Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-08
SILVER PLATFORM

Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr. Cleveland wa
elected III 1884 on the following sill
yer PLATFORM eve believe in hon,
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
iating medium convertible into sucl
money without loss;" and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act and the utter
| demone, zation of silver, and use
the entire influence of his admins
tration to reduce the money Of the
world to the single gold standard,
and was defeated by the people in
1888; and
Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1855
was elected Oh the following plat
form: ,'The Republican party is in
! favot Of the use Of 6o,h gold and sill
yer as money, and condemns the
policy Of the Democratic Admins
.la.iAn Ill is p16ats TO l'eNu ctize
! rc,, a..C .lat il ! t.ecsipu INSIST
j a. aana tae a q ,he Eitnl aos
tG lie s-sbs t.efefar II l!..
a-..et s,fs.s.s Slitel ofiiloa
i. ,esi. watch tuyi;oa was
! d tc deposited III the teltsl:y ana
cs..t.'ic ,les is$.,t Uieretu,; redeem
ab'e y lui.j>r, aot II ,Ioacy, which
wot'..,. ,.s.re pres sliver upopa Ike
hlu;i,.5 Y III Ndcas, co:u.nr any otheg
coamsdltJ deposited ANA warehouse
receipts iSju9d thereon. Ths com
lo.ai,, az Il t3a0 was extorte1
ltan lh1 to saw Tie tariff, and since
as9agc cvesy b ne.cial feature
j. con aimee. has been 1ha arteI by the
ADMINISTRATION of the government
aud jh rcf..s5l Of the treasury de-
plrane u direction Of the presi-
dent, t use lver as money or to
coin silver, rs required by the act,
e provide for the redemption of the
treasury ties issued IN the purchase
Of bullion; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
dated the platform Of his party made
at Minneapolis, which was sufficiently
radical for gold to satisfy the gold
press, and now declares in his letter
Of acceptance that he is opposed to
independent action on the part Of
the United States, but is in favor of
IN international conference, provided
the ratio can be so changed as to
make the commercial value of the
silver dollar equal to the commercial
value Of the Gold dollar, which it i'm
stole for the marked price Of sil-
ever hereafter to advance. He
oGld take advantage of the bear
aleyement Of the Conspiracy between
England and tie treasury depart
mcut to 'epress the price o; liver,
Ia be combination Of the nations Of
the world maintain for the benefit Of
the own Is # gold such depressed
j price ana
Whereas. iAe administration and
the gold men in the Republican party
81 the DIST congress conspired to con
liiatc the government by deprivlng
liz people Of free ballot by the
,..asage Of the odious force bill, which
provides for the appointment of an
unlimited number of supervisors of
lection and deputy marshals, to be
naid out of the treasury of the
nited States from standing ap-
Il opriation. This would enabled the
xecutive to have hundreds Of thous
ands of political workers at he'polls,
uith power Of supervision of the re-
urns of elections throu5 hout the
nited States; and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
hoase Of repres sntatires except those
from the mining states, were bitteri y
opposed 70 the force bill and regarded
d as destructive Of free government
.,.l DESIGNED to secure negro dolAi-
Aation III the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
mousse Of representatives by only SIX
majority, aud the following so-called !
$ liver Republicans, nelly: Hosea
Townsend Of Colorado; Ii, +. Bartine /
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon, /
and Thos II. Carter Montana, had
lie power to defeat it by severing
themselves from the GOLD advocates
and joining with the friends of silver, I
but they refused to do 50, and there |
~ created a breech between the sill .
yer producing states and the great
mass of silver men III tine west and |
south, which has ever siuce contrib
,ited to prevent the passage of a free
coinage bill IL the house; and
Whereas, William NJ. Stewart was
the first Republican, in tie senate to
join hands with the silver men III the
Democratic party III the defeat
Of the force bill iii the senate and by
his efforts, with the aid of portion
# the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
evolutionary measure wodld have
caused, aud silver party was created
in the senate sufficiently stroug to
pass through that body in the last
ana III the present congress a free
eoinage bill pure and simple. The
Bill hieh passed ii the 52l congress
was postponed in the house and is
still pending for action; and
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the
Harrison policy Of the federal inter
2ererce ii local elections, as exem-
Diiied in the force bill, would place
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