Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-12
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing of the Repubn
can State Conventiors unanimous
ly adopted the Al wing PLATFORM:
The convention endorses ana
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
licas State Convention, held at va
citv on the 30 of April last. as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party of the Eastern
states and the administrator OF
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed TO ac somplish the ccR-
IIete remone' ization of silver, ans
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage q
that metal.
Resolved. That tke restoration
of silver to the place 1t o'oLpisA
previous 10 the passage Ga hs
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential %
the prosperity Of the country A.
paramount to all other politics.
considerations The legislaaD
which ROBBED silver OF ito .aonag
/ functions and denied to the owa@
Of silver bullion the right TO havs
the same coined into money 49,
the some terms and conditisa1
which a ply te ene C. image of god.
reduce. the money of ultimate -
deaptiop or ayment, about o0&s
half, and enabled the owners al
money and obligations payable Ia
money to monopoiiZe ths coin OF
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people es
Nevada Qfe ia favor of the cein-
age Of silver upon the same COR
ditions which apply to the coinage
Of gold, and they are opPusef to
elevating any person 10 Office wRo
is not known to be uHequ1vJ Jcally
lin favor If opening the Minis OF
the Uuited States TO the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In view of tn" unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison To the
paramount issue OF the remonesd-
zation of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
iaential electors and the State Ge0-
tral Committee to be appointed ~
this Convention shall have no ao-
thority to put ia nomination ofse-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
derses the vigor ous efforts ii s1r
Senators and Representatives q
secure the free and Unlimited cst0.
age Of silver, and the educatio1ad
work that they have done iB pro.
senting the true issue between tho
money powers and the bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers 04
wealth
And we fav.r TIA cont1nC attsA
of agitation and contention for tAo
free and UNI mited coinage OF 81
yer at the preseLt ratio OF Is 70 1,
for their own benefit and Tor the
uenetit of the people al large =
miners, farmers. labor era and mo
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
septatives of the W 'ous silver
leagues irrespective ~ past party
affiliations, in conveuti"a assem mol
: ed, do set rth the following dec
laration of principles:
FL st. We demand the full re-
= mon tizatisn of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 TO l
!. Second. We are ra'iically and
unalterably opposed tc the Nation
a Republican and Democratic par
. ties on the question OF the TOO
coinage of silver and we denounco
the acri N of their recent natl nul
conventions as mimi cal 10 the ina.
terraI interests OF the people -: the
, United states and especially tt
those Of NeVada and all the oJhcl
= mining st t-s and territ RE, and
: We therefore repu iiate the ui-
nees of thei convention
Third. We rio. Sc the nominees
o. this cnnveu.ion Tor Presidential
electors t, support no "laI fol
President OK Viee-Presiden1 rf tRt
UniJei State who is not uneIaiv
ocally in tnv.r of free coinage a
def ed ry this convention, w
re-eave t. the silver iea2 ues o
Nevada. i convention assembled
the right Of directing sid P'eSi
dental electors for nom to cas-
their votes, -hould contingencie
require. GEO. s NIXON.
Chairman State Committee ot ais
Yer party.