Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-25
No ia
THE SILVER PLATFORM.


The silve- wing Of the Bepubn
can State CCnvtrtio. unafnm"us-
ly adopted 'ns d wing fd form:
The CO cotton el,.,rses md
adopts the platform OF the Eei'ub-
licas State Convention. held a' Va
it, on the 20 OF April las. as Jol-
lows;
be7olvri, That we condemn The
Republican pa'ty Il the Eastern
State auu the uimini Jrat..n o.
Presidour Harrison. ju5uia. 4s- gbey
have ill q to ac omplish tia, COM
Llete renIoue. IZation OF silver, ald
to e, at laws providing ior the
free ant unrestricted coinajyA OK
that metal.
Re-o we'd, That the .estor Jion
of silver Il the place II , 'cLpled
previous 10 the passage %, the
Mint Act or S73, Is essential to
the trospelity of the country and
paramount To all other PulItlcat
Considerations The IegIsiariJu
w len rohbed silver Of its money
functions and denied to the nwner
Of el,vet bullion the right ave
the same coined into mon" upou
the some terms and U,4.,lIIlonS
which a ply to the C image of gold.
reduced the money OF ultimate re-
dempt1un or ayment, about one
half. and enabled the owners OF
money and oblig gatiols payahle in
money 70 monOpoii3e tn coin OF
the cOmmel cIal - Orld.
Resolved, That the People OK
Nevada are in tavOr of the COIN
age of silver upon tne same con-
ditions which apply to The coinage
of gold, and they are opFosei to
elevating any person 10 office VINO
is LOS known to be uneqGlvucaliy
in favor cI ereuug the AiLts OF
the U1i5eu States 10 the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
In vie Of TN uns satisfactory at
titude Of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the Temoneti-
Zatiou Of silver, is convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
idential electors and the state C+n-
tral Committee to be appointed by
this , oDvehJ Jion ehall have TO au-
thority to put in nomination elee-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo GUS efforts II our
Senators and RcpT" tn
secure the fre" and Unlimited COIN
age of silver, and the educational
work that they hive done in pre-
senting the true issue between the
money pow r. ANA the tCndLuld-
ers end laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav IA. continuation
- Of agitation and contention tor the
free and uuu mited coinage Of sill
yer at the preseht ratio Of 10 TO 1,
for their own benefit ana tor the
,enetit of the peorle al large -
painers, farmers. ltboIeTs and me
chanicS.
The citizens Of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues irrespective OF past party
affiliations, in convention assembi-
: ed, do set f rth the following dec
laration of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
e mon tizatiop of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of Is TO
!. Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
n Republican and Democratic par
. ties on the question Of the rec
coinage OF silver and we denounSe
the action Of their recent natl" nal
conventions as inimiCal to the ma
teriaI interests OF the people II the
: United States. and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othor
=. mining sites and territories, and
p we therefore repU tiate the n"nl-
nees of their convention.
Third. We rlo .ge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no -"a1 for
President or Viee-rCesjGen nt the
UniteI States who is not ua"44 4N e
ooally in favor OF free coinage az
detiued by this convention. We
reseave to the silver league OF
Nevada, IL Convention assembled.
the right of directing said Prcsl-
dental electors for wSom to cas-
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. ) NIXON,
Chairman State Committee ot Sli
yer purty.
Il 2. PLANSsRy, Secretary.