Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-03
SILVER PLATFORM.

elected IN 1854 on the following sill
yer platform: ''We believe in hon
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu
lating medium convertible into sue
money withoutlo ss;" and Immediate
after the election recommended tn
repeal of the Bland act ard the ute
| decentralization of silver, and use,
the entire influence of his admins
tration to reduce the money of til,
world to the single gold standard
and was defeated by the people il
| 1883; and
Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1855
was elected on the following plat
form: The Republican party is in
| tavor Of the use o. both gold and sill,
yer as money, and condemns the
policy Of the Democratic admins
tration - rs efforts to demonetiZe
silver; aud after his election insist
! ed upon the repeal Of the Bland act
and ,he substitution therefor Of the
celebrated Wiudom silver bullion
i, by 'he terms which bullion was
~ BE deposit / il the treasury and
cerJiHs8te- issued therefor; redeem
able in 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
.om him fo save the tariff and since
IT'S passage every beneficial feature
Il contained has been thwarted by the
administration 81 the government
aud J1e refusal Of the treasury de-
partM af direction Of the presi-
dout, u.s. 5 lver as money or to
cola silver, as required by the az,
10 ploYide for the redemption of the
treasury n1tes issued IN the purchase
Of bullion; ana
WHEgEAs, Mr. Harrison has repu-
dated the pla torn of his party made
1T Minneapolis, which was sufficiently
n lical FOR gold to satisfy the gold
press, and low declares in his letter
pf acceptance that he is opposed to
independent action on the part of
the United States, but is in favor of
au international conference, provided
Jha ratio can be so changed as to
make the commercial value of the
silver dollar equal to the commercial
value of tie gold dollar, which it I'M
/ ssibla FIR tie marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter t. advance. He
would take advantage of the bear
{ the conspiracy between
Eng.a. and the treasury depart
ment to depres the price Of silver,
aud be combiaation Of the nations of +
the world maintain for the benefit of
the owners If gold such depressed
price ana /
Whereas, the administration and
he gold men III the Republican party
u the Dist congress conspired to CON
3olidate the government by deprivlng
HE people If a free ballot by the
]assa@e II the odious force bill, which
for the appointment Of an1
unlimited number Of supervisors of
election ard deputy marshals, to be
1aid out of the treasury of the
nited States from a standing ap-
, opriation. This would enabled the
.XecQt;ve to have hundreds - hous-
nds of political workers at the polls,
With power Of supervision of the re- I
urus IF elections throughout the
nited States; and j
Whereas, All the silver men in the
lonse OF representatives except those
rom The mining states, We're bitterly !
opposed to the force bill and regarded
$ as destructive Of free government
nd designed To secure mcgee lomi- {
atinn in the soIth; and
Whereas, The force bin passed the {
ouse Of representatives by only six l
majority, aud the following so-called 4
Over Republicans, namely: II sea
'ownseud If Colorado; II, f. Bartine {
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon, ;
nd Thos H. Carter Montana, had {
he,power to defeat it by severing
from the gold advocates a
nd joining with the friends of silver, a
ut they refused t. do 50, and there $
Y created breech between the sill |
er producing states and the great e
lass Of silver men in the west and
outh, which has ever 81 ce contrib f
ted to prevent the passage Of free a
>ina9e bill in the house; and 0
Whereas, William Nj Stewart was p
lie first Republican III the senate to r
in hands with the silver men in the n
emocratic party IN the defeat II
the force bill il the senate and by 1
IS efforts, with the ala Of portion Il
the silver Republicans, rescued the .
'untry from the calamity which that L
evolutionary measure would have c.
used, aud IA silver party was created 5
the senate Sufficiently stroug to
'ss rhrorgf that body in the last fl
ID III the present congress a free AT
image hilI pure and simple The K
Il which passed in the 52d congress St
As postponed IN the house and is Y
IL pending for action; and n
WHEREAS, the indorsemeat of the ~
arrlson policy It the federal inter al
renee in local elections, as exem !"
fled in the force BIZ, would place al
e tate Of Nevada in opposition TO
e friends Of silver throughout the u !.
untry; therefore, be it 81 81
Resolved, That the silver party of u