Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-10-19
PATIO RI And r SOLUTIONS
Adopted by tho
Silver Party Convention
September 2s, 1902.

40 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EIKo COUNTY Sill.
WEIR CONVENTIONS:
We, your Committee on Resolutions and
Platform, ID & le veto submit the following
declaration OF principles.
We demand tht free aud Tnlimltel coinage
Of silver and gold Mt the present tito of l6 to l.
We believe that the time bar now come when
party prejtdfces and party names should lie
fhtd uaIue by every citizen Of Nevada and n
united and earnest effort made as one man to
ve-cstablish the industries of our Sfate 10y ell
dorsing the platform and supporting the
nominees of thu omaha Convention, james b.
Weaver and James Il. Field.
We believe chat the names Democrat and
Republican should not be allowed to divide
the friends OF frt" coinage of silver and that
I'll who thinR slike should act together regard
losr uf past party DANES and past party affiia-
tions,
Tho crime Of 1873. dem onctizing silver, has
destroyed the prosperity and nearly ruined
she Stnte of Nevada md in view nj tbjs be
Sore the hope Of Office had clouded the minds
Of our citizens the Rpubli su Convention AR.
aembled at VirgiGia City on the 30th day Of
Spril, 1872. had tbs manhood to adopt the
following resou Ion as ihc funda mental creed
Of that party, to-wit:
"REsoLynD, That the people Of Nevada are
In favor of the coinag" OF silver upon the snIne
conditions which apply to The coinage of gold
alsd they are opposed 10 GleystinP aiy nerson
10 tthce VINO IL not known Ia I've uncomfortable
IN favor o. opening the mints of the United
States to the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver"
And on tho 18Th day Of last May The Demo-
cratic party assesibcd i'm convention at Win
nelnucca, gave tn It's delegates to the National
Canvontun the following instrneticns:
"Under no circumstances 10 vote fur ANY man
Tor tho nomination to the Office OF prpsideut
"a Yice-Presiicnt Of the United States uuIpsr
30 shall be upguaIiii,dly in favor of free coin.
uye and shall stand upon 4 frce coinage Mat
EOrm.
And WHEREAS, Both, the Republican and
che. l'smocrAtc National Conventions nopIi.
nsted candidates for President and Vice. Presi
dent who are opposed to free coinage and in
Iayor of the single gold standard We bpiieyo
that no Democrat or Republican eau vote for
either Harrison or CLEVELAND wfthou Sioln,iag
She principlts.JClis party rs declared In The
virginia Oily and Winnemucca Conventions.
Tho strength Of the gold monopoly IL repre-.
Obutcd Ia London, Now y, rk, AID Otbor CON
Tocrcinl cities of the wurl &. That inonopuly
~ trust tx reducing tho producing sections vi
ahtH Countryside south and tho West 10
poverty and want. The Outh aud the Wcat
save common cause and n common induce
yaeht IA rtstst the encrOacbIDeIts OF Il bon-,
boidihg anl inoDey.lUaninR East. Every effort
eas brtn and ~ being made to eeptrate thu
West from the South aud by that incang di vide
Nhe friends 81 silver and secure the triumph OF
Hpld monopoly. One Of The rec ent sell M 9 for
thH iTp0se was the inramoua '.Force Bill .
Nhich. Ivy 1T pr,vI,irllS CONFER II upon the
PeaeIhl Adntptstrau III tie power 10 control
h%E1 tAoth"Rs, Nth ststt aud Fed, raj