Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-12
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing Of the Rerubi
can State ConveDtio. un-u.uOus-
" adopted 'ra lowing rleE'orm:
The &C 7cGion eu,.o.see and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
Ecas State Convention, he'd q Va
cit, on the 30 OF April lasr. a7 toll
lows;
Resolved. That we condrui- the
Republican party of the Eastern
states aud the administratl N os
President Harrison, insoIstr ~ hey
have ftI5 a TO ac ompllsh tn COM
Elete Temoue tZation OF silver, and
TO eat laws providing t"r the
free and unrestricted coinaSr OK
that metal.
Reso we'd. That tie testor tioR
of silver 10 the place IL 2'cLpied
previous To the passage Ga the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of tue ceunrry and
paramount to all other polticai
consiu eratIons The Legislation
W ich robbed silver of its m3ney
fGnctiors ant denied To the uwuer
of silver bullion the right t. ave
the same coined into money upon
the sume terms and conditions
which e ely to the C image of gold
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
dem ptluu or / ayment, about one-
half, and enabled the owners OF
money and oblig atiohs p~yanle In
money TO monopoiiZe til" coin or
the CONNER claI orld.
TTIn4 fhn nn.,ln nf
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 oprosee to
elevating any persen 70 office who
is not known to be unequlvocally
in favor If upeDing the AiLis or
the United States to the free and
unlimited coin, ge Of silver.
Ia VIE of tn unsatisfactory at
titude Of President Harrison g. the
paraE.ount issue OF the remoneti-
zation of silver, t is invention
will make no nominations TO Pres
idential 9 electors aud the state en-
tral Committee to be appointed by
this 'oDven zion shall have 10 au-
thority to put in nomination elee-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
derses the vigo Gus efforts u our
Senators ana Representatives IT,
secure the free and unllm,tea coin
age of silver, and the educational
worl that they have done in pre-
senting the true is ue between the
money powers and the hCndhold-
ers and Iaborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav tn cOnt1nCaion
- of agitation and contention for the
fee and u mited coinage of ssi-
yer at the preseLt TZtt' # 16 10 L,
for their own ueneht atu fuG the
nqrrdt Of the peorle n1 latge
aliners, IA, mers. l..hoIcrS and me
chanics.
The citizens Of Eevada, repre-
sentatives of the va Ious silver
leagues irrespective OF pas p+Fty
affiliations, in convention ussvlubl-
: ed. do set rth the following aec-
laratiun Of nIinciple-:
Fl st. We demhad the fuH re-
.e mon tizatian OF eilver ana the free
and unliniLed coinage thereof, at
tae present ratio OF l6 To
.' Second. We are ra a|iicaily and
unalt erahly opposed to the Aaion-
a Republic u and De- mUcratic par
. ties on fhe question Of tne rec
coinage Of silver and we sf..-nnse
the acti N of their rec"n, Ha. nal
conventions as inimical q ne ma
= ter.al interests of the people -. The
d United states, and especially to
, those OF Nevada aud all the othoT
=, mining st tt.s and territ 'rie-, AID
we therefore ropuiiate the n NIL
nees OF their convention.
Third. We rl-oge the Inlnees
OF this conver.Io for Presidential
electors u support no '-'a1 Tor
President or Nire-Prrsil + tho
United States who is not si .liN -
oaally in favor OF free coIn~93 ea
defined by this conventi"n- We
reseave to the silver leap ue5 OF
Nevada, H. Convention assembled
the right of directing said S,esi-
Dental electors for whom 10 cas-
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. 5 NlAON,
Chairman State Committee OF 81
yer ps,rty.
II. 2. FLANNExf, Secretary.