Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-02
SILVER PLATFORM

vel platform: 1--WE believe III hons
est money, the gold and silver coin
age Of the constitution, and a circu-
lating medium convertible into such
money withoutloss;" and 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 to reduce the money Of the
world to the single gold standard,
and was defeated by the people in
1883; and
Where's, Mr. Harrison il 1888
was elected on the following plat
form: ''The Republican party is in
/ favor Of the use of bo,h gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
| policy Of the Democratic admins
tration in its efforts to tlemonetize
silver; and after his election insist
/ cd upon the repeal q the Bland act
and ;hc sub tuition therefor Of lie
celeb DRAFTED Wndom silver bullion
/ JAIL, ~ he terms which bullion was
! to BE- deposited IN the treasury and
certificates issued therefor; redeem
able in bUliion, not in money, which
would have placed silver upona like
footing with wheat, corn.or any other
| commodity deposited and warehouse
receipts issued thereon. The COM
| promise act IF 1890 was extorted
! from him to save the tariff, and since
It's passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration If the government
| and the refusal If The treasury de>
partnea.. BIZ direction Of the presi-
! dent, t ase lrer as money or to
coin silv, as required by the act,
to PROVE tJr the redemption Of the
treasury Ii ties issued III the purchase
of bullion, and
Whereas, Mr. Harrison has repu
dated the platform Ct his party made
at Minneapolis, which was sufficiently
radical for 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
the 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 t im
possible fol the marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. lie
would take advantage Of the bear s
movement Of the conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
mcnt - depress the price Of silve1,
and be combiaation # the nations of
the world maintain fer the benefit Of
the owners of sold such depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
he gold men in the Republican party
In the DIST congress conspired to con-
sohdate the government by deprivlng
the people Of free ballot by the
passage of the cdious force bill, which
provides for the appointment Of an
unlimited number of supervisors of
election and deputy marshals, to be
paid out of the treasury of the
United States from standing APP
opriation. This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds of thous
ands of political workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision of the re-
turns of elections throughout the
United States; and
Whereas. All the silver men in the
house Of representatives except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
is as destructive of free government
and designed to secure negro doim~
nation in the soath; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
house of representatives by only SIX
majority, aud the following SO called
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
Townsend of Colorado; II, +. Bartine
Nevada; Bn@er Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos IL. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by severing
themselves from the gold advocates
md Joining with the friends of silver,
but they refused to do 50, and there
BY created breech between the sill
yer producing states and the great
mass of silver men i'll the west and
south, which has ever since contrib
utcd to prevent the passage OF free
| coinage bill IL the house; aud
Whereas, William Nj Stewart was
the first Republican in the senate to
/ Join hands with the silver men in the
Democratic party in the defeat
of the force bill III the senate and by
his efforts, with the aid Of a portion
of the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
revolutionary measure would have
caused, aud silver party was created
in the senate sufficiently strnug to
pass through that body III tie last
and in the present congress a free
coinage bill pure and simple. The
bill which passed il the 32d congress
was postponed in the house and is
still pending for action; and
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the
Harrison policy Of the federal inter
ference in local elections, as exem
plltied in the force bill, would place
the tate Of Nevada III opposition to
the friends Of silver throughout the
country; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the silver party of
| J.. ? a, ,,oli.au IF the