The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-02
PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.

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| Adlai T.. Stevenson for the Presidency
and 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
| Lincoln, has again been re- asserted in
| 1900 and that it is receiving the united
support of the reform forces. We declare
our belief that no reason now exists for
the division of the reform forces into
tthree 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 of
our traditional principles OF gov ernment,
and all that is now attainable in the line
of reform, and should satisfy the reason-
able expectations of all reforlner> and
lovers of their country, that the pure and
exalted character, the marked ability and
high patriotism of William Jennings
Bryan, fill every requirement of leader
ship, and that patriotic duty demands the
perfect union into one political organiza-
ton of all the parties now enlisted une or
his leadership.
National Platform - We endorse the
platform of the National Democratic
party, adopted at Kansas City and pledge
our support to all of its declarations, q
particularly those relating to tho silver
and monetary question, and also i'm
perialism and the trusts, the natural off
spring of the plutocratic policy of the Re
! publican party; which has increased in
/ boldness and Intensity since the demon
citation of silver in 1873. until now. IL
! 1900 it has practically substituted for the
Declaration of Independence, the methods
of imperialism i'll the Administration OF
our national government.
| Silver Question-We hold that the Sill
yer question is still one of the important
issues of this campaign, and that it will
never be permanently settled until our
] minis are opened to the free and un
limited coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one, regardless OF the
consent of other nations. We congratu-
late the supporters of Bryan and Steven
son in Nevada that they are not sub
jected to the Illuminating necessity oi
abrogating or modifying any plank il
their national platform for the accommo-
dation OF their Congressional nominee
The platform as adopted at Kansas City
is broad enough for our national ant
State candidates, and it contains not
word, she elimination of which would ado
an iota of strength to the local nominees
Trusts-We oppose the trusts and com
binations which control the products o
industry and levy tribute upon the people
and we denounce the Republican party
which creates and fosters them. We es
pecially denounce the scheme of the Re
publican Administration to create tn,
greatest of all monopolies, in delegatinl
to the national banks the exclusive RICH
to make and issue the peoples money.
Our F'lag-We condemn the cowardl |,
and inconsistent course of the Republi
can Administration, which plants on
"A.
those struggling for liberty in the Philip
pines, yet hauls il down from where i
has honorably aud rightfully been for
third OF a century, III the Porcupine Min
ing District of Alaska.
The Boers-We extend to the BRAY,
Beers of South Africa, our sympathy anC
moral support in their patriotic strnggl,
for the right of seli-governinent, anu w
are unalterably opposed to any alliance
open or covert, between the United State
and any other nation, which will tend Il
the destruction or abridgement of human
liberty.
Porto Rico-The Declaration of indie
pendence, the Constitution and the Flag
are one and iuseparable. The island o
Porto Rico is a part OF the territory of tn.
| United States, and by denying freedom
of trade between that island and til,
United States, and placing upon ii the
burdens of certain duties, as well as by
the Administration has VIOLATED the
Constitution, abandoned the fundamental
principles of American liberty, and has
striven to give the lie to the contention
of our fore fathers 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
| inseparable.
Lotteries and Prize Fighting-We re-
ject the proposed constitutional amend
ment removing the prohibition as to lot
teries. We also favor the repeal of the
statute licensing prize fighting in Nevada
| and pledge our legislative nominees to
vote in accordance with the letter and
spirit of both of the sections of this reso-
| luton.
Labor-We believe in the regulation of
the hours oflabor by the State, and that a
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 legisla-
| ture 10 the passage of an eight-hour law
| applicable To all labor in mines, mills
| smeltcrs and other works for reducing OF
refining ores, and to extend such law 10
other elasses of labor to which it is appli-
cable, after hearing and consulting with
the representatives of such classes, and 10
provide by law for adding to the duties
of one of the State officers, without adai-
tional salary, the duty of q Commissioners
of Labor, who shall collect all statistics
relating to labor in this State, and who
shall make recommendations to the Leg
islature from time TO time as to appro-
4 pirate legislation.
Water Storage-We believe that water
storage for arid lands should be recog-
nized by the general government as
part of its internal Improvement system
and that liberal appropriations should b,
made for that purpose, and we call atten-
ton 20 the specific declaration in this be.
half in the National platform, favorinl
an intelligent system of improving The
arid lands of the West, storing the water.
for the purpose of irrigation, and tn,
holding of such lands for actual settlers
We believe that the development of tn,
republic within the arid regions, by ;
proper system of internal improvement
will build up an empire based on eqna
citizenship. far surprising the power an,
glory of any empire based on the acquisi
ton of distant countries and tile subiec
ton of inferior races.
University and Schools--We recogniz,
the high efficiency and usefulness of GU
University, and favor legislation which
will advance its aims and purposes. w,
also recognize the necessity of maintain