Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-09-21
SILVER PLATFORM.

yer platform: I'VE DeIleVe III nor
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 the utter
demonetization 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 1888
was elected on the following plat
form: ''rhe Republic il party is in
| favor of the use of bo.h gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic admins
tration iii It's efforts to demonetize
silver" and after his election insist
ed upon the repeal of the Bland act
and the substitution therefor of the
celebrated Window silver bullion
I'LL, BY the terms which bullion was
to be deposited in 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
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 presi-
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 SO 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 Tie marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. He
would take advantage Of the bear"
movement OF the conspiracy between
England and tie treasury depart
ment to depress the price of silver,
and be combination 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 in the Republican party
in the 5Ist congress conspired to con-
solidate the government by depriving
the people of a 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 APP
preparation. This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds of thous-
ands of political workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision of the re-
turns OF elections throughout the
United States; and
Whereas, Ali the silver men in the
house Of representatives except those
from the mining states, We're bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
IS as destructive of free government
and designed to secure negro doni-
nation in the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the
house of representatives by only six
majority, aud the following so called
silver Republicans, namely: Hosea
Townsend Of Colorado; II, f. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos II. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by severing
themselves from the gold advocates
and Joining with the friends of silver,
bus they refused to do so, and there
by created breech between the sil
yer producing states and the great
mass Of silver men in the west and
south, which has ever since contrib /
uted t. prevent the passage of free
coinage bill il the house; and
Whereas, William NJ Stewart was
the first Republican in the senate to
JON hands with the silver men in the I
Democratic party in the defeat /
of the force bill in the senate and by
his efforts, with the aid Of a portion
Of the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
revolutionary measure would have
aud silver party was created
in the senate sufficiently stroug to
pass through that bciy in the last
and in the present congress a free
coinage bill pure and simple. The !
bill which passed in the sd congress
was postponed in the house and is
still pending for action; and
WRT2EAs, the Endorsement of the
Harrison policy of the federal inter
ference in local elections, as exem
DiIfied in the force bill, would place
The tate of Nevada in opposition to
The friends of silver throughout the
country; therefore, be it
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