Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-11-12
SILVER PARTY PLATFORM

tion assembled at Winnemueca, Nevada
declares as follows:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Cleveland was elected IN
1884 on the following silver platform: we
believe in honest money, the goid ana siI'
yer coinage Of the constitution, ana a
CIRCULATING medium convertible into such
money without LOSE" and Immediately
Alter the election recommended the re-
neal Of the Bland act and the utter de-
monetization Of silver, and used the en-
lire influence OF his administration TO re-
duce the money Of the world to the single
yold standard, and was defeated by the
people in 1888; and
WHrEEAs, Mr.. Harrison in 1883 was
elected on the following platform: The
Republcan party is in favor OF the use OF
both gold aud silver ~ money, and con-
demus the policy Of the Democratic ad-
mipistrstion in its efforts to demonetize
silver" and sfter his election insisted upon
the repeal OF the Bland act and the sub
stitutiOn therefor of the celebrated Win
dom silver bullion bill, by the terms
which bullion was 10 be deposited in the
treasury and certificates issued therefor,
ieieomable In bullion, not in money.
shich would have placed silver upon
Ike footing with wheat, corn or any other
commodity deposited and warehouse re-
4 eeipts issued thereon. The compromise
the tariff. and since it's passage every bene-
fetal feature 10 contained has been
thwarted by the administration OF the
government and the refusal OF the Treas
ury Department. by direction Of the Presi-
dent, 10 use silver as money or 10 coin sill
yer, a. required by the act, to provide for
the redemption Of the treasury notes is-
sued In the purchase OF bullioni and
WuEREAs, Mr.. Harrison has repudiAted
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neapolis. which was sufficiently radical for
gold TO satisfy the gold press, and nov de
clares in his letter Of acceptance that he is
opposed 10 independent action on the part
OF the United States, bu. lie in favor OF an
international conference, provided the
ratio can be 40 changed as TO make the
commercial value OF tho silver dollar equal
20 the commercial value Of the gold dol
lar, which would make it impossible for
the market price Of silver ever hereafter
to advance. He would thus take advan-
tage Of the bear movement OF the con-
spiraoy between England and the Treasury
Department TO depress the price Of silver,
and by combination Of the nations OF the
x0rld maintain for the benefit OF the
sWners Of gold saoh depressed price; and
WHEREAS, the standardization and the
Nj men in the Republican party In the
MaCongress cOuspired 10 consolidate the
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free ballot by tho passage OF the odious
ioToe bill, which provided for the appoint
nsnt OF an unlimited number Of super
vis0rs OF election aud deputy marshals, TO
be paid out Of the Treasury Of the United
States from q standing appropriation.
This measure would have enabled the
executive 10 have hundreds Of thousands
Of political workers at the polls, with
power OF supervision Of the returns 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
opposed to the Force bill aud regarded IL
as destructive Of free government and de-
signed to secure negro domination in the
South; and
WHEREAS, The Force bill passed the
House of Represen ntatives by only six ma
jority, and the following soeAlled silver
Republicans, namely: Hosea Townsend
Of Colorado; IL. +. Bar.ine, Nevada;
Binger Hermann, Oregon and Thos. II.
Carter, Montana, had the power to defeat
IL bv seyering themselves from the gold
advocates and joining with the friends OF
silver. but they refused TO do so, and
thereby created a breach between the silver
producing State aud the great mass of sill
yer men in the West aud South. which has
ever bluNt NNhkiAbuhNh w RtoNehh pas
sage OF Free Coinage bill in the House;
and
WHEREAS, William NJ. Stewart was the
hrst Republican in the Senate to Join
hands with the silver men in the Demo.
cratic party 10 the defeat OF the Force bill
in the Senate aud by his efforts, with the
aid Of portion OF the silver Republicans,
rescued the country from the calamity
which that revolutionary measure would
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10 the Senate sufficiently strong 10 pass
through that body in the last and in the
present Congress u Free Coinage bill, pure
snd simple. The bill which passed in the
52d Congress was postponed ia the House
Nd IL still pending for action; and
WHEREAS, the Endorsement Of the Har-
rison policy OF the federal interference in
local elections as exemplifed In the Force
bill, would place the State OF Nevada IN
opposition TO the friends Of silver through
oul the country; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the Silver party OF Ne
vsda condemns the policy of the Cleve-
land administration for it's efforts TO de.
moneiize silver, and denounces the Re-
pupNean Administration for its attempt to
deprive the people of free ballot, aud for
lts actlNe aud determined efforts to destroy
siIVer as money. We denounee the let
ter OF acceptance of President Harrison
LOT opposing independent action ON the part
OF the United states aud for advocating
the submission OF the financial policy OF
the United States to the dictates of the
bankers OF Great Britain and the gold ad-
voeates Of Europe aud condemn his sug-
gestion TO foreign powers SO TO change the
ratio between gold and silver that silver
can no longer be used as money.
This convention recognizes James b.
Weaver OF Iowa aud James q, Field Of
Of Virginia as the only candidates for
President and Vice President who are
friends to the use Of silver as money, and
the free aud unlimited coinage OF that
metal; and we heartily and unequivocslly
indorse Weaver and Field as the standard
bearers Of the Silver party OF Nevada and
pledge them our support. The nominees
Of this convention are also hereby pledged
70 work and vote for the standard bearers
q our cause, aud TO use every honorable
eeans TO defeat the enemies OF silver
hsrison and Cleveland.
his convention repudiates the sham
pfetense that Weaver will be defeated and
mat votes for him will be lost. Every
great reform must have beginning. Too
much time has already been lost in voting
.or the agents OF the gold trust. which ao-
non has pAralyzed the industries Of the
soantry aud ruined silver mining in Ne
'.ada. The Endorsement already given by
ns silver States OF the advocates Of gold
y former elections is used as an argument