Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-09-25
SILVER PLATFORM.

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Nevada, declares as follows:
Whereas, Mr.. Cleveland wa
elected III 1884 on the following sill
yer platform: "lVe believe i'll hon
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and a circu-
lating medium convertible into suci
money withoutlosS;" and Immediately
after the election recommended The
repeal of the Bland act and the utter
| demonstration of silver, and useC
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
| Whereas, Mr. Harrison in 1855
wa elected on the following plat
form: ''The Republican party is in
| favor Of the use of bovh gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic admins
tration in its efforts to demonetize
silver and after his election INSIST
cd upon the repeal Of the Bland act
and The substitution therefor Of the
celebrated Window silver bullion
! iii, - Tic teyias which bullion was
! to be- eeposlte., IN the treasury and
| certificates issued Therefore redeem
able in bullion, not in money, which
would have placed silver upon 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
It's passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
and the refusal of the treasury de-
partment, 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 III the purchase
of bullion; and
WHEREAS, Mr.. Harrison has repu-
dated the platform of his party made
at Minneapolis, which was 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 the gold dollar, which it I'M
possible for the marked prlce of sill
Yer ever hereafter to advance. He
would take advantage Of the ''bear"
Of the conspiracy between
England and the treasury. depart
ment to depress the price Of silver,
and he combination Of the nations Of +
the world maintain for the benefit of T
the owners Of gold such depressed (
price and
Whereas. the administration and /
the gold men in the Republican party
III the DIST congress conspired to con-
sohdate the government BY deprivlng
the 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 out of the treasury of the
| nited States from a standing APP
> opriation. This would enabled the
executive TO have hundreds of thous-
lmds Of political workers at the polls,
with power Of supervision Of the re
urns of elections throughout the
| nited States: and
Whereas, ! | the silver men III the
house OF Representatives except those
rom the mining states, were bitterly ]
opposed to the force bill and regarded
5 as destructive Of free government
md designed to secure negro ioni-
latlon in the south; and
Whereas, The force bill passed the {
louise of repre- entatIves by only six l
majority, ana the following ,so-called a
liver Republicans, namely: Hosea
1ownsend ri Colorado; II, f. Bartine s
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
nd Ihos IT. Carter Montana, had c
lie power to defeat it by severing
from the gold advocates a
nd joining with the friends of silver, a
ut they refused to do SO, and there 5
y created breech between the sill b
er producing states and the great e
lass Of silver men in the west and
outh, which has ever since contrib Il
ted 10 prevent the passage of a free a
oinage bill IL the house; and Q
Whereas, William NJ. Stewart was p
lie first Republican in the senate 70 r,
in hands with the silver men i'll the n
party in the defeat i
the force bill in tie senate and by d
IS efforts, with the aid Of portion Il
the silver Republicans, rescued the q
'untry from the calamity which that L
evolutionary measure would have G
used, aud silver party was created -
the senate sufficiently stroug to
iss through that body in the last Fl
ID III the present congress a free at
image bill pure and simple The r
Il which passed in the sd congress st
rs postponed in the house and is Vt
III pending for action; and ri:
WHEREAS, the Endorsement of the an
arrlson policy of the federal inter an
rerce IN local elections, as exem- 70
fled in the force bill, would place an