The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-09-01
THE STATE PLATFORMS.
Declarations Of Principles Made by the Fusion
Conventions.

Silver parties OF NeVdud are now before
tbe people as a fusion ticket, and they
stand upon what is essentially a fusion
nlatform Each of these parties adopted
its own declaration of principles. These
declarations differ slightly in matters of
detail and much in phraseology, but
very little in substance Both are strongly
for the free coinage of silver. The mode
Of statement is conservative and digni-
fed but there is no weakening in Me-
vadas demand upon this question. The
specific endorsement of the Kansas City
money plank in itself definitely settles
the status of the Democracy of Nevada;
but this is reinforced by detailed state
ment which leaves nothing in doubt. So
far as the Silver party is concerned 1t
needed no platform declaration upon sill
yer. Loke Bryan, 1t is pltform in itself.
But 1t has a declaration in favor of free
coinage which is absolutely unequvocal
and which cannot possibly be misunder-
stood.
Each party demands legislation for the
curbing of the trusts, and the modiica-
tion of the tariff so as to prevent these
cormorants of business from overcharg-
ing the American consumer. Upon inn
perialism, bank currency, labor and all
matters of local import the two parties
In perfect accord. But aside from
this the candidates of both parties have
strongly and unreservedly endorsed both
platforms; so that for the purpose of the
campaign the two platforms are to be
considered as one Hence they should
eb read together. and the one taken
to reinforce the other wherever rein
forcement is necessary
The Democratic platform is rather
more elaborate than that of the Silver
party, and II is certainly one of the
most comprehensive and forceful ever
presented by any party to the voters of
Nevada. 1t cannot be satisfactorily re-
viewed within the limits of an editorial
of reasonable length. 1t should be read
and studies by the voters themselves. 1t
has been most carefully drawn. and
while It's arraignment of the Republican
party is unsparing, the arragnment is
couched in dignified landguage. and bet
ter still 1t is fully sustained by the rec
ord which that party has made.
Its fiaying of Stewart is probably the
most severe ever administered by any
political party In this country to one
who was once a trusted public official of
high rank. No one SENS to question the
justice of the castigation. but few
have expressed the opinion that Mr..
Stewart comes too near being a political
corpse to merit any notice whatever.
This would be eminently true were it not
for the circumstance that he has sud-
denly ioomed up as the leader of the
party which so frequently denounced him
as political traitor OF the deepest
dye, which party he has just as fire.
quently denounced as a mere machine for
the registry of the will of the gold con-
spirators."
Without descending to meaningless,
ranting, demagogy, the platform puts
itself fairly in line with the just de-
mands of labor Itcould not have done
otherwise for the Democratic party, re-
gardless of all platform utterances. is
essentially the party elements constitute
whom the laboring eleemnts constitute
the great bulk. The chief aim of the
national Democracy is to bring back the
government to those foundation princi-
pies of justice and equality, which dur
Ing all the earlier days of the republic
Il constituted its true glory and great
Il ness.
The concluding plank. which deals with
she State government is worthy of the
most careful consideration. 1t invites at
tention to the splendid record made by
H our State administrations since the Re-
publican party lost its predominance,
and does this for the purpose of meeting
the false cry that capital and vested In
terests generally will be insecure unless
'he Republican party is In control of the
state government The truth is that
while the Democratic party is not like
It's opponents, the creature of the capt.
'alistic classes. 1t has never yet aimed
an unjust blow at capital, and would pro-
tect alike both the rich and the poor. But
il II makes eternal war upon that policy
which shapes all our national legisla-
uon to the primary advantage of certain
capitalistic classes, leaving labor in all
lis forms to pick up whatever crumbs II
Incidentally may--that is such as the ia
Vored classes may voluntarily dole out.
so far as this State is concerned the
interests of both capital and labor will
pe best safeguarded by the Democratic
ana Silver parties. because the policy OF
'hese two parties is policy of West
ern Industrial development. Let any Phil
adeiphia capitalist who has invested In