Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-09-24

Delivered by the Hon. Thomas
Wren on Taking the Chair Of n
Wfunemucea Convention.

Delivered Dy the HON. fhoshos
Wren on Taking the Chair Of she
wInnemuccs Convention.
GENTLEMAN OF H CONVENTIONS;
But a few weeks 2 the Silver party,
then just ushered into existence, met in
convention at Reno to nominate an cleo
toral ticket for this State and to adopt q
platform. At the time that convention
met the Peoples party Of the United
States had not held its convention. We
were not certain OF the man that we
would desire to support for President in
the coming contest. We made but one
issue and resolved upon that issue to
stand or fall in this State, and that was
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
tApplause.1 In our platform and resolu-
lions We adopted one resolution resery.
ing TO the silver leagues Of this State the
right when all the parties had
placed their candidates in nomination be.
fore the people, toinstruct our candidates
for electors nominated for whom to vote.
The Republican party nominated Benz.
Harrison, the answering foe OF silver,
upon an anti-silver platform. The
Democratic party nominated Grover
Cleveland, if possible, a still more bitter
foe Of silver, on an anti-silver platform,
and our friends, the Prohibitionists,
probably having it in their eye that they
would never have to use q silver dime
or a quarter Of a dollar to buy a glass of
whisky, also adopted an anti-silver plat
form. When the Peoples party met in
Omaha, being fully alive to the distress
that the decentralization Of silver had
created in the country and fully aware
OF the chief remedy to be applied in
order to relieve the distress Of the peo-
pie, nominated Weaver and Field for
president and vice-president of the
United States, and adopted a square,
unequivocsl, unambiguous plank in their
platform in favor Of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at the ratio OF
l6 to l. Applause There could no
longer be any doubt about the direction
in which the interest of our people lay.
The only relief possible for us was in the
success Of the Peoples party of the
United States. We had already chris
tened the Silver party by as good a name,
/ am inclined to think, as that of Peo-
pies party. Under that name. so far we
have won to our standard an overwhelm.
ing majority of the people of this State,
and under this name it is my judgment
for many reasons we had better continue
the canvass in this State. In some Of the
counties Of the State candidates for
county offices have been nominated by
petition or certificate, as it is termed in
law. The nomination of many county
officers has already been made. and now
to change the name of the party would
be to introduce a great deal of confusion
and il would possibly result in the de-
feat of some of our friends in the various
counties of this State for Office. In ad-
dition to that when we call ourselves the
Silver party of Nevada, all of our people
know precisely what it means. and that
we demand. and intend to have. the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio Of is to 1. But under the law it is
necessary that we should designate in
some way, and it was deemed the better
way to do it by convention, the Presiden.
tisl candidate for whom we intend to
vote, in order that his name may be
placed at the head Of names Of the silver
electors who have been nominated by us.
Deeming that to be the best policy and
the time having arrived when ii was
proper that we should instruct the cleo
tors for whom to vote in November next.
because / take it for granted that the
Silver electors are sure to be elected in
this State. we have also met for the pur.
pose of instructing them. In our frst
conventions perfect harmony reigned;
the most perfect harmony that / ever
saw in q convention existed throughout
its proceedings. Let us hope, gentle
men, that our proceedings will be con-
Quoted with such moderation. with such
a desire for success Of the party, indepen.
dent Of individual or personal prefer
ences that when we leave this hall we
will be able to say that this convention
has been equally harmonious.
The convention was not called for the
purpose Of making any nominations for
office, but we have now the spectacle Of
a rump Republican convention. l have
thus dubbed the anti-si,ver Harrison
convention thu. met at Reno; that is lite
true designation, because no man can
favor Benjamin Harrison for President OF
the United States aud be a true silver