Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-28
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing Of the Bepubn
can State Conventior unanlmous-
ly adopted the enswinC plartorm:
The cor vCEtion eu1Crsca and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held "a. Va
citv on the 80 Of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party of the EasUern
states and the administration o.
President Harrison, insofar they
have failed to ac ,ompiish the COM
Elete RECOMMENDATION OF silver, and
to eract laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage or
that metal.
{ Resolved, That the festor4 ton
OF silver TO the place II o,cLpied
previous To the passage ul the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
paramount to all other political
considerations The Legislation
which 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 apply to the coinage of gold.
reduced the money of ultimate re-
demptiOn or uayment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable In
money = mOnopOlize the coin Of
the commercial Orld,
Resolved, That the people oi
Nevada are in favor Of the COIN
age Of silver upon the same con.
: -...ions which apply to the coinage
OF gold, and they are opposed tc
elevating any person 10 Office who
! is not known to be unequlvocally
in favor # opening the MiLts Of
| the L 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 remoneu-
Zation Of silver, tLis convention
will make no nominations for Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put In nomination cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the viger GUS efforts VI our
Senators and Representatives t>s
secure the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhold-
ers and laborers aad producers OF
wealth
And we favor the continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the preseht ratio of Is to /,
for their own benefit and for the
uelefit Of the people al large
miners, farmers. laboIers and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues, irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assembl-
ed, do set firth the following dec
lafation of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
mon tizatian of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
tie present ratio of l6 to
Second. We are radically and
opposed tC the Nation
a Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action Of their recent natiuual
as inimioal to the ma
teriaI interests OF the people Il the
United States, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othcr
mining states and ter itpries md
we therefore repu1iate the mi
nees OF their convention.
ThiLd. We pledge the nnmmees
o. this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no "eal for
President or Vice-PTesijen the
United States who is not uurt NV
0cally in f8vor of free coinage as
defined by this convention We
reseavo TO the silver leagues Of
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said = esi-
iential electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF sid
yer psrty.