Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-09
SILVER PLATFORM.

| Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Cleveland was
elected IN 1884 on the following sill
yer platform: ''NVe believe in hon,
ess money, the gold and silver coin
age Of the constitut on, and circu-
lating medium convertible into such
money withoutloss; and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal Of the Bland act and the utter
demonetization Of silver, and used
the entire influence of his admins
tratiun 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 OF Tie following plat
! form: "Ihe Republican party is in
savor Of the use OF boeA gold and sis
Yer as money, and e4t3emns the
g.olicy Il the Democratic admins
-ya-ion i'll its efforts tt denloAetize
81. q; and after his election insist
/ ID lpon the repeal Of .he Band act
-lle sUe~tit9t.on therefor Of the
80 -lalyl NsDaol silver bullion
81. hv IL ccrnls wlliut. Dalllon was
be deposited il tie treasury and
certificates issued therefor: redeem
IN bullion, not il money, which
you'd haze placed silver upona like
5-5tIng with wheat, corn or any other
| commodity deposited AID warehouse
receipts issued thereon. The COM
| promise act OF 1880 was extorted
from hna TO save the tariff, and since
Is rassage every beneficial feature
i contained has been thw arted by the
administration Of the government
and the refusal Of the treasury de-
partment, by direction of the presi-
Gent, II use silver rs money or to
CON silver, as required by the act,
y provide for the redemption of the
treasury notes issued III the purchase
81 bullion; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
,,ia-ed the platform of his party made
1t Minneapolis, which was sufficiently
radical for gold to satisfy the gold
press, and now declares Ill his letter
u acceptance that he is opposed to
Independent action on the part of
the United States, but is in favor of
a. international conference, provided
tie ratio can be 50 changed as to
laate the commercial value of the
silver dollar equal to the commercial
value of the gold dollar, which it inn
possible tor the marked price of sill
~ ever hereafter TO advance. He
54-G take advanta-a Of the bear
g. elnent Of the conspiracy between
land and tie treasury depart
-s-ea- % aepress tAe price Of silver,
1. be combination 81 tile nations of
..a world maintain for the benefit of
s- ocners Of gold such depressed |
p-ics and
Whereas, the administration and
The gold men in the Republican party
i. the DIST congress conspired to con-
soi1ate the government by depriving
tie people of free ballot by the |
passage OF the odious force bill, which /
provides for the appointment of an
unlimited humber OF supervisors of
election and deputy marshals, to be
paid out of the treasury of the
Ja.ted States from standing APP
pi priation. This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds of thous-
a3.dz Of political workers at the polls,
vich power Of supervision Of the re
tQrus Of elections throughout the
United States: and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
mousse Of Representatives except those
5tgu the mining states, were bitterly
opposed 70 the force bill and regarded
IS Is destructive Of free government
al.l designed to secure negro donli~
nation III the solth; and
Aereas, The force bill passed the
logze of REPRESENTATIVES, by only six
raa Gritty, ana the following so-called |
slscI Republicans. namely: Hosea
Townsend Of Colorado; II, F. Bartine
Nel ada: Biugey Hermann, Oregon,
and fhos III. Garter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by seyering
themselves from the gold advocates
and Joining With The friends of silver,
bn. they refused q do 50, and there
~ created q breech between the sill
Yer producing states AID the great
mass 81 silver men in the west and
south, which hes ever since contrib
ute to prevent the passage of free
COINAGE bill il; the house; and
Whereas, William NJ. Stewart was
tie tirst Republican in the senate to
JON hands with the silver men in the !
Democratic party in the defeat
O. tie foree bin in tie senate and by {
his efforts, with the aid Of portion t
u the silver Republicans, rescued the {
country from the calamity which that |
revolutionary measure would have {
caused, aud a silver party was created )
IN the senate sufficiently stroug to
pas. through thai body in the last t
ND u the present congress free a
soinage bill pure and simple. The |
Dill which passed Ii the SD congress s
was postponed IL the house and is '
SILL pending for action; and r
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the a
aarrlson policy of the federal inter- a
.erence III local elections, as exem- !
1llfed in the force bill, would place d
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