Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-09-17
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
A HARMONIOUS AND ENTHUST-
ASTIC BODY.
Weaver and Field Endorsed Stew.
art and NeWlands Solid for
the White Metal.

tendance of silver men from all owe
the Stat, and its deliberations wer
characterized by harmony throsgh
out. Hon. Thos. Wren was choseI
Chairman.
THE PLATFORM.
When p NJ Bowler of EMERALD
county, Secretary of the Platform
Committee, was called on to read tn,
Committee s report there was rount
of applause.
The Platform and Resolutions were
as follows:
The silver party of Nevada in con
vention assembled at Winnemucca,
Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr. Cleveland was
elected IN 1884 on the following sill
Yer platform: "We believe in hons
est money, the gold and silver coin
! age Of the constitution, ana circu-
lating medium convertible into such
money withoutlos4;" aud Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal Of the Bland act and the utter
decentralization Of silver, and used
the entire influence Of his admins
traticn 70 reduce tue money Of the
! world to the SINCE gold standard,
and was defeated ~ he people III
! 1883; and
| Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1858
was elected on the following plat
form; ''The Republican psrty IS in
favor Of the use of bo,h sold and sis
veras money. and condemns the
policy IF the Democrats admins
t.ation in lis efrts to demoact;4e
silver; and alter his election insist
ed upon the rep4al.os tie Bland act
ana the substitution thegcfar Of the
celebrated Window silver bullion
bill, BY tie rms which r.llion ~ss
to be deposited IN tic treasury ami /
certificates issued tho,cjor. redeem
allie in bullion, not in money, which
would have placed silver upon like
footing with wheat, corn OF 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 las been thwarted by the
of the government
and the refusal Of the treasury de-
partment, by direction of the presi-
dent, t. 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 t
Of bullion; and {
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
dated the platform of his party made
1t Minneapolis, whichw was sufficiently !
radical for gold to satisfy the gold c
press, and ROW declares in his letter a
If acceptance that lie is opposed to !
action ON the part If !
he United States, but is in favor of n
IN international conference, provided d
he ratio can be SO changed as to :
make the commercial value of the :,
liver dollar equal to the commercial y
alue of the gold dollar, which it i'm.
'ossible for the marked price of sii- @
er ever hereafter to advance. He )
Fould take advantage of the ''bear" f.
movement Of the conspiracy between II
England and the treasury depart b
leut to depress the price of silver, ~
nd be combination OF the nations or Il
he world maintain for the benefit Of q
be owners of gold such depressed )
rice and U
Whereas. the administration and il
he gold men in the Republican party G
1 the DIST congress conspired to con Il
olidate the government by depliylne re
he people Of free bilict by Tie p;
assage Of the caiuus force l,iN which v
rovides for the appointment of an il
numhe. ii superfi er5 ii |
lection AID deputy inushais, - be Re
all ont al The treasury IF the vi
.nite0 State. from standing ap- q
opriation. This would enabled the GA
Secutiye t. have hundreds of thous- of
IDS Of political workers at the polls, of
ith power Of supervision Of the re- tn
rms Of elections throughout the CIV
nited States; and In
Whereas, All the silver men in the lie
9use of representatives except those co
ON the mining states, were bitterly DO
,posed to the force bill and regarded mi
as destructive of free government bil
ID designed to secure negro doh,i- tn
Ition in the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the pa
use of representatives by only six clr
ajority, and the following so-called ity
yer Republicans, namely: Hosea an
,wnsend of Colorado; H, F. Bartine
evada; Binger Hermann, Oregon, ON