Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-07-14

Extracts From That Document That
Meet Popular Favor.


Meet Popular Favor.
I'VE favor an amendment to the
Federal Constitution providing for the
election Of United States Senators BY
direct vote Of the people. and We favor
direct legislation wherever practicable.
1--WE are opposed to government by
injunction; We denounce the black
list and favor arbitration as q means
of settling disputes between corpora
tions and their employees.
I'VE favor an intelligent system ol
improving the arid lands Of the West,
storing the waters for the purpose Of
irrigation and the holding OF such
lands for actual settlers.
Private monopolies are indefensible
and intolerable. They destroy CON-
petition, control the price Of all mate
rial and finished products. thus robbing
both producer and consumer. They
lessen the employment OF labor and
arbitrarily fix the terms and conditions
thereof, and deprive individual energy
and small capital Of their opportunity
for betterment.
Believing in the principles of self
government and rejecting, as did our
forefathers, the claim OF monarchy,
We view with indignation the purpose
OF England to oveFwhelm with force
the South African Republics. Speak.
ing, as we believe, for the entire
American nation, except its Republic
can office-holders, and for ell free men
everywhere, We extend our sympathy
to the heroic burghers in their unequal
struggle to maintain their liberty and
independence.
"We reiterate the demand of the
platform OF 1896 for an American
financial system made by the Amer
lean people for themselves, which
shall restore and maintain bimet-
allie price level. and as part OF that
system, the immediate restoration Of
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver and gold at the present legal
ratio OF 16 to l without waiting for
the aid or consent Of any other Ma
tion.
"We denounce the currency bill en-
acted at the last session OF Congress as
step forward in the Republican pol
icy which aims to discredit the SOW
ereign right of the National Govern
ment to issue all money. whether coin
or paper, and to bestow upon national
banks the power to issue and control
the volume Of paper money for their
own benefit. A permanent national
bank currency, secured by Govern
ment bonds, must have permanent
debt to rest upon, and if the bank
currency is to increase with populs-
ton and business, the debt must also
increase. The Republican currency
scheme is, therefore q scheme for
fastening upon the taxpayers perpet-
ual and growing debt for the benefit oil
the banks. We are opposed to private
corporation paper circulated as money,
but without legal tender qualities, and
demand the retirement Of national
bank notes, as the Government paper
OF silver certificates can be substituted
for them.
Believing that our most cherished
institutions are in great peril; that the
very existence Of our constitutions
republic is at stake, and that the de-
cision now to be rendered will deter
mine whether or not our children are
to enjoy those blessed privileges Of fres
government which have made ths
United States great. prosperous ant
honored, we earnestly ask for thu
foregoing declaration of principles th'
hearty support of the liberty-lovinl
American people, regardless Of pre-
vious party affiliations"