Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-05
SILVER PLATFORM.

elected IN 1854 on The following sill
yer platform. ''Ne believe III hon>
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into such
money without loss" and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act and tue utter
demonetization 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
1888; and
| Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1883
was elected ~ the following plat
form: ''Ihe Republican party is in
/ favor Of the use of bo,h gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy Of tie Democratic admins
tgation II its efforts to demonetize
liver" and after his election insist
J ca upon the repeii of the Bland act
aHd lie substitution there for Of the
ealebrat. Niudom silver bullion
| . bY he terms which bullion was
/ IS BE deposited il tie treasury and
| cerDt Gates issued therefor; redeem
allie IL bullion, not IL 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
from him to save the tariff, and since
its passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
and the refusal Of the treasury de-
partment, by direction of the pSesi-
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
of bullion; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
dated the platform Of 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 the gold dollar, which it I'M
possible for the marked prlce Of sill
yer ever hereafter t. advance. He /
would take advauta9e of the bear
movement II the conspiracy between
England and ae treasury depart
ment to depress the price Of silver,
and he comb;@atioH Of the nations OF
tie world maintain for the l.eneft Of
tile owners IF g3ld sach depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
the gold ren in the Republican party
i'll the 51st congress conspired to con-
the government by deprivlng
the people OF a ilee ballot by the
passage Of the odious force bill, which
provi les for the appointment of an
unlimited number Of supervisors Of
and deputy marshals, to be
paid out of the treasury of the
I nited States from standing ap-
D opriation. This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds OF thous-
auds Of political workers at the polls,
with power cf supervision of the re-
turns Of elections throughout the
nited States; and
Whe.eas, All the silver men in the
house oi Representatives, except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
IS as destructive Of free government
md designed to secure negro iolni-
nation III the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the (
louse of representatives by only SIX
majority, and the following so-called I
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
Townsend OF Colorado; II, F. Bartine
Nevada; Bineer Hermann, Oregon,
nd Thos 4, Carter Montana, had {
he power to defeat it by severing
themselves from tile gold advocates a
md Joining with the friends Of silver, a
,ut they refused to do 50, and there S
" clGat6U Il DISGcH between the Sill
-er producing states and the great e
mass Of silver men in the west and
outh, which has ever since contrib +
tied to prevent the passage Of free a
oinage bill il, the house; anu Q
Whereas, William NJ Stewart was ?
he first Republican in the senate to +
DIN hands with the silver men IN the II
party in the defeat i
f the force bill in the senate and by q
is efforts, with the aid Of portion Il
f the silver Republicans, rescued the .
ountly from the calamity which that l
evolutionary measure wodld have G
aused, aud Il silver party was created ,
! the senate sufficiently strong to
ass through that body in the last II
nd in the present congress free a
image bill pure ard simple. The Il
i'll which passed in the 52d congress st
as postponed IN the house and is v
i'll pending for action; and n
WHEREAS, tile Endorsement Of the AZ
larrlson policy ri the federal inter az
renee III local elections, as exem =
hted in the force Bill, wouiu ace ID
he tate Of Nevada IN opposition .
le friends Of silver throughout the u