Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-11-10
SILVER PLATFORM


Neva1", declares as follows:
Nher oac lIr. Cleveland wa.
elected IL 1884 Oh the following sill
yer platfo-m: ''We believe in hon,
est money, the gold and silver coin
age of the constitution, and circu-
lating medium convertible into sucf
money withoutloss; and immediate /;
after the election recommended the
repeal of the Bland act ard the utter
| decentralization Of silver, and use
the entire influence Of his admini.
trat;an to reduce the money o. the
world to the single gold standard,
| and was defeated by the people in
1888; and
Whereas, 4Ir Harrison in 1858
was elected -. the following pat
form: "1'be Republican par y IS in
favor o. the use OF both gold and sis
yer as money, and condemns the
policy Of the Democrat c admins
| pration its efforts to Gemonetize
silver: and after his election insist
! ed Upon the repeal Of the Blanl act
and The substitution therefor oe the
! celebrated Window silver bullion
tii by he terms which bullion was
t. be deposited in the treasury and
eccrtl6ca' cS issued there or: redeem
able in bullion, not in money, which
would have placed silver upon like
! footing wi,h wheat, corn or any other
commodity deposited aud warehouse
receipts issued thereon. The com
I promise act Of 1890 was extorted
irom him to save the tariff, and since
its passage every beneficial feature
it contained has been thwarted by the
administration Of the government
ana the refusal cf the treasury de-
plr;mc by direction of the presi-
}eut, use ivcr as money or to
csin silver, as required by the act,
q provide fol the redemption of the
reasury notes issued IN the purchase
u bullion; and
Whereas, hIr. Harrison has repu-
dated the pl~tform Of his party made
1T Minneapolis, which was 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 gold dollar, which it I'M
9ssibie for the marked plce Of sill
yer ever hereafter to advance. He
would take advantage Of the "bear"
movement Of the conspiracy between
England and tie treasury depart
ment to depress the price of silver,
sud he combination 81 the nations of
the world MAINTAIN for the benefit Of
the owners II gold such depressed
price ana
Whereas. the administration and
he gold men in the Republican party
III the Dist congress conspired to con
salilate the gaveri.n.enL by deprivlng
the people Of free ballot by the
passage Of the odious force bill, which I
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
> opriation. 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, 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 joIni-
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; H, f. Bartine
Nevada; Binger Hermann, Oregon,
and Thos II. Carter Montana, had
the power to defeat it by severlng
themselves from the gold advocates
md joining with the friends of silver,
bat they refused to do 50, and there
by created breech between the sill
yer producing states and the great
mass Of silver men in thes west and
south, which has ever 81 ce contrib
uted to prevent the passage OF a free
coinage bill il, 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 in the defeat
Of the force bin in the nate and by
his efforts, with the aid Of a portion
IF the silver Republicans, rescued the
country from the calamity which that
evolutionary measure would have
caused, aud q silver party was created
n the senate sufficiently stroug to
PASS through that body in The last
md i'll tie present congress free
coinage bill pure and simple. The
Dill which passed il the sd congress
vas postponed in the house and is
itill pending for action; and
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the
Harrison policy u the federal inter 7
erence i'll local elections, as exem-
,Ilfie1 in the force BIZ. would place a