Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-08-03

10 sui, 81 ldI DIS tI1dI administration T
r? lated to silver. Now, | ask wheth
the party-the Republican party {
= evada--can, after Mr.. Harrison
i nominated, consistently gloss ov,
y its record, it's record of indepent
1t ence upon this subject, and recon
e mend MIR. Harrison without qualif
/, cation to the sutfrages oftheir peopl
!, say no, If 1t proposes to maintain
e reputation for consistency and til
g respect of the people of that Stat,
Q Now, what do they say? What wi
n they say? 1 will state that in thu
r State the Silver Leagues, which cor
n stitute large percentage of tn
s mem bers of both parties, have had
4 convention, and they have nomi
mated three independent electors
$ two Republicans and one Democrat
=, and they stopped there. That is th
. end of
THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT
there. They call upon the Demo
cratic conventions and Republican
/ conventions to ratify them. Whethe
, they will do it or not | do not know
but at all events the Republican
party will be called upon to pledg,
its candidates as electors to indie
pendence of action in the EIectora
College instructed by their constitu-
ency to independence of action in be-
half ofsilver. [Applause.l
Now, it is said that this involves
treason to the national party; that
the Republican party has put at its
head Benjamin Harrison, and that
the moment that nomination was
made all differences should be adj
Justed, and that the Republicans
| throughout the country should unite
in his support. What have the Re-
publicans of Nevada to say about
that? They say: Republicans of
the East, you have placed in your
platform an equivocal plank. You
| have placed there plank with refer
ence to silver which may mean free
coinage, or may mean the present
limited coinage, or even a diminished
coinage. You have done this with
view to deceiving our voters. to inn
press them with the idea that free
coinage bill is within their reach.
Honesty to our own constituents de-
mands that there should be plain
and unequivocal declaration Of the
President with reference to his views
upon this natter
Is THAT DISLoYAL?
Is that disrespectful? DO we not lay
down in every platform and decla-
ration the principles which the can
dldate for President must subscribe
Does he not in his lc5ter of accept
ance lay before the people the princi-
piles upon which he proposes to con |
duct his campaign? Is it not the |
right of every free American citizen,
Of every great body of citizens, to ask |
his views with reference to every
public question? And if we are told |
by these gentlemen from the East, in |
order to get our votes, that he will |
certainly sign free coinage bill; if
we are told, as the gentleman from |
Montana told you to-day, that neither !
Grover Cleveland nor Benjamin Har-
rison would dare veto free coinage
bill, passed by the people, then ask
whether we are not entitled to dec
laration before this sacred trust, re-
posed in the electors of Nevada is
[ApPlause.]
My friends, | have outlined the
action of Nevada, or what | hope
may be the action of Nevada The
action of the great national parties
in each one of these States can cor
and what will be the result?
\ on will have in the electoral col
lege an independent body, commands
ing from thirteen to nineteen votes at
least, and perhaps more Look over
the history OF our country and OBJ
serve how frequently the Presiden-
tial contest has been determined by a
less vote, and if we do, you will rec {
1gnize the potency of having that in
power.
THE BALANCE OF POWER
Is as strong a position as that of the
and my judgment is that if {
hat inquiry is made, when it is {
fnIF hot l. 1
he balance of power in the electoral l
President can be elected, and the :
election will be thrown into the t
House, we viii then receive une- /
luivocal declarations from the 5
who claim our sutfrages. t
They can do it with dig t
lity, they can do it with honor, they S
an do it with self respect.
| DO not propose to approach any I
'ossible candidate for the Presidency a
f the United States in anything but e
respectful attitude. l do not pro-
'ose to deal in words of threat or of r
or Of demand. l simply v
ropOse that we shall ask in a re-
pectfuf way, of the man to whom
re promise to give our suffrage,
hat he should declare himself upon
ne question which is of such vital
ltereSt to every man within the 4
orders of our realm.
Now, | hope, | almost believe. that
u these differences will be adjusted n
efOre November next. l for one V
ave greater confidence than many
| the result of this international con
renee. If the matter is adjusted
lere what have you then? You
ave the old parties, with their nomi- n
atoms of electors made, prepared y
fight out the battle upon the old u
hes of the tariff; but if it is not set II
ed and adjusted, then you have the
'portunity of securing an assur- q,
ice that the executive power will al
It be used to defeat the popular ce
i'll.
Mr.. Brown (Montana): Permit me
ask you question. Suppose the
tional product is put upon a ratio,
w do we reach the binding effect
it-how does it bind US, and how =
it to be applied to US?
Mr.. Newlands: The international
of course, is merely ad-
sorry to the governments of the
embers composing it. That action
II only be advisory until it is crys-
lied into law by the various gov
lments. If they do not fix a ratio II,
It is suitable to us, we will simply hi
ect the result of that conference. Ill
t l am not very much alarmed
)ut this