Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-10-28
SILVER PARTY
STATE PLATFORM.

Tho Silver PARTY Of Nevada in con
veUtiOn assembled at Winuemucca,
Nevada. declares as follows:
WHEREAS. Mr.. C!rv,!lnd was
elected IN 1851 on the following silver
platform: two believe in honest
money. tie gol! and silver criragc OF
tn" constitution. and a circulating
uicdlum convertible into such money
without loss Hnd Immediately after
The election recommends the rcpaal
oil tine bland act ant The utter demon.
citation OF silver, and LsOd the en-.
tire influence Of his administration iu
Reduce III" monty or the world To tho
single gold standard. and WIS defeated
by I'll" people III 1855: and
WHEREAS. Mr.. Harrison in 1SSS
was elected on the following piutiDrm:
'lhc k"rur!I':pn party is IN favor 81
Tie utc oil 10th gold and silver uS
money, aud condemns the policy Of
thn ~i)ruIocrniIc administration III lis
etinTt' 10 ~dcuIrnctiZc silver" ans!
aIier his election insisted uI.On the
repeal OF the bland act and tEr sub.
stiiut'On Therefor at the celebrated
WINDOW SILVER bullion bill, by the
tcrEiS watch bullion was To be lie.
POSTED IN the treasury and %curtiii-
Gates ISSUED therefor, redrrmuhlc IN
bullion. moi in money, which would
have placed silver upon u Ike footing
win wheat, corn or any other com
mpuiiy deposited and waIchUusa L.
c"ipts io"Gvd thereon. Tn" cumprn-
m;s" act OF 1880 wHs cNtortcd from
nm 10 save TIA" tnrIiT, and since ils
ph'snge every beneficial feature il con
tanned has been thwHr,cd Ey tho nd-
mrnistraIiun OF the government and
the refusal OF the trruury department
W direction Of tho President, Iu usc
silver rs mOiey ur to coin silver, as re-
qui:"d 10y the act, In provide for the
redemption OF the treasury notes is
sn"d III tho purchase Of bullion; and
WHEREAS, MIR. Harrison has rruu-
dated Tho platform Of his party made
nj Minneapolis. which was sufficiently
radical Tor gold to satisfy the gold
press, and now declares in his letter
OF acceptance that ho ia opposed To
Independent action IN iho part "f the
United States, bnt is in favor ur AN
international conference. provided the
ratio can hc 81 changed as To make
the commercial valIe nf the SILVER
dollar equal 80 the cOmmcrrinl valro
Oi the gold Gui!ar. winch would make
il impossible for the umrkct price of
silver ever hereafter To advance. lie
would thus tane advantage III tho
"Dcar" movement Of tho conspiracy
between Er2!Hnd and tho treasury
department 10 dopress the price Of
gIlgnr t,t1,t l,xs ,.,,,l,s,.tt. ,, .T IL. ..
tons %! the world MAINTAIN for the
benefit of the owners OF gold such de.
pre- s.d price: and
WHEREAS, The administration and
the gold men in tho Republican party
IN the Dist Congress ccnspircd 10 con
s"lidatc the government by h"priving
Tho people Of n free ballot by tho uns.
sage Of ti!o Odious force bill. which
provided for the appointment of an
unlimited number uf supervisors of
rirct:0n aud deputy mhrsha!E. iu be
paid out Of the treasury Ut the United
Sintos from "a standing appropriation.
This mcasuro would have enabled tho
executive to have hundreds Of ihous.
unis Of political workers nj tho polls.
with power OF supervision uf tho ro
turns Of elections throughout the
ChItCu states; aNu
WHEREAS, All the silver mon in
tn" House Of Representatives.. except
ihus" from tho mii'rg States. were
bitterly opposed to III" fore" bill and
regarded il an destructive Of f. GOV
ernmcnt and designed lpsccuro negro
elimination in the South; and
WHEREAS, Tho force bill pissed
tho House % Representatives. by only
six mHjrrity, and tho following So.
called silver Republicans, namely:
lloscn T~owusend, OF Culnfndo; ". t..
Bartinc, Nevada; Biugrr Hermann,
Oregon, and lhOs. II. Carter, Mon.
tan', had tho power To- defeat il by
scvoring themselves from tho gold
a~dvOcnics and joining with tho friends
oi silver, but they refused to do so,
and thereby created II brcuch between
the silver producing States and tho
greai macs of SILVER mcn in tho West
and South, which haa ever siuro con.
trIbutrd to prevent The passngo Of q
free coinage bill in tho House; md
WHEREAS, VIM. VI. Stewart was
tho iirst "liopublican ~ the Senate Ia
join bands with the silver men in tho
D"innrratic y rrty in tho defeat Of tho
force blll III the Scnnte and by his Of
forts, with tho aid Of u portion Ot the
silver Republicans. rescued tlio cuun-
try from tho calamity which that
revolutionary mcasurc would have
caused, and silver party wns created
IN tho Senate sufficiently strong To
pnsa through that body in tho last
and in tho present Congress a FREQ
coinage bill, pn-o and simple. Tho
Oill which passed in tho 52nd Con
gross was postponed In tho House aud
Ia etill pending for action; and
WHEHEAa, Tho Endorsement Of tho
Harrison policy of tho federal inter.
ference IN local elections. ns cxompli-
fled in tho force bill, would place tho
stat" 81 Nevada IN opposition 10 tho
friends OF silver throughout tho coun-
try: therefore, be il
RcsOicCd, That tho Silver party Of
Nevada condemns tho policy 81 tho
Cleveland administration for it's Of.
forts to dcmonctizo silver, and do
nounccs tho Republican administra.
ton Tor Ite attempt 10 deprive tho