Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-12-22
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing of the Republi
can State COnveuGoa unanimous
Iy adopted tua Glowing platiorm:
The cor v1ELi0n eu,.gr5es and
adopts the platform OF the Repub-
licas State Convention. held ri Va
citv on the 30 OF Apgil last. ~ fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party # the Eastern
states and the administration ..
President Harrison, insofar aa they
have failed to accomplish the conn
Elete remonea alzatlon Of silver, aud
10 enact laws providing for the
free and unrestIicied Coinage or
that metal.
Resolved, That tie sestor ltion
/ of silver to the place IL o'cLpied
previous TO the passage Ga the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential TO
the prosperity of the country and
paramount To all other political
considerations, The leglsla'iJn
w ich robbed silver of its meneY
/ 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 a ply to the C image of gold.
/ reduced the money of ultimate re-
demption or ayment, about one-
! hall, and enabled the owners of
money and ligatioi.s payable In
money TO monopoIiZe tha coin or
the CONNER cial world.
Resolved, That the people Oh
| Nevada are iu 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 o office WHO
is not known to be unequlvocaliy
in favor Of opening the Mills OF
the United States to the free and
unllruited coinage OF silver.
In view of tn unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison TO the
paramount issue OF the remoDeu-
zation of silver, t Is convention
will make no nominations To- Pres
idential electors and the State &. n
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination eien-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo, Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives IN
secure the free and unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done In pre-
septiny the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhold-
ers end laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we favr 7 tn continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
free and mited coinage OF sH-
yer at the present raLI" of 10 to 1,
for their own benefit ana tor the
uenrtit of the peorle Al large -
miners, farmers. labOIcrS and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the va'lous silver
leagues, irrespective { past party
affiliations, in convention assembl-
: ed, do set rth the following dec
laration OF principle:
f. st. We demand the full re-
a mon tizatian of silver and the free
and unlimiued coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of Is to
a, Second. We are radically and
unalferably opposed &c the Nation
al Republican and Democratic par
p ties on the question OF the rec
coinage OF silver and we denounce
the action of th If recent national
conventions as inimical TO the ma
terlaI interests Of the people 81 the
United states, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othcl
mining st te5 aud territories, AID
= we therefore repudiate the n"nl-
nees of their convention.
Third. We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t, support no -Na1 for
President or Vice-Presidehu of the
United States who is not unequ. ~
ocally in favor of free coinage al
. defined by this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues o.
Nevada, il Convention assembled
Il the right of directing said Presi
Dental electors for whom to cas-
sl their votes, should contingencies
I require. GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF 81,
IL yer p.>'ty.
ID IA y ET,ysEPy Secretary