Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-08
SILVER PLATFORM.

elected III 1904 OH Ine IOllOWlng Sill
yer platform: "We believe in hon
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucl
money withoutloss;" and immedlatel,
after tie election recommended tn,
repeal of the Bland act and the ute
demonetization of silver, and uset
the entire influence of his admins
tration to reduce tae money of the
world to the single gold standard
and was defeated by the people IL
1898; and
Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1885
was elected on the following plat
form ''The Republican party is in
favor Of the use of both gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic admins
trGtiun II its efforts to demonetize
! silver" and after his election insist
| ed Jpom the repeal Of the Rland act
| ana tie substitution therefor Of the
| cel blated Window silver bullion
! Gl, Ivy rhe terms which bullion was
,o be deposited in the treasury and
I certificates issued therefor; redeem
n L iu bulli5n, not III money, which
| would have placed silver upon a like
footing with wheat, corn or any other
commodity deposited and warehouse
receipts issued thereon. The COM
| promise act Of 1890 was extorted
from him 70 save the tariff, and since
its passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
adminis ira ion Of the government
and the refusal Of the treasury de-
pariment, b. direction of the pEesi-
dent, ii use silver as money or to
coin silver, as required by the act.
to provide for the redemption of the
treasury notes issued in the purchase
of bullion; and
WHEEEAs, 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
an international conference, provided
the ratio can be 50 changed as to
make the commercial value of the
silver dollar equal to the commercial
value Of tie gold dollar, which it i'm
possible f5r the marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance He
would take Advantage of the "bear"
movement a the conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
ment to depress the price of silver,
aud lie combination Of the nations of
the world maintain for the benefit of
tile owners Of gold such depressed
price aud
Whereas, the administration and
Tire gold men III the Republican party
III the DIST congress conspired to con-
solidate the government by depriving
the people of a free ballot by the
passage Of the odious force bill, which
provides for the appointment of an
unlimited number of supervisors of
election and deputy marshals, to be
paid out of the treasury of the
United States from standing ap-
preparation This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds of thous-
auds Of political workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision Of the re
turns IF elections throughout the
United States; and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
house Representatives except those
trln tbs mining states, were bitterly
opposed t. the force bill and regarded
Is as destructive Of free government
and designed to secure negro doni>
ration IL the south, and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
house of representatives by only SIX
majority, and the following so-called ;
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
OF COLORADO; Il, F. Bartine
Nevada Blnger Hermann, Oregon,
ana Ihos IL. Carter Montana, had {
the power to defeat it by seyering
themselves from the gold advocates {
md joining with the friends of silver, 6
but they refused to do so, and there $
by created breech between the sill |
yer producing states and the great 6
mass Of silver men III the west and
SOUTH which hes ever since contrib t
lted to prevent the passage Of free q
coinage bin III the house; and G
Whereas, William M. Stewart was !
he FIST Republican in the senate to r
ON hands with the silver men III the Il
Democratic party in the defeat j
# the force bill III the senate and by d
lis efforts, with the aid of portion t
# the silver Republicans, rescued the Q
ountry from the calamity which that L
evolutionary measure would have c
aused, aud silver party was created )
n the senate sufficiently stroug to
Ass through that body in the last fl
nd in the present congress free a
oinaee bil. pure and simple The K
i'll which passed IN the sd congress st
Tas postponed in the house and is v
till pending for action; and ri
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the al
larnson policy Of the federal. inter al
ererce in local elections, as exem- 1t
lined in the force bill, would place al
he State of Nevada in opposition to
he friends of silver throughout the OF
ountry: therefore, be it 81