Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-09-28
SILVER PLATFORM.

est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucl
money without.oss; and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act and the utter
| decentralization of silver, and usec
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 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
tration III Its efforts to demoaetize
silver: ana after his election insist
ed upon the repeal Of the BIZ act
and The substitution therefor Of the
! celebrated Window silver bullion
iii, by the terms which bullion was
t. he deposited in the treasury and
certificates issued therefor. redeem
able i'll bullion, not in money, which
would have placed silver upon 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 to save the tariff, and since
Its passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
and the refusal Of the treasury de-
partment, BY direction of the presi-
dent, T. use lyer as money or to
coin silver, g. equired by the act,
to provide for the redemption of the
treasury notes 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
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 the goGl collar, which it I'M
possible for the marked plce of ST.
veI ever aiJcr to advance He
would IL ;lvantage II the bear
movement u the conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
ment TO depress The price Of silver,
and be combination Of the nations OF
the world maintain for the benefit Of
the owners If gold such depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
the gold men in the Republican party
in the 3Ist congress conspired to con-
solidate the government by deprivlng
the people Of 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
| nilcl STATES from standing APP
lsa, riatiou THIS would enabled the
executive Il lave hundreds of thous
9nds q political workers at the polls, !
with power Of supervision Of the re-
turns II elections thgou hout the
| aited States: an
Whereas, al the silver men III the
house Of representatives except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
is as destructive Of free government
md designed to secure negro doini-
nation in the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
house OF representatives by only six
and the following so-called
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
Townsend of Colorado; H, F. Bartlne
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
md TAos. IL. Carter Montana, had
lie power to defeat it by severing
themselves from the gold advocates
md joining wiilrthe friends of silver,
out they refused to do so, and there
Dy Gre cd breech between the sil
yer producing states and the great
mass Of silver men i'll the west and
south, which has ever siace contrib
tied to prevent the passage Of a free
:oinaae hli IN the house; and
Whereas. William NJ Stewart was
he asst Republican in the senate to
DIN hands with tie silver men in the !
Democratic r4rty il the defeat
i the force bin Iii the senate and by
lis yllolts, with the aid Of a portion
i tie silver Republicans, rescued the
ountry from the calamity which that
evolutionary measure would have
aused, aud = silver party was created )
4 the senate sufficiently stroug to
Ass through that body III The last t
nd IN the present congress a free a
oinaae bill pure and simple. The |
i'll which passed IN the 52d congress S
las postponed in the house and is :
till pending for action; and 7
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the a
harrison policy Of the federal inter 2
srerce in local elections, as exem- I
lifted ia the force bill, would place a
he tate Of Nevada in opposition to
he friends Of silver throughout the "
ountry; therefore, be il $
Resolved, That the SILVER party Of D