Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-13
SILVER PLATFORM.

est uIOuey, IHc POlu aHu oLlfCI CClA-
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucl
money withhold oss;' and immedIatel
after the election recommended til,
repeal of the Blard aco ard the .el
demonstration o. silver, and uset
the entire influence of his admins
tration to reduce the money OF the
world to he single gold s,andard,
and was defeated by the people il
1888; and
| Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1855
was elected on the follo9ing plat
| form: ''The Ropr blican party is in
/ favor Q the use os Jo,h sold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
| pc cy of the Democraec admins
tration IN its efforts 30 em0aetize
| silver; ana after his election insist
ed gpoh the repeal III the Bland act
and lie substitution therefor OF the
celebrated Window silver bullion
bill, by The terms which bullion was
to be deposited IN tie treasury and
certificates Issued there or; redeem
able IL b,llion, no. III money, which
would haze placed silver upon a like
footing With wheat, corr or any other
| commodity deposited and warehouse
receipts Isl led thereon. The COM
promise act Of 1899 was extorted
/ from him 10 save the tariff, and since
its passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administrator q the government
and he refusal d the treasury de>
partment, by direction Of the pres;-
dent, Z, use silver as MONEY or to
coin silver, as required by the act,
to 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 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 y ar equal to the commercial
value of the gold dollar, which it i'm
possible for the marked prlce of sill
yer ever hereafter t. advance. He
WoEld take advantage of the ''bear"
movement of tAe'conspiracy between
England and the treasury depart
meur q deprc,s thc price Of silver,
and be combination Of tile nations of
the world maintain for the benefit Of
the ownels Of gold such depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
the gold men in the Republican party
III the 51st congress eonspired to con-
sohdate the government by deprivlng
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 ard deputy marshals, to be |
paiC out OF the treasury Of the
United States from a standing ap-
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, III the silver men in the
house Of Representatives except those
from the mining states, were bitterly
opposed to the force bill and regarded
IS as destructive of free government
and designed to secure negro donai>
nation III 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, +. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos III. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it By severing
themselves from the gold advocates
and joining with the friends of silver,
but they refused to do SO, and there
by created breech between tie sill
yer producing states and the great
mass of silver men in the west and
south, which hes ever since contrib
uted to prevent the passage of free
coinage bill III the house; and
Whereas, William NJ Stewart was
the first Republican in the senate to
Join hands with the silver men in the
Democratic party III the defeat
Of the force bill III the senate and by
his efforts, with the aid of portion
IF the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that !
evolutionary measure would have
;aUsed, aud a silver party was created
Z the senate sufficiently stroug to
oass through that body III the last t
nd in the present congress free q
coinage bill pure and simple. The !
ill which passed III the 52d congress S
vas postponed il the house and is
till pending for action; and I
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the q
HARRISON policy Of the federal inter :
ererce in local elections, as exem-
,llfied in the force bill, would place
he state of Nevada in opposition to
he friends of silver throughout the .
therefore, be it ;
Resolved, That the silver party of
Nevada condemns the policy of the !,