Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-10
THE SILVER PATF0 0aA.

The silver wing of the Ret ubn
can State Conventioa UNANIMOUS
ly adopted the flowing - form:
The CO. ecEtion eBd,rsc, and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
licas State Convention. held at Va
citv on the so OF April lasr, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states aud the administrative Of
President Harrison, insofar AS they
have failed to ac omplish the COM
rlete remoue iZation of silver, and
to enact laws providing tor ths
free and unrestricted Coinage OK
that metal.
( Resolved. That the restoration
of silver to the place II 2'cLpied
previous TO the passage Ga the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
consid erat1ons. The legislation
witch robbed silver of its money
.s 8
! Of >iiver bullion the right To have
/ the. a4lme coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which d ply to the Coinage OF gold
reduced the money of ultimate re-
! demption or rayment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable in
money 10 monopoliZe tho coin or
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people Of
! Nevada are in favor of the COIN
age of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to the coinage
of gold, and they are opposed tc
elevatiHg any person TO office who
is not known to be unequlvocally
in favor Of opening the Minis or
the United 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 remOneti-
zation of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elec-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigot Gus efforts Vi our
Senators and Representatives t9
secure the free and unlimited colin
age of silver, and the educational
wors that they have done in pre-
sentiDg the true is,Ue between the
money puw.Ti and the bCndhoid-
ers end Iaborers and producers OF
wealth
And we favar tn continuation
of agitation and conteu tion ton the
free and uui mited coinage of sill
yer at the present ratio IF Is to l,
for their own benefit and tor the
ueneht Of the peorle at large -
miners, farmers. laboIcrs and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues. irrespective Of pas party
affiliations. in convention asee embl-
= ed, do set ,rth the following dec
laration of principles:
FL st. We demand the full re-
3 mon tizatian of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio OF l6 to
+. Second. We are radically and
unalteIably opposed tC the Nation
al Republican and Democratic par
. ties on the QUESTION of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action of their recent national
conventions as inimical to the ma
terial interests of the people II the
= United states, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othor
mining st ties and territorie>, ard
we therefore repudiate the npmi-
nees of their convention.
Third. We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no "'a1 for
President or Vice-Pgesiden # the
United States who is not uuag .iv
ocally in fnvor of free coinage al
defined by this conventicn- We
reseave to the silver leae des oi
Nevada, il Convention assembled
the right of directing said PIesI'
Dental electors for whom to cas-
their votes, should contingeucie:
require, GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sil
Yer pity.
II. r FLANNErv, Secretary.