Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-12-07
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing of the Repubi
( can State Conventioa uuanimous-
ly adopted tna living llstIorm:
: The cor VcEuon eu,.vr5es and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention, held at Va
city on the so of April last. a. fol-
/ lows;
Resolved, That we condemr the
Republican party Of the Eu4rern
states and the administrative os
President Harrison. insofar as they
have failed to ac .omplish the COM
Ilete remoDe1fzation of silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
Z free and unrestricted coinage OF
that metal.
Resolved, That the festor .tion
of silver to the place ii = o. pied
previous 10 the passage q. the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
consid The Legislation
witch robbed silver of its nancy
functions and denied to the owner
Of silver bullion the right to 3 ave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which a ply TO the c,inage OF gold.
reduced the money of ultima te re-
demption or rayment, about me-
half, and enabled the oWrs.t- OF
money and obligations Day l- ia
money 20 monopolize tL0 com Of
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people oh
Nevada are in favor of the c0in-
age Of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to the courage
Of gold, and they are opposed to
elevating any person TO Office who
is not known to be unequlvocaIly
in T, voT Il opening the MiLrs OF
the United States to the free and
unl.uited coin4"e of silver.
In view Of tn unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
para mount issue OF the remoneti-
Zation OF silver, tits convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
identidl 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 vige, Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives tSs
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 bCndhoid-
ers eud laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav thr continuation
Of AGITATION and contention for the
free and rmited coinage of sill
yer at the present ratio of 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
r"1sUt 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
in convention aSsembl-
ed, do set f rth The following decr
laratiun Of principles:
F. st. We demand the full re-
mon tiZ4tian OF silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
tie present ratio of l6 to l
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 natl" nal
as inimiaal 10 the ma
terial Interests OF the people - the
United states. and especially to
those Of Nevada and all the other
mining st te5 and Territories, and
we therefore repu liate the nomj-
nees Of Their convention.
Third. We rieage the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t, support no -~al for
Pre5ident or VIre-Presia-nt tf tie
United States vino is not une, NV
ocally in favor OF free coinage az
dehaed by this convention. We
rezed re to the silver lea4ues of
Nevada, H. Convention assembled,
the right of directing said P,esi-
Dental electors for whom to east
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. s NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF 5h
Ver P,s'ty.
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