Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-03-25
THE SILVER PLATFORM.


can State Conventio. unanimous
| ly adopted toe i wing platform:
The GO" 7GEiion enIvr3cs and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
iicas State Convention, held at Va
citv on the 80 OF April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn tho
Republican party of tile Eastern
states and the administration 0:
President Harrison, insofar as they
| have failed to ac omplish the COM
Ilete remone ization OF silver, and
to ena,t laws providing for the
free and unrestric;ed Coinage OF
! that metal.
Resolved, That tie restoration
of silver to the place It occupied
| previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act of 1878, IS essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political !
considerations The legislation
W ich robbed silver Of its mo ney
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 image of gold,
reduced the money of ultimate re-
demption or / ayment, about one
half. and enabled the owners OF
money and obligations payable In
money TO monopoIize tho coin of
the CONNER cial 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 tc
elevating any person 10 Office who
is not known to be uneqnlvocally
IN favor of opening the AliLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In vie" Of th~ unsati> factory at
titude Of President harrison to the
paramount issue Of the remoneti-
zation Of silver, t. is convention
will make no examinations for Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus efforts IF 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 is, ue between the
powers and the bondhold-
ers and Iaborers and producers OF
wealth
And we favor the continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
L ee and unnmited coinage of sill
yer at the present ratl9 I 16 to l,
'or their own benefit an tor the
oeneft of the peorle III large
farmers, hboIers and me-
.hanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
Of the various silver
eagues irrespective of past party
in convention assembl-
I'd, do set I rth the following dec
aration Of principles:
Fist. We demand the full re-
nonetizatian of silver and the free
md Unlimited coinage thereof, at
lie present ratio of l6 to l..
Second. We are radically and
lnalIerably opposed to the Nation
y Republican and Democratic par
les on the question Of the rec
oinage OF silver and we denounce
he action Of their recent nationM
as inimical TO the ma
erial interests of the people cf tho
United States. and especially to
hose of Nevada and all the othor
mining st tes and territories, aud
~ therefore repuiiate the nomi-
ees of their convention.
Third. We rleige the nominees
t this convention for Presidential
lec'ors to support no ma1 for
resident or Vlce-President Of tho
'nited STATES who is not unequiv-
cally in fnvor of free coinage az
Ell ed by this convention. We
eseave to the silver leagues M
Tevada, il Convention as embled.
le right of directing said Presi-
entail electors for whom to cast
neir votes, should contingencies
auuire. GEO. s NIXON,
hartman State Committee Of SA-
yer patty.
H. F. FLANNERY, Secretary.