Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-10-20
SILVER PLATFORM

Nevada, declare is follows:
| Whereas, Dir. Cleveland was
elected III 1884 ON the following sill
yer platform: "We believe in 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 utter
demonetization of silver, and used
the entire influence Of his admins
traticn to reduce the money of the
world to the single gold standard,
and was defeated by the people in
1888; and
Whereas, Dir Harrison in 1858
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 Ill It's efforts TO lemonetize
silver; and after his election insist
| ed upon the repeal Of the Bland ct
ana ,he substitution therefor Of the
celebrated Niulom silver bullion
uilI. by he terms which bullion was
to be deposited in the treasury and
certificates issued therefor; redeem
able in bullion, not i'll money, which
would have placed silver upona 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-
partmen-,' ~ direction Of the presi-
dent, t use silver as money or to
coin silver, as required by the act,
toproyide 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 sufficiently
radical for gold to satisfy the gold
press, and now declares in his letter
IF 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 .ol dollar, which it i'm
3ossible fur tie marked price of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. He
would take advantage Of the bear
IA pement If the conspiracy between
England ana He treasury depart
ncnt "a dePress the price Of silver,
aud he combination Of the nations of
III world maintain for the benefit Of
Die owners Of gold such depressed
price and
Whereas. the administration and
The gold men IN the Republican party
III the 51st congress conspired to con-
soliaate the govor..neAc by depriving
tie people OF 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 OF of the treasury of the
United States from a standing ap-
) opriation. This would enabled the
executive to have hundreds of tk,
ands Of political workers at the pol.s,
with power Of supervision of the re
turns Of elections throughout the
nited States; and
Whereas, All 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
ana designed to secure negro ioni-
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, F. Bartine
Nevada; Bin9er Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos FL. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by severing
themselves from the gold advocates
md joining with the friends of silver,
but they refU. ed to do 50, and there
BY created a breech between the sill
ver predicting states and the great
mass Of silver men III the west and |
south, which has ever since contrib |
uted to prevent the passage of a free
coinage bill IL the house; and
Whereas, William II. Stewart was
tie first Republican in the senate to
Join hands with the silver men in the
Democratic party in the defeat
of the force bill III the senate and by
his efforts, with the aid Of portion
Of the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
revolutionary measure would have
caused, aud silver party was created
in the senate sufficiently stroug to
pass through tnat body in the last
and in the present congress 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
Whereas, the Endorsement of the
Harrison policy of the federal inter
ference in local elections, as exem
phtied in the force bill, would place
tba ~+o4a of Nevada in onnositioD IN