Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-06
SILVER PLATFORM.

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est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucl
money withoutloss;" and immedlatel,
after the election recommended tn,
repeal of the Bland act and the ute
decentralization of silver, and useo
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 il
50; and
Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1885
was elected on the following plat
foIm: ''The Republican party is il
favor Of the use of both gold and sis
WI as money, and condemns the
Ipolicy OF the Democratic admins
tratiou ia It's Efforts to dtmonetize
| silver; and alter his election insist
ed upon The repeal Of the Bland act
1 and tie substitution therefor of the
celebrated NHldom silver bullion
( gI4 ~ the terms which bullion was
| u be deposited in the treasury and
| certificates isseed therefor; redeem
able IL bullion, not III money, which
would have placed silver upon a like
footing with wheat, corn or any other
commodity deposited and warehouse
! receipts issued thereon The COM
premise act Of 1890 was extorted
/ from him to save the tariff, and since
its passage every beneficial feature
it contained las been thwarted by the
administration of the government
and the refusal of the treasury de-
partment, by direction of the pEesi-
dent, t. use silver as money or to
coin silver, as required by the act,
e 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
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 it i'm
possible for the marked prIce of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. He
would take advantage Of the "bear"
movement Of the cor spiracy between
England and the rasury depart
nlent to depress the price If silver,
aud be combiaa,ion Of the nations of
the world MAINTAIN for the benefit Of
the owners Of gold such depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
the gold men III the Republican party
iii the DIST congress conspired to con-
solidate the government by deprivlng
the people Of free ballot by the /
passage of the odious 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 ap-
p opriation. THIS would enabled the
executive TO have hundreds of thous-
ands o. political workers at the polls,
with power Cf supervision of the re-
turns Of elections Throughout the
United States; and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
hous5 Of representatives except those
from the mining states, We're bitterly
to the force bill and regarded
is as destructive Of free government
and designed to secure negro donli-
nation IL the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
house Of representatives by only six
majority, and the following so-called
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
OF Colorado; IL, F. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos il. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by seyering
themselves from the gold advocates
and joining with the friends of silver,
but they refused to do so, and there
by created breech between the sill
yer producing states and the great
mass Of silver men III the west and
south, which has ever since contrib
uted to prevent the passage Of free
coinage bill IL the house; and
Whereas, William NJ Stewart was !
he first Republican in the senate to I
oin hands with the silver men IN the !
Democratic party III the defeat
IF the force bill in the senate and by c
lis efforts, with the aid Of a portion t
If the silver Republicans, rescued the 9
country from the calamity which that
evolutionary measure would have c
:aused, aud silver party was created ;
n the senate sufficiently stroug to
,ass through that body in the last +
nd in the present congress a free a
oina9e bill pure and simple. The |
ill which passed in the 52d congress s
vas postponed in the house and is V
till pending for action; aud r
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the d
harrison policy Of the federal inter d a
erence III local elections, as exem- i
lifted in the force Bill, would place a
he tate of Nevada In opposition to
be friends Of silver throughout the .
ountry; therefore, be it 81
Resolved, That the silver party of .