Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-10
The SILVER PLATFORM.

The silver wing Of the Bepubli
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted me slowing u t5orm:
The CO. cCLtion ena,roe5 md
adopts the platform OF the Eepub-
licas State Convention. held 81 Va
citv on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we cond"mn the
! Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the admin ration 0:
President Harrison, inso.a. d>, they
have failed TO ac omplish tha COM
I Elete remOne lzation of silver, and
/ TO e. at laws providing Tor the
! free and unrestricted coinaga OK
that metal.
Reso we'd. That the festorA Ation
of silver To the place IL pct Died
previous To the passage Ca the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of tue country and
paramount TO all other political
consir erations The Legislation
w ich robbed silver Of its money
functions and denied to the owner
Of eiiver bullion the right to ave
the same coined into money pom
the some terms and conditions
which d ply to the Coinage of gold
reduced the money OF ultimate re-
dempt1on or ayment, about ono
half. and enabled the owners OF
money and obligations payable Ia
money TO monopoliZe thu coin OF
, the com mercial orld.
| Resolved, That the people OF
Nevada are in favor of the COIN
age Of silver upon the same con.
ditions which apply to the coirage
of g"ld, and they are opposed to
elevatins any person 10 Office who
/ is not known to be unequlvocally
in favoT # opening the Minis OF
the United States to the free and
unlIuited coinage of silver.
In vioN of tn unsatisfactory at
| titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the remOneti-
"a tion OF silver, Il is conven ton
will make no nominations TO Pres
I
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Ionvention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination cleo
ters
The Convention cordially en-
derses the vigo' Gus efforts If 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 bono. Id
ers and laborers and PRODUCERS Of
wealth
And we fav"r the cont1n Cation
Of agitation and contention for the
free and unnmited coinage Of sil-
! yer at the present ratio Of 16 to /,
| for their own benefit aud for the
| peuctit of the people al large
miners, farmers. labor Icrs and me
| chanics.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues, irrespective OF past party
affiliations, in convention asseInbi-
/ ed, do set firth the following dec
laration of principles:
FL st. We demand the full re-
mon tizatisR 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
a Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question OF the iree
coinage of silver and we denou1ce
the action OF their recent national
conventions as inimieal to the ma-
teral interests of the people 2 the
United States. and especially to
those of Nevada and all the other
mining st ties and territprIe aud
we therefore repudiate the MI
nees of their convention.
I Third. We rledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no -7aa for
President or Vice-Presideu ei the
United States who is not uBeQliv
ecally in favor Of free coinage as
defined by this convention We
reseave to the silver leas uc5 OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled, g,
the right of directing said Pfesi-
dental electors for whom to cas-
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. s NIXON.
Chairman State Committee OF 5ii
yer Ptsrty.
III. 2. FLANNERY, Secretary.