Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-14
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing OF the EepabH
can State COnventio- unanimous
Iy adopted tn4 lowing plat'orm:
The CO vlEtion cnd0raUg and
adopts the platform OF the Herub-
licas State Convention. held ~ Va
lit, on the 81 OF April lasr. rs tol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn The
Republican party Of The Eastern
states ana the admiui-lratIon o:
President Harrison. insofar a. they
have faii-d TO ac ompilsh thu COM
rlete remone, la ton of silver, and
t. e, at laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coiudiyr q
that metal.
Reso we'd. That the testor ttion
of silver t. the place II o'cLpied
previous 10 the passage "a the
Mint Act or 1878, is essentia! to
the prusperIty of tue county md
paramount To all other POLITICAL
consireratIun The Legislation
W ich robbed silver of its money
functions and denied to the owner
Of ii ver bullion the right To have
the .91ne coined into money upon
the .-nme terms and conditions
which ply e. the c. image of gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demption or uyment, about one
half. and enabled the owners OF
money and obligations payable Ia
money 70 monopoiize tho coin OF
the CONNER clai orld.
Resolve, That the people Oh
8 Nevada are 10 favor Of the c"in-
"a age If silver upon the same con-
ditiuna W hirh apply to the coinage
iof gold, and they are opposed TO
. elevatinz any person % oihce who
( is not known to be unequlvocally
in f.vur + cpenlng the Minis or
the United States to the free and
: unlimited coinage Of silver.
In VIE OF tn unsatisfactory at
titude of President RaIrison 60 the
paramount issue OF the remoneu-
zation Of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations foi Pres
idential electors and the State Gem
tral Committee to be appointed by
this onvenLion shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elec-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
: dorses the vigorous efforts If our
Senators and Representatives T.,
secure the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done In pre-
sentipg the true issue between the
money bowers and the bCndhoid-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav tn cOnJInCattod
- Of agitation and contention Tor the
free and uu,. .mited coinage of si1-
yer at the preseLt ratio Of 10 to 1,
for their own benefit ami for the
uFuefit OF the peolle al large -
miners, far mers. labOTcrS and me
chanics.
The citizens OF Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention asseunbl-
: ed, do set 'rth the following dec
laration of principles:
Fl st. We demand the fuli re-
e mon tizatian of silver and The free
and unlimited coinage thereof, al
the present ratio OF l6 to |
!, Second. We are IA. j ally and
unalterably opposed &c the Narion-
a. Republican and Democratic par
. ties ON the question OF the rec
coinage of silver and VIC denounce
the action Of their recent natl ual
conventions as inimieal TO the ma
ter al interests Of the people If the
= United Ntate7 and especially to
those OF Nevada and all the othCl
: mining st tes and titarie-, and
. we therefore repu1iate the n1nj-
naes OF thci. convention.
Third. We pie. ge the nominees
o, this convention tor Presidential
electors t, support no -9a1 for
President Of Elce-Presi3eu Of the
Untei Statts who is not UneQny-
ocally in favor OF free coinage al
def ed 10y this couyentirn- We
reseave to the silver leaLuer oi
Nevada, il Convention assembled
the right Of directing sid Preai'
dental electors for whom to cas-
their votes, should coutingemcies
require. GEO. ) NIXON,
Chairman State Commit .0e OF Si-
yer p,>'ty.
II ID E,.NnyEpx S-cre.aTv