Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-08
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing of the Republi
can State Convention unanimous
ly adopted the 'olIowtng platform:
The convention endCrs2s and
adopts the platform of the Eepub-
licas State Convention, held at Va
city on the 80 Of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the administration oe
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed to accomplish the COM
plete demonstration of silver, and
to enact laws providing for tho
free and unrestricted Coinage Of
that metal.
Resolved, That the restoration
of silver te the place 1t . o'chpied
previous to the passage Oh the
Mint Act Of 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The Legislation
which robbed silver of its m0noy
functions and denied to the owner
Of silver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upoa
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the coinage Of gold.
reduced the money of ultimate re-
demption or payment, about one
half, and enabled the owners OF
money and obligations payable In
money to monopolize tho coin Of
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the I euple 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 to
elevating any person to office who
is not known to be unequivocalIy
in favor Of opening the MiLts OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In view of tho unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to ths
paramount issue of the remoneti-
Zation OF silver, this convention
will make no nominations foI Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
therity to put in nomination elec-
tors.
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts 0f our
Senators and Representatives 10
secure the fres 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 bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth.
And we favor the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and unlimited coinage of s1-
yer at the preseht ratio Of Is to /,
for their own benefit and for the
benefit Of the people at large
r.!ners, farmers, laboIers and me-
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives Of the various silver
leagues, irrespective Of past party
affiliations, in convention asseInbl-
ed, do set forth the folio wing dec
laration Of principles:
First. We demand the full re-
mone.izatian Of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of Is to l
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tc the Nation
al Republican and Dem tic par
ties on the question OF the freo
coinage Of silver and we denounoe
the action of their recent national
conventions as inimical to the ma
terial interests of the people cf the
United States. and especially to
those OF Nevada and all the other
mining states and territories, and
we therefore repu date the nomi-
nees of their convention.
Third. We rlsdge the nominees
of this convention for Presidential
electors ts support no ~'aa for
President or Vice-PresidenC of the
United States who is not uneql liv-
ocally in favor Of free coinage as
defined by this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues Of
Nevada, iI Convention assembled,
the right Of directing said Presi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
squire. GEO. s NIXON,
Chairman State Committee of SD
yer p..rty.
II. Z. FLANNERY, Secretary.