Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-10-08
PLATFORM and RESOLUTIONS
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Adopted BY the
Silver Party Convention
September %, 1892.

To The CHAIRMAN or THE ELKo COUNTY su..
YER CONVENTION:
We, your Committee on Resolutions and
Platform, beg leaVe 10 submit the following
declaration of principles:
We demand The free and unlimited coinage
OF SuVer ana gold at the present ratio of l6 tn l.
We believe That the lime ha- now come when
party preJudices and party names should be
aid aside by every citizen of Nevada and A
united and earnest effort made as one man to
re'estRDiish the INDUSTRIES Of our State by en-
dorsing tue platform and supporting the
nominees OF he Omaha Convention James B
Weaver and James G.. Field.
We believe that the names Democrat and
Republican should not be allowed to divide
the friends Of free coinage Of silver aud thai
aiijwho think slE should act together regard =.
Jess of past party names and past party affilia-
lions.
The crime OF 1873, acknowledging silver. has
destroyed the prosperity and neatly ruined
the State of Nevada. and i'm view of this, be.
fore the hope OF Office had clouded the minds
OF our citizens the Republican Convention ar
sembled Mt Virginia City on the 3Oth dg, Of
April, 1892, had the manhood 10 adopt tho
following re3olu Ion as the Fundamental creed
OF that party, to-wit:
"REsoLvED, That the people Of Nevada are
In favor oil the coinage of silver upon the same
conditions which apply to the coinage of RoId
and they are opposed to eleyating any person
10 once who 10 not known tn be unequiVoeally
In favor OF opening the minis of the United
States 70 the free and Unlimited coinage of
silver"
And on the 28th day Of last May the Demo.
cratic party assembled in convention ut Win
nemucca, gave 10 lis delegates ~ The National
Convention the following instructions:
"Under 10 circumstances to vote for any man
for the nomination to the Office of President
or Vicc-PreSi CIT OF tho United States unless
he shall be unqusljh"dly in favor OF free coin.
age aud shall stand upon Tree coinage plat
form"
And WHEREAS, Both the Republican and
the Democratic National Conventions noml-
mated candidates for President and Vice Prssi.
dent who arc opposed to free coinage aud in
favor of the sin gle gold 4, andard We believe
that no Democi ~ or Republican can vote for
eithe' Harrison or Cleveland without violating
the principles OF his party as declared in the
Virginia Jiiy and Winnemucca Conventions.
Tue strength of the gold monopoly is repre-
sented in London, New York, and other com
Inercial cities Of tho world. That monopoly
or trust Is reducing tho producing sections Of
this Countrywide South aud the West- TO
poverty and want. The south and the West
have common cause and a common induce
ment 10 resist the encroachments of IL o bon7j
holding aud money .loaning East Every effort
has been and IL being made to separate tbs
West from The South and by that means divide
the friends of silver aud secure tho triumph OF
gold monopoly. One Of the recent schem for
that PURPOSE was tho Infamous "Force Bill"
which, by IT, provisions, conferred upon the
Federal Administration the power 10 control
local elections, both State and Federal
throughout the United states. The friends OF
silver were opposed to this scheme of estab-
fishing q monarchy TO strengthen the gold
combination, except the Members of Congress
from the silver States, who, under party lash,
Joined the gold combination aud passed
through tho H"use Of Representatives the OBJ
noHious Force BIZ by six majority. A por-
ton Of the Senators fom the silver states ro-