally keep out Of the country contract
laborers, paupers, criminals and dis
eased persons and classes whose
teachings and presence disturb social
peace and order, and demands such
change in the naturalization laws as
will prevent foreign born citizens,
unfit 70 exercise the franchise. from
becoming citizens; advocates that flu
ture treaties with other nations should
provide Ior the reciprocical deporta-
ton OF criminals and insane as would
make each nation provide for it's
own. Cd. ...E 49,.
White recognizing the right to es-
tablish schools through private enter
prise, it demands that none but non
sectarian free public schools shall re-
ceive public aid; endorses the propo-
.sition that farmers labor and
products should be protected, and as
prices obtained by farmers have late
ly been unremunerative, hence APP
proves the plan that the national gov
eminent should reduce the cost of
transportation of staple agricultural
f.rnlnntS from, A S<>
seaports, and favors the use Of linn
tied portion of the United States GUS
toms for this purpose and pledges the
party to enact such a law; pledges
the party to Legislation thoroughly
protecting the dairy interests and the
public from imposition in the sale of
dairy products; favors such aid and
protection to miners us will enable
them to obtain and develop their
property, and encourages all kinds of
mining, including hydraulic mining;
advocates the revision of the tariff
laws; condemns the policy of the
Democratic party for the last four
years, resulting IN destroying every
barrier to American protection. The
platform concludes with a ringing
endorsement Of Mckinley for Presi-
deut and instructs the delegates to
the National convention to vote for
him and to use their best endeavors
to procure his nomination.
U. s. Grant, Jr., OF San Diego, L.
A. Sheldon, Of Los Angeles, John d.
Spreckles and George A. Knight, of
San Francisco, wore elected delegates
to the National Convention on the
first ballot. Q. +. Crocker and Irving
M. Scott were nominated for Presi-
dental Electors and John NJ. Lynch
for Lieutenant Governor.
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