Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-12-20
THE SILVER PLATFJ2d.

The silver wing Of the Berunu
can State ConvenGo. unau3mou5-
lv adopted tn- diving rlat.urn:
Tile cC,vcEunu el,.,r5e- md
adopts the platform OF the E-rub-
Lcas State Convention, held r. "a
civ on the 30 of April lasr. a. to'-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party If the Eastern
states and the aimini- -trati"n y
President Harrison. insofar as tucY
have failed to ac omplish the coLn-
Elete remuue, ization Of silver, and
to e. at laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinag@ ~
that metal.
+ Resolved. That the festorttlon
of silver 70 the place 1t 2'ci-p.ed
previous 10 the passage ., the
Mint Act OF 1873, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The leglsla'iJc
witch robbed silver of its money
functions and denied to the owner
Of silver bullion the right to lave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which lply to the C, image OF goii.
reduced the money Of ultimate re-
demption or ayment, about oae-
half, and enabled the oWners of
money and obligations payat ie In
money to monopoliZe tho coin OF
the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people Oh
Nevada are in favor Of the coin
age of silver upon the same c"n-
ditions which apply to the coipsSe
of gold, and they are opposed TO
elevating any person TO office who
is not known to be uneqnlvocaliy
in favor of opening the NiL'e Of
the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In view Of tn" unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison To the
paramount issue of the remoneti-
Zation Of silver, e. is convention
will make no nominations TO Pres
idential electors and the State &c H.
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elen-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts n our
Senators and Representatives ~
secure the free 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 bcndhoid-
ers end laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we favnr TIL continuation
Of agitation and contention for the
free and uunmited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio OF 16 TO /,
for their own benefit and Tor the
peneGt Of the peoule at large -
miners, farmers. laboIor5 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 firth the following dec
laration OF principles:
FL st. We demand the full re-
q mon tizatian of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 TO
!, Second. We are radically aud
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
a Republican and Democratic par
rs ties on the question OF tn" lee
coinage Of silver and we denoun"e
the action of their recent nai"uai
conventions as inimioal TO the na-
teriaI interests of the people -. ne
!. United states, and especially tc
those Of Nevada and all the othol
.. mining st tes and territafie-, ID
= we therefore repu liate the T. nj
nees Of their convention.
Third. We Pledge the u 'n.aoes
OF this convention for Presiieatiai
electors t, support no "'a1 for
President or Vice-Presiden, of the
United States who is not uncguiE-
ocally in favor of free coinage al
. detiaed by this convention. W.
reseave to the silver leagues o.
Nevada, H. Convention assembled
Il the right of directing said Pfesi
Dental electors for whom to cas-
'l their votes, should contingencies
Il require. GEO. . NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sh
81 Yer p,Hty.
q II. p. FLANNERY, Secretary