Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-02-14
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

can State Convention, unanimous
ly adopted 'n'- /! wing flatiorm:
The &C. 7cEtion eu,:.r5oS 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 # The Eastern
states and the admin tration o.
President Han rison. Insofar AS they
have failed TO ac omplish the COM
Iete remoue izatiun OF silver, and
to e,a,t t laws providing Tor the
free and unrestricted Coinage OF
that metal.
Reso we'd, That the restoration
of silver to the place it orehpied
previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act of 1873, is essential to
the prosperity OF the country and
paramount to all other political
consi, erationG The Legislation
W ich rohhed silver Of its mo ley
functions and denied to the owner
of ei,ver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which T. ply to the image OF gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demption or ayment, about one.
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and oblig aiions uayable In
money TO monopo.lze tbs coin Of
the CONNER cial world.
Resolved, That the people q
N-vada are in favor Of the coin.
age OF silver upon the same con.
ditions hich apply to .he coinage
of gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person 70 office who
is not known to be uneqnivocally
in f. vor f openlng the Minis OF
the Uuited States 10 the free and
unlimited G. mage of silver.
la vIes of th unsati factory at-
titude OF President harrison to the
Paramount issue OF the Itmoneti.
zatiou Of silver, is convention
will make no nominations foI Pres.
idential e ectors and the State Cen.
tral Committee to be appointed by
this opven Liun shall have 10 au.
thority to put in nomination ele0-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus Efforts II our
Senators and Representatives tn
secure the free and Unlimited coinA
age Of silver, and the educational
wora that they have done in pre-.
senting the true is ue between the
money powers and the bondhoid.
ers ai.d laborers aud producers Of
wealth
And we fav the continuation
Of a.itati N and ition tor the
f ee ami nited {, c,.naEe of sill.
yer at tie preseLt RAJ II 16 to l,
for their own benefit and tor the
benefit tf the peuIlc II lage =
nliners, fat M rs. llhoIc's and me-
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
eentAtIves oi tie vailous silver
leagues irrespective If past party
affiliations, in convention ASSEMBLE
Ell, DO set rth he following dec
la,atiun Of nrinciple:
Fl st. We demand tie full re-
moue'iz tian OF -iIver and the free
and uulimltrd cuiuag- t. ereoi, at
u e present ratio Of 6 t., l.
Second. We are ra,ii ally and
unal'erably opp sed to the Nation
a Republic and d. mocratic par
ties on he quest on Of the feo
coinage of silver and we denounc0
the acti q Of til ir recent natl nal
conventiu rs as inimical o the ma
teral interests of the people rs Tho
United states and especially 70
those Of Nevada and all the othoC
mining st t~s and territories, AID
we therefore repudiate the omi-
nees of thei convention
Third We rle ge the nominees
o this convention for Presidential
e &c, ors TO su port no MAJ fog
President or VI e-President ot the
United Stats who is not nnequiv-
ocally in favor Of free coinage AZ
def ed by this convention. We
reseave To the silver leagues Of
Nevada. il. Convention as emhlcd,
the right of directing said Ptcsi-
dentiaI electors for whom TO cast
their votes, should coniingeueies
require. GEO. 5 NIXON.
Cha rtnan State Committee OF Sill
Yer pa ty.
b. P. FLANNERY, Secretary.