Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-04
SILVER PLATFORM.

| Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Cleveland wa.
elected IN 1884 on the following sill
yer platform: "We believe i'll hon.
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into such
money withoutloss; and Immediately
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act and the uttel
decentralization 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
| Where's, Mr. Harrison in 1883
was elected on the following plat
| form: "The Republican party is in
| favor of the use of both gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
| policy of the Democratic admins
tration in It's efforts to demonetize
| silver and after his election insist
! Cd upon the repeal Of the Bland act
| and the substitution therefor of the
Federated Window silver bullion
f.; bill, by th9 terms which bullion was
!! Il lie deposited in the treasury and
| certificates issued therefor; redeem
! able III bullion, not il 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
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-
partlnent, 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 thG>platform of his party made
at Minneapolis, which vas 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 tie gold dollar, which it i'm
possible for the marked price of sill
vel ever hereafter to advance. He
would take ;-3vantage of the bear
movement Of the conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
ment to depress the price of silver,
and be combination Of the nations of |
the world maintain for the benefit Of T
the owners Of gold such depressed I
price and
Whereas. the administration and
the gold men in the Republican party
iii the DIST congress conspired to con-
solidate the government by depriv1ng
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 ap-
preparation. This would enabled the
executive - have hundreds of thous-
ands OF poi; al workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision of the re-
turns Of elections throughout the
United States; and
Whereas, All the silver men in the
house Of representatives except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
to the force bill and regarded
is as destructive of free government
and designed to secure negro domi-
nation in 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
Townsend Of Colorado; II, f. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
md 1hos ii. Carter Montana, had {
he power 10 defeat II by severing
themselves from the gold advocates a
md joining with the friends of silver, a
Jut they refused to do so, and there
)y created breech between the sill /
yer producing states and the great e
mass OF silver men in the west and
south, which has ever since contrib +
lted to prevent the passage of free a
coinage bill IL the house; and Q
Whereas, William NJ. Stewart was
he first Republican in the senate to r
DIN hands with the silver men in the n
Democratic party in the defeat i
# the force bill in the senate and by d
lis efforts, with the aid Of a portion t
f the silver Republicans, rescued the o
ountry from the calamity which that |
evolutionary measure would have G.
aused, aud silver party was created )
a the senate sufficiently stroug to
ass through that body in the last II
nd in the present congress a free a
oinage bill pure and simple. The K
i'll which passed i'll the 52d congress st
as postponed i'll the house and is v
till pending for action; and RI
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the ID
HARRISON policy Of the federal inter a. q
srerce in local elections, as exem- ie
lifted in the force bill, would place al
he : tate of Nevada in opposition to