Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-02-05
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

DH ellNOf " lDR III lIiV Aetk'A
can State Conveptio,. unanimous
ly adopted 80 ]! wing platform:
The &C. scLiion en,..r5os and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held at Va
eitv on the 80 of April last. as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party of the Eastern
states and the admin tratlon o.
President Harrison, insofar as they
have fail q TO ac onplish the COM
lete remoue ization OF silver, and
to eaa.t laws providing Tor the
free and unrestricted coiuaCa OF
! that metal.
Reso we'd, That tie restoration
of silver to the place 1t o,eApied
previous to the passage o. the
Mint Act OF 1878. is essential to
the rrosperitv Of the county and
paramount to all other political
Considerations The Legislation
W ich rohhed eilver Of it's mo ley
functions and denied to the owaer
Of silver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms aud conditions
which u. ply to the image of gold.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
delnpti,n or ayrnent, about one
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations Uayable In
money TO monopo iZe LhN coin OF
the CONNIE, cial World.
Resolved, That 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 o office who
is not known to be uneqnlvo ally
in f vur opening the AiLts Of
the United States TO the tree and
unlimited innge of silver.
In vle~ of tn unsati factory at
titude Of President harrison to the
paramount issue OF the femoneu-
zatio1 or silver, t is c.Lvtnlion
will make no nominations 10 Pres
! ideutisl ecture aud the State Gem
tral Committee to he appointed by
this ouven zion shall have 10 au.
tho,ity to put in nomination eles-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus effoIts II our
Senators and representatives to
secure the FREQ and unlimited COIN
age Of silver, and the educational
wort that they h,ve done in pre-.
sentiug the true is ne between the
money pow, rs an he bondhold-
ers and Iaborers nj ,roducers OF
wealth
And we fav lie atinuation
of az gitati9n and ten tor the
ee aud l. nliten ina of sill
yer at the prtseht 90 3 to l,
| for their own henpi nd r the
benefit Of the peol at age -
miners, far M rs, l.,bolo /, and me-
chanicS.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatlves of tile VARIOUS silver,
leagues irrespective Of plsl party
affiliations, in convention aSsetnbi-
ed, do set rth 'he following dec
| La, alton of n,iuciple-:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
monetiz tian of silver and he free
and uDimit-d coinag- thereof, at
tie present ratio Of l6 to /.
Second. We are rail- ally and
unal eiably opp, sed to the Nation
a Republic and D. mocraLic par
ties on he quest on OF the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the acri q Of their recent national
con ventinns as inimical 10 the ma
ter'al interests OF the people e: the
United states aud especially to
those of Nevada and all the othof
mining st It's and tertit 'rie., aud
We therefore repu.liate the nomi-
Dees of tAei convention.
Third. We Fle ge the nominees
o this convention for Presidential
e'ec,ors TO su port no ma1 for
President nr Vfe-Presiden Of the
United Stat, who is not uneqniv-
ocaIly in favor of free coinage as
def ed by this convention. We
reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada. it, Convention as entitled.
the right nf directing said Prcsi-
dentiai electors for whom 10 cast
their votes, should contingencies
require GEO. S NIXON,
Cha rm;sa State Committee OF Sill
yer pS u.
Fl. z. FL2NNERY, Secretary.