Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-10-20

DenlOGQ|iC stole P|qII0TTl.
We hail with satisfaction the nominal
! ton of William Jennings Bryan ana Al,
1 lai E. Stevenson for the Presidency ana
/ Vice Presidency of the United states,
/ by the action of the Democratic, Silver
Republican and Populist parties OF the
! United States.
! We rejoice that the new Democracy
of 1896, which was the old Democracy OF
| Jefferson, and is closely allied in faith
and purpose to the Republicanism OF LIN
coin, has again been reasserted In 1900,
and that it is receiving the united sup
port of the reform forces. We declare
our belief that no reason now exists TOT
the division of the reform forces into
three independent organizations and that
unity of organization, as well as unity OF
purpose, is the demand of the hour
We believe that the doctrines of the
! Chicago and Kansas City platforms cover
all that is needed in the enforcement or
our traditional principles of government.
( and all that is now attainable In the line
! of reform, and should satisfy the reason.
! able expectations of all reformers ana
lovers of their country; that the pure
and exalted character of William Jen-
nings Bryan fill every requirement OF
| leadership, and that patriotic duty de-
mands the perfect union into one politi-
cal party Organization of all the parties
now enlisted under his leadership.
National Platform.
/ We endorse the platform of the nation
al Democratic party, adopted at Kansas
! CITY and pledge our support to all OF
its declarations, and particularly to those
relating to the silver and monetary. ques-
tions. and also Imperialism and the
trusts, the natural offspring OF the pi tu.
which has increased in holiness and IN
tensity since the decentralization of sill
yer in 1873. until now, in 1900, IT mas prac-
tically substituted for the Declaration or
| Independence the methods of imperialism
in the administration of our national
| government.
Silver Question.
We hold that the silver question is one
I of the important issues of this campaign,
and that IL will never be permanently
I settled until our mints are opened to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
| the ratio of sixteen to one, regardless or
the consent of other nations. We con-
graduate the supporters of Bryan ana
/ Stevenson in Nevada that they are not
subjected to the humiliauing necessity or
abrogating or modifying any plank in
their national platform for the accommo-
1 dation of their Congressional nominee
The platform as adopted at Kansas City
7 is broad enough for our national and
State candidates, and it contains not a
word, the elimination of which would
1 add an iota of strength to the local nom
inees.
Trusts.
/ We oppose the trusts and combinations
which control the products of industry
and levy tribute upon the people, and we
denounce the Republican party which
creates and fosters them. We especially
denounce the scheme of the Republican
Administration TO create the greatest
/ of all monopolies, In delegating TO the
! national banks the exclusive right to
make and issue the peoples money.
Our Flag.
/ We condemn the cowardly and incon-
/ sistent course of the Republican Admin
/ istration, which plants our flag OF free
/ dom defiantly In the faces of those strug-
1 Cling for liberty In the Philippines. yet
hauls 1t down from where 1t has honor
ably and rightfully been for a third of
century. in the Porcupine mining district
of Alaska.
The Boers.
We extend to the brave Beers of South
Africa our sympathy and moral support
| in their patriotic struggle for the right
of self-government, and we are unalter-
ably opposed to any alliance, open or
covert, between the United States and
any other nation which will tend to the
destruction or abridgement of human lib
erty.
Porto Rico.
The Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution and the flag are one and in
separable The island of Porto Rico is
2
States, and by denying the freedom of
trade between that island and the United
States, and placing upon 1t the burdens
of certain duties, as well as by denying
its people a Delegate to Congress, the
Administration has violated the Consti-
tuition, abandoned the fundamental prtn-
ciples of American liberty, and has striv-
en- to give the lie to the contention of our
forefathers that all men are created
equal that government rests for Its sane
ton upon the consent of the governed,
and that representation and taxation are
inseperable.
Lotteries aud prizeiighting.
We reject the proposed Constitutional
amendment removing the prohibition as
to lotteries. We also favor the repeal of
the statute licensing prizefighting in Me-
vada, and pledge our Legislative nomi-
nees to vote in accordance with the let
ter and spirit of both sections OF this res
olution.
We believe in the regulation of the
hours of labor by the State. and that
shortening of such hours will tend to
the material advancement, prosperity and
happiness of those who labor. We there
fore pledge our candidates for the LegtS-
law applicable to all labor in mines.
mills, shelters and other works for re-
ducing or refining ores, and to extend
such law to other classes Of labor to
consulting with the representatives of
such classes, and to provide by law for
adding to the duties of one of the State
officers, without additional salary, the
shall collect all statistics relating to la
Dor In this State, and who shall make
recommendations to the Legislature
from time to time as to appropriate leg
islation.
Water Storage.