Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-01-27
THE SILVER PLATFORM.
he silver wing Of the Republl

The silver wing of the Repupl
can State Conventio1 Unanimous
ly adopted in> wing platform:
The CO. rsEiinn endorses and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
licas State Convention, held at Va
city on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Ct tbe Eastern
states and the administration o.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to ac omplish the COM
Ilete remone ization of silver, and
to era. t laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinage OF
: that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t occupied
previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act of 1873, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other politica
considerations The Legislation
! W ich robbed silver of its mo aey
functions and denied to the owner
of silver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the image of gold,
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
dempHon or ayment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable In
money 10 monopoize tho coin Of
the CONNER cial world.
Resolved, That the people Of
| Nevada are in favor Of the coin
age Of silver upon the same con-
ditions hich apply to the coinage
of gold, and they are opposed te
elevating any person 70 office who
is not known to be unequivocally
in favor of opening the NliLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited image Of silver.
In view Of tho unsati factory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the remoneti-
ia tion Of silver, is convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
| identiaI electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives to
secure the FREQ and unlimited coin>
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
sentiny the true is ue between the
money powers and the bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav r the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
fee and us mited coinage of sill
yer at the preseht ratio OF 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
benefit of the people at la'ge :
miners, farmers, labo1efS and me-
chanlcs.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues. irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assembl-
ed, do set rth the following dec
laratien of principles:
Fist. We demand the full re-
| .,oono4;1otion of .iIx,or opA tho froo
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
tie pi esent ratio of l6 to l..
| Second. We are radially and
unallelably opposed to the Nation
g. Republican and Democratic par
ties on The question Of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounco
the acfian of thrir recent national
conventions as inimical to the ma
terial interests of the people cf the
| United States. and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othor
mining st trs and territories. aid
we therefore repudiate the nomi-
nees of their convention.
/ Third. We rleige the nominees
o. this convention for Presidential
electors to support no ma1 for
President or Vne-Prcsident OF the
| United States who is not uneqniv
ocally in fDver OF free coinage aa
detioed by this convention. we
reseave to the silver leagues OF
| Nevada. il Convention as, embed ,
the right of directing said Ptesl-
Dental electors for y hofn to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. s NIXON.
Cka.rnaa State Committee OF Sill
yer patty.
| Ell. P. FLANNERY, Secretary.