Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-19
No 169
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing of the Republl
can State COnventio- Unanlmous-
ly adopted the slowing pl#tform:
The cor vcLtion enGcrscs and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
icas State Convention. held a, Va
citv on the 80 of April lass. a4 fol-
low:
Resolved. That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Ea-rern
states and the admiuistra os
President Harrison, insofar as hey
have failyd TO ac omplish Uh,- corn.
Elete remonetiZation OF silvei and
to ena,,t laws providing tea the
free and unrestricted coiuage ox
that metal.
Reso. we'd. That tie iestor tioR
of silver - the place II 2'e.pied
previous 10 the passage Ga the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity OF the country and
paramount to all other political
consiC era lions The legIslario1
w,,ich robbed silver of its money
functions and denied to the owner
of silver bullion the right To lave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which "a ply to the cuinage OF gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
Z demption or syment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obliga gations payas q Ia
money to monopoiize tho coin OF
the commercial world,
Resolved, That the people OK
Nevada are ia favor OF the coin.
age of silver upon the same COR
ditiOns which apply to the coinage
OF gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person 10 office who
is not known to be uRequiVocally
ia favor "f opening the Mil = OF
the United States TO the free and
uHlImited coinage Of silver.
| In vleu of tn unsati- factory at
titude of President Harrison to the
par2nount issue OF the remunea-
Ia tioD Of silver, tt is convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
| idential electors and the State Gem
tral Committee to be appointed by
this convention shall have DO aA-
thority to put ia nomination efee-
tors
| The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts " our
Senators and Representatives c3
secure the free and unlimited coin-
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true is ue between the
money powers and the bCndhold-
ers and laborers and producers Of
wealth
And We favnr the coht1nc atom
of agitation and conteb bt tion for the
| free and uu ,nited colnage of su-
yer at the preseht ratio Of 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
uensht Of the peorle At large
! miners, ia mers. laboIer5 and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentstIves II the various silver
leagues irrespective OF pas party
affiliations, ia convention assembl-
ed, do set rth the following dec"
( laratiOn OF 'iincipleS:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
mon tize tie VA of silver and the free
and unlimiUed coinage thereof, at
: the present ratio Of l6 to /
; SecUbd. We are rail-, ally and
unalteI ably opposed tC the Nadoa-
a. Reputllctn and Democrat tic par
! ties on the question OF the rec
| coinage OF silver and we denounce
| the acti Il of their recent natl nal
conventIons as inimical TO the ma
/ terIal Interests of the people 4 the
United states. aud espec-@ly to
! those OF Nevada and all the other
mining st It's AMI territprie-, and
we therefore repuIiate the n mi
nees of thei, convention
Third. We rle.ge the Il ninees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no -ral for
President o. Yrce-Presiden If the
/ United etaCr5 who is not ua Iuiv-
ocally in 1nvor OF free coibs.ge as
defined by this conventicn We
reseave to the silver lea2.ues of
Nevada, H. Convent es-e emOled,
the right of directing said Presi-
dentia electors for whom 10 cast
their Votes, should contiugeucies
require. GEO. s NIXON,
Chairman State Committee Of SR.
yer P~'ty.
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