Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-29
THE SILVER PATFORN.

The silver wing Of the EepubH
can State Conventio. unanimous
ly adopted the slowing piattorm:
The corvoEtion endorses and
adopts the platform of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held n Va
city on the 80 of April last. - tol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
/ Republican party OF the Eastern
states and the administrator o2
President Harrison, insofar sI, they
have filled 20 ac somplIsh tha COM
/ Ilete renone lzation Of silver, and
( to e at laws providing Tor the
free and unrestricted coin4,y- OK
that metal.
Resolved, That tie testor .uon
of silver To the place II . 'ci. pied
previous 10 the passage q. the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount TO all other political
considerations The Legislation
, W ich robbed silver of ite money
functions and denied to the owner
! Of eivct bullion the right To- ave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which d ply to the C image OF gold.
reduced the money of ultima te re-
I demptIOn or payment, about me
half, and enabled the OoneTs of
money and oblig at1ons peyanle In
money 70 monopolize tL7 coin Of
! the commerc cIai oTld.
! Resolved. That the Leople Oh
Nevada are in favor of the COIN
age of silver upon the same con-
/ diticps which apply to tLe courage
of gold, and they are opposed tc
! elevating amy person 10 office. who
! is not known to be uneQulv, cally
/ in favor cf opening the Minis OF
the United States to the free and
unlimited Clinage of silver.
In vieo Of III unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the remonetl-
Ia tioI of silver, t. is convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres
! idential electors and the State Gen.
tral Committee to be appointed by
| this Conven Jion shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination elec-
| tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo' GUS efforts II our
Senators and Representatives t3
secure the free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-
sentiDg the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhoid-
ers and labOrers and producers OF
wealth
And we fav tn. cont1D alton
| of agitation and contention for the
! free and ,mited coinage of sU-
yer at the present ratio Of 16 TO !,
I for their own benefit and for the
/ i,eueiit of the peoile al large
miners, farmers. laboGers and me
! chanicS.
The citizens of NevajA, repre-
sentatives of the varIous silver
leagues irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assembl-
ed, do set firth 'he following dec
laratiOn of "riuciple~:
! f: st. We demand tie full re-
mon tizatian Of silver and the free
and uDlimiurd coinag- thereof, at
I the pl esent ratio of Is L.
Second. We are raiirally and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
a Republican and Democratic par
ties on the question of the rec
/ coinage of silver and we denounce
/ the actin OF th-ir recent natl" nal
conventions as inimical 10 the ma
terIaI interests of the people 70: the
United states. and especially to
those OF Nevada and all the other
mining st is and torsit ,rie~, and
We there ore reput tiate the mi
necs OF their cOpvCutlon.
I Third. We r!3dge the nominees
o. this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no 'oa1 for
President OF Vice-PreeiGe,l cf the
United States who Is not uuefulv-
ocally in favor OF free coinage as
defined by this convention, We
reseave to the silver leag ues Of
! Nevada, il Convention ass embed,
! the right of directing said Picei-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
! require. GEO. S NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF Sis
! yer p@rty.