Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-07
SILVER PLATFORM

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Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Cleveland wa
elected III 1884 ON the following sill
yer platform: ''lYe believe in hon.
est money, the gold and silver coin
age Of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucl
money withoutloss; and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act and the utter
characterization Of silver, and USED
the entire influence of lis admins
tratien to reduce the money of the
world to the single gold standard,
and was defeated by the people in
1888; and
Whereas, 4Ir Harrison in 1888
was elected On the following plat
form: The Republican party IS in
favor Of the use Of bo,h gold and sile
Yer as money, and conlemns the
| y Icy Of the Democratic admins
| tra;ion in its efforts 90 deiloaetize
i silver; ana ,,lter his election insist
! ed upon I III fepaal d Tie Bland act
! ana 5i.e substitution therefor Of the
XII afatc! NuuioM silver bullion
j.. % IN Jegms which bullion was
to " deposited in the treasury and
certificates issued therefor; redeem
able III bullion, not III money, which
would have placed silver upon a like
foo,ing with wheat, cor.or any other
commodity deposited and warehouse
receipts issued thereon The COM
promise aat 81 $500 was extorted
I trum HIM Is save The tariff, and since
It's passage .e;r beneficial feature
il contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
anu the refusal Of the treasury de-
| 5arJ.uelt, y, direction Of the presi-
don't, ,,sc silver as money or to
COIN silver, a required by the act,
tl provide fQr the redemption of the
treasury N is 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 fol 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
tho ratio can be 50 changed as to
make the commercial value Of the
silver dollar equal to the commercial
value Of tile gold dollar, which it I'M
possible for tho marked price Of sill
yer ever hereafte to advance. He
nau' take advantage Of the bear
movement u the conspiracy between
England and tie treasury depart
al.ut e depve the Price Of silver,
sud ae 7ubination II tie nations Of
.h would maintain for the benefit Of
rlte owners II gold such depressed
pric. and
Whereas. the administration and
he gold ,ren III the Republican party
ii tie 51st congress conspired to con
solidate the goyetrauent by deprivlng
tie people ot free ballot by the
passage Of the odious force bill, which I
provides for the appointment of an
unlimited number of supervisors of /
election ard deputy marshals, to be
raid out Of the treasury of the
n;tcd States from standing ap
j opriation This would enabled the
,xecutiye t. have hundreds of thous-
1nds Of political workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision Of the re
turns Of elections thr aghout the I
[ nited states: and
Whereas, All the silver men III the
no, se Of Representatives except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
is as destructive Of free government .
,ul desi.ued t. secure negro doi.i- (
nation IN the soath; and
VII sreas, The force bill passed the
hruse of representatives by only six
ma ority, and Jhe following SO called
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea .
Townsend of Colorado; II, F. Bartine
Nevada; Binser Hermann, Oregon, I
and 1'hos ii. Carter Montana, lad
the ? wer TO defeat it by severing
themselves from the gold advocates
itt-tl tb4liD8 Will lHt tIiGllUS VI silver,
ont they refuse to do 50, and there
~ created breech between the sil
yer producing states ana the great
mass Of silver men III the west and
south, which has ever stree contrib 4
uted to prevent the passage Of free
coinage bill IL the house and
Whereas, William NJ Stewart was
tile first Republican in the senate to
Join hands with the silver men in the
Democratic party In the defeat
Of the force bill ii the senate and by
his efforts, with the all ii portion
IF the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
measure would have
caused, aud a silver party was created
IL the senate sufficiently stroug to
pass through that body III the last
aud ~ the prescott congress a free
coinage bili pure AMI simple The
bill which passed iii the 52l congress
was postponed - tie house and is
still pending fls action; and
WHEREAS, the indorsement Of the
Harrison policy If the federal utter
ference IN local elections, as exem-
piied il the force bill, would place