Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-23
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

1 he SILVER " ing OF Jle hGpuDu
/ can State Conventiot unanimous
/ ly adopted the lowing bittiorm:
/ The CO. scLuon endorses and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held Al Va
citv on the 80 OF April last. d. fol-
lows;
J Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the admlnislra, OF
President Harrison, inso1as .4s hey
have failed to ac omplish the COM
Ilete remOne lZation OF silver, and
to e"a,'t laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coina;ye OF
that metal.
Resolved, That the .e5tor tion
OF silver u the place II 'eLD Died
previous 10 the passaGc y. the
Mint Act or 1873, Is essential to
the PROSPERITY of the country and
paramount TO all other polIiical
considerations The leglslation
W ich rohhed silver Of lite money
functions and denied to the ow1er
Of silver bullion the right to ave
the same coined into money Upon
the some terms and conditions
which ID ply TO the C, image of gold
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demptlun or ayment, ahu4l ne
half. and enabled the OWueIs of
money and obligations paya' 10 IA
money TO moDopoiize tn com OF
the commerc cial ~orld
Resolved, That the I eople OF
Nevada are in favor of the coin-
age of silver upon the eaI,.e on
diti"ns " hirb apply to the image
Of gold, and they are opluseu to
elevating any person 20 office who
is not known to be uneguIvocally
in favor Il opening the Aie IS OF
unlluited coinage OF silver.
In view of tn" unsati- factory at
titude of President Harrison To the
Paramount issue OF the Temoneti-
Zation Of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
idential electors and the State en-
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 vigor Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives ts
secure the free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done ia pre-
sentiDg the true issue between the
money powers and the bCndhoid-
ers and laborers and producers Of
wealth
And we fav"r the cont1nC ion
OF agitation and contention for the
f. ee and uummited coinage of aQ-
yer AT the present ratio Of l6 to 1,
for their own benefit AMI for the
uenedt of the people al large
miners, far mers. laboIerS and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
of the various silver
leagues irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assgTnbl-
ed, do set { rth the follow ing dec
laratIun Of "rinciplea:
+, IT. We demand the full re-
mon 'izati9n of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof. at
e. e pI esent ratio OF 10 t.
Second We are ra'.i.ally and
alterably opposed tc the Nation
b Republican and Democra tic par
ties On The QUESTION of the roe
coinage OF silver and we denoUace
the acri IN of their recent nari axl
as inimieal to The lna-
terlal interests Of the people 90: the
United states. and especially to
those of Nevada and all tnr orhcI
mining ~ tes and territ rIe, and
We therefore repu1iatp the n mi
lees of thei. convention
Third. We rleuge the u.nIInees
ot this convention for Presidential
electors t, support no ".al for
President Or Eu,e-Presa. .n 1 the
Unitei stat who is not uat+.ulv-
ncally in fIvur OF free cuira2e as
ieh Ell ty this conveu'i-r We
-e7eare t. the silver h.1a,.e-, OF
Nevada, i, Convention e- rubled,
he right "f directing ia I es,-
iential electors for whom go cast
heir Votes, should courirceucies
'equire GEO. s NIXON.
Cha rlnan State Committee of 39
yer D,.ltV