Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-03-30
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

| The silver wing Of the Republi
can State Conveptio-, unanimous
| ly adopted 'ne lowing platiorm:
| The CO. ocEtian enaor5es and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention, held At Va
citv on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn tho
Republican party Of be Eastern
states and the admin ni-tration 0.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to ac ompllsh tbs COM
Ilete remone ization of silver, and
to enaJ laws providing sor the
free and unrestricted coinaCe Of
! that metal.
Resolved, That TIE restoration
of silver to the place 1t occupied
previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act of 1873, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The legislation
witch robbed silver of it's money
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 a ply 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 monopotlze tho coin OF
the CONNER cial world.
Resolved, Thet the people d
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 20 Office who
is not known to be uneqnIvocaliy
In favor of opening the MiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unllmited coiDage of silver.
In view Of tn unsati factory at
titude Of President Barrison to the
paramount issue of the remoneti.
Zation OF silver, tt is convention
will make no nominations foi Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Couven Lion shall have no au-
thotity to put in nomination elec-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus efforts If our
Senators and Representatives to
secure the FREQ and unlimited COIN
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
eentiDg the true is ue between the
money powers and the bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav. the continuation
Of agitation and contet. tipn for the
fee and III, mited coin ae of sill
yer at the present ratio Is to l.,
for their own benefit aB0 tor the
benefit Of the peorle al large
miners, "a mers, laboIerS and me-
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives OF the various silver
leagues irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assembl-
ed, do set f rth The following deo-
latation Of principles:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
monetizatian of silver and the free
and Unlimited coinage thereof, at
tile present ratio of I6 to l.
Second. We are radically and
unaliel ably opposed to the Nation
a RI phi 'lican and Democratic par
ties on he question OF the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the acti- n Of their recent natipnd
conventions as inimical o the ma
ter'aI interests OF the people cf the
United states, and especially to
those of Nevada and all the othor
miuing st tts and territories, aid
We therefore repuiiate the nomi-
nees Of their convention.
Third. We rleige the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors TO support no ma1 I0f
President or Vce-President Of the
United Stat, who is not uneq'liv-
ocally in favor OF free coinage aG
def ed hy this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada. il. Convention as embled.
the right Of directing said Pfc5i-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should continsenciea
require. GEO. S NIXON.
Cha rman State Committee OF SA-
yer pa.ty.
u Z ErSNRnr 0.cretarr