Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-09-21
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

TIE silver wing of the Repubn
can State Conventior unanimous
ly adopted the s1n wing platform:
The cCrccEtion eDd-r5,s and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held ut Va
citv on the so Of April last, as fol"
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the administration o.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed TO accomplish the COM
Ilete RECOMMENDATION OF silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage or
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t oNchpied
previous TO the passage On the
Mint Act or 1878, is essential to
the prosperity OF the country and
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 have
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 payment, about one
half, and enabled the owners of
money and obligations payable In
money to 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 to
elevating any person 10 Office who
is not known to be unequivocally
in favor of opening the MiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In view of the unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the remonett-
zation OF silver, this convention
will make no nominations foI Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put ia nomination eleo-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts of our
Senators and Representatives to
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 and producers Of
wealth.
And we favor the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and unlimited coinage Of sil-
yer at the preseht ratio OF 16 to ],
for their own benefit and for the
oeaefit Of the peorle at large -
miners, farmers. labor ors 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 forth the following doc
laration of principles:
Fist. We demand the full re-
mon tizati8n of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 to /
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
al Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question of the free
coinage Of silver and we denounce
the action of their recent national
conventions as inimical to the ma
terial interests of the people Of the
United States, and especially to
those OF Nevada and all the othor
mining states and territories, and
we therefore repudiate the nomi-
nees of their convention.
Third. We pledge the nominees
of this convention for Presidential
electors tt support no -"a1 for
President or Vice-Presiden - the
United States who is not ulr9uiv-
ocally in fovor of free coinage as
defined by this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said Presi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sn.
yer p.Nty.