Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-16
ALL FOR SILVER.
Mass Meeting at the
Court House.


at the Court House last Saturday
night and organized the Lyon
County Silver League.
The Court room had been taste
fully decorated with the stars and
stripes, and the Dayton brass band
turned out and marched to the
place of meeting followed by all
the people in the town. In front
of the PROCESSION was carried a big
transparency bearing the signifi-
words, 1--WE Know No Party, We
Demand Free Coinage"
AS soon as the crowd had become
seated Hon. ]. E. Gignoux was
chosen as Chairman and F. w.
Fairbanks Secretary.
A committee on permanent or
ganization and order of business
was then appointed as follows: E.
T. Reynolds, H. Wood, John 10th
rop, G. K. Jaqua, w. W. Coffin and
VIM. Shirley, and then recess of
ten minutes was taken to give COM
mittee time to report. Upon meet
ing being called to order the report
of committee was adopted.
The temporary Chairman and
Sec. were made permanent officers.
The Chair then appointed J. R.
Shaw, w. w. Byron, w. r. Davis
and julie Dryfuss a committee on
platform and resolutions. To this
committee the name of the Chair
man was added, and another short
recess was taken. The report of
the committee, after being read by
the Sec, was adopted and is as fol-
lows:
| WHEREAS, By the surreptitious
enactment of an unjust law by the
Congress of the United States, and
the consequent demonstration OF
silver in the interests of the money
combinations of the world, to the
great detriment and financial loss
to the producing classes of our
country, and especially the pro-
ducers of gold and silver, and all
business dependent upon the min
ing industry Of Nevada, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That we, citizens and
voters of Lyon county, Nevada, in
mass convention assembled, do de-
clare that for our mutual benefit,
and for the future prosperity of our
State and Nation, the enactment OF
laws by Congress for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, its per-
feet restoration as money, on an
equality with gold, and just and
equitable measure for the storage
and distribution of water for irri-
cation, mining and mechanical
purposes; are vastly paramount to
all other questions of political i'm
port. Therefore, for the purpose OF
such legislation, we solemnly bind
ourselves to each other and indie
pendently assert that we will sup.
port by our votes and voices no
candidate for public office, either
National, State our County, who
does not avow himself in favor of,
and express willingness to aid in
securing the passage of the laws
above demanded.
RESOLVED, That in binding our
selves to the performance of the
above obligation, we freely accord
to each and every member of this
organization, perfect freedom of
opinion upon all other questions of
political significance, believing it
no more than Just, that all national
parties should favor our purpose;
we will labor for such endorsement
without preference or prejudice to
either, but should all parties fail in
the future, as they have in the past,
to give the relief desired, we hold
that duty to ourselves will absolve
us from party ties and fully justify
us in giving our individual support
to those only who are known to be
true to the cause we advocate.
RESOLVED, That we invite the
voters of the several election pre-
cincts in Lyon county to meet and
organize precinct leagues, adopt
resolutions and elect delegates to a
County Convention, to be held in
Dayton, April 25th, 1892, to perfect
a county organization; that the APP
portionment of delegates to this
convention be to every 20 voters
or fraction thereof in each precinct.
The Chair next appointed an Ex-
eeutive Committee as follows; J. R.
Shaw, E. T. Reynolds, J, H. Rae,
T. P. Mack. The name of Chair
man was upon motion also added
to this committee.
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