Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-10-14
Democratic
State Platform.

Tie Democrats of Nevada III Con-
vcnIon assembled declare rs fol-
lows:
We endorse ever liue. word and
syllable of the platform adopted by
the Democratic National Convention
at Chicago in 1895. with particular
emphasis upon the RESOLUTION advo.
eating the free and unlimited coinage
az hOth gold and silver and without
the Hii or consent ut Any ration on
the face Of the earth.
We glory in the achievements of
the Army and Navy, in the late war
with Spain and wc commend the
Democratic Congressman III their
course upon the prosecution o! the
Il as patriotic, staiCsmanlikc and
compatible with the honor and dig.
nifty OF our nation.
We aGr.c with Senator Teller. nm
ardent PrOtcctiOncst. that the DINGHY
law WIS formulated aud passed not
iur protection of American labor, nor
for the purpose Of revenue for the
government, but exclusively IN the IN
tcrcst ut the monUpulies aud trusts,
which furnished the corruption money
To carry uu the Mckinley cumplign.
We furthermore declare wiLhput
Tear OF successful cOnirndiC iuu. TINT
any or NIL OF the provisions Of tic III
lannon's law do not. directly or midi
rcctly benefit. To- !hC amount Of q far
thing one hundred ncfuRi rc-ideuts
OF Nevada whIlc the entire ucOplr OF
the State are additionally taxed in
increased prices az the ucCusstrics of
lie Ia an amount more than s~HflCient
to defrHi the entire cXDrUSps OF the
State gOvcI nmeHi. And it is with
shame md humiliation That we point
to the fact TINT this measure 50 dis
trcsslul Ia the people Df Nevada was
passed by the all Of II Senators
without which it could never have
become q law.
We demand Home Rule for the
people Of Nevada. Our National
Government iHaugurdtcd u bloody
and expensive war tO insure Home
Rule for the CubnGs. and yet the
Sovereign State Of Nevada has for
years, and still is. under more nhjcct
scrvitude la the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, represented by
non residents uf III" State than were
'h'a iit SiAlttibN illtlNit El4l~t-l Nltlll 10
the Spanish Crown. We insist and de.
mand that our STATE shall be repre-
scented at Washington by actual resi-
dents OF Nevada, instead OF lay men
whose sole interests in our Common
wealth consist i'll its use TO them for
oiilcc seeking purposes and whose
sole contributions to the pcOEle OF
the Stat" are limited To the money
C~Crruptly used To secure ihGir own
elections.
We rcrOIniZn the Democratic ms
the only Silver party in the Nation,
and upon whose success in 1900 de-
ponds the rccstahlishmcnt OF silver
to its former place IN the monetary
system Of the Republic. We regard
al local political organizations. pro.
Tossing To favor bimcinili, m. na not
only useless. but absolutely obstruct-
i've to lie eau they pretend tn fug.
ter. The 50. called Silver purity 81!
Nevada 10 especially detrimental 10
the silver interest. Its State Admin.
i~slraliOn III the Inst few years has
been rcplcte with scandals which are
u Disgrace Ia tie Commonwealth.
It's continued existence is I'M insult
to the great Silver party Of the Ma.
tion which in 1896 polIcl nearly six
millions Of votes for the hi.mCtnllic
cuusC. and its death would be- mourn.
cd only 10y a few Office seekers who
hive maintained Il IN tho hope oF he.
ing elected 10 positions which they
could not obtain from any other
party III tho State.
"c favor Tho election Of United
Stnics Senators by the people. in.
stead of Legislatures. We Ia licyc
that Nevada has suffered more from
tho present system ihuii my Other
State III the Union and We most earn.
cstiy demand such change Us will. to
Il partial extent Mt least. prevent the
grnEs frauds and corruption as has
md which is now prevailing in our
Senatorial elections.
Tho Democratic party Of Nevada IL
III favor OF utilizing and developing
the natural resources Of the State:
We. therefore advocate u policy Of
internal Improvements by which the
surplus water OF our rivers may be
"impOundcd in reservoirs and used In
rcclaiming and irrigntirg ihC unOc
cupiCd agricultural lands ~ the Statc
mud opening the snlnc ia futilnmrni
and cultivation. thereby inducing
Immigration for the de vcinpmout Of
tho agricultural products Of The Stntc
and increase Of oar population, and
We favor liberal legislation md tho
appropriation q; state funds lot such
purposes.
Wc demand that our National Gov.
eminent hold possession Of the Phil !
ippinc Islands. 90 that the products !
and trade OF these Islands may be
brought to our shores. ns such u pol.
icy wonld result in great profit aud
commercial advantages TO the paci.
tic COast.
We most earnestly advise the Dem.
IN every county IN the STATE Ia