Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-23
SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver party of Nevada in con-
vention assembled at Winnemucca,
Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Cleveland was
elected III 1884 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 such
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 his admins
tration 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 on the following plas
form: 'tThe Republican party is III
favor of the use of both gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic admins
tration III its efforts to demoAetiZe
silver and after his election insist
ed upon the repeal of the Bland act
and the substitution therefor of the
celebrated Wndom silver bullion
bill, by the terms which bullion was
to be deposited III the treasury and
certificates 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
from him TO save the tariff, and since
It's passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
and the refusal of the treasury de-
partmeut, by direction of the presi-
dent, use silver as money or to
coin silver, as required by the act,
to provide for the redemption of the
treasury notes issued III the purchase
OF bullion; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
dated the platform of his party made
1t 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
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
~. t-a fba o.,p,n,oroiol voI,,a of tbo
silver dollar equal t. the commercial |
value Of the gold dollar, which it i'm
possible Tor tie marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. He |
woall take advantage of the bear"
Of the conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
aent to depress the price of silver,
snd be combination of the atoms of /
L world maintain for the benefit of
.he owners u gold such depressed
price ana
Whereas, the administration and
he gold men III the Republican party
Ia tile DIST congress consplred to con-
;olidate the government by deprivlng
he people Of free ballot by the
mssaee OF the odious force bill, which
provides for the appointment of an
unlimited number of supervisors of
lection and deputy marshals, to be
aid out of the treasury of the
nited States from a standing APP
opriation This would enabled the
xecutiye to have hundreds of thous-
ads Of political workers at the polls,
,ith power uf supervision of the re-
urns Of elections throughout the
nitel States; and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
.oase Of representatives except those
rom the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
5 as destructive of free government
nd designed to secure negro doili>
latidn III the soath; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
louse Of representatives by only six
majority, AMI the following SO called
liver Republicans, namely: Hosea
townsend 81 Colorado; II, f. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
nd Thos il. Carter Montana, had
he power to defeat it by severing
from the gold advocates
nd joining with the friends of silver, {
ut they refused to DO 50, and there
y created breech between the sill
er producing states and the great
nass of silver men III tine west and
outh, which he's ever since contrib
tied to prevent the pa sage of a free
oinage bill il the house; and
Whereas, William NJ. Stewart was !
he first Republican in the senate to l
DIN hands with the silver men in the l
party in the defeat
f the force bill III the senate and by {
is efforts, with the aid of a portion t
the silver Republicans, rescued the
suntry from the calamity which that !
evolutionary measure would have {
aused, aud silver party was created !
! the senate sufficiently stroug to
ass through that body in the last +
nd in the present congress a free q
oinaee bill pure and simple. The l
i'll which passed III The 52d congress
as postponed IN the house and is '
ill pending for action; and T
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the a
Iarrlson policy Of he federal inter 2