Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-07
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing OF the Repubn
can State Conventio. unanimous
ly adopted the III )wing glariorm:
The CO" VCErlon endorses and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
icas State Convention. held at Va
citv on the 30 OF April last. do fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party Of the Eastern
states and the admin -tration os
President Harrison, insofar as they
have failed TO ac omplish the CON-
Elete remone IZaJion OF silver, and
to enact laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage q
that metal.
! Resolved, That the restor ,tion
I of silver to the place II o,cL pied
previous TO the Passage u the
Mint Act OF 1878, is essential To
the prosperity OF tie county and
paramount to all other pei ii cal
/ considerations. The Legislation
which robbed silver of its money
I functions and denied to the owner
Of silver bullion the right to rave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
I which ply to the C. image OF gold,
reduced the money of nltImate re-
F., aemption or LAY ment, about one
half, and enabled the Owrers of
money and obligations p2yatie Ia
money TO monopoiize III coin OF
| the commercial orld.
! Resolved, That the People oi
Nevada are in favor of the coin.
age of silver upon tne same con-
ditions which apply to the coIrage
OF gold, and they are Upla,.erQ to
elevating any person 20 ufi.s who
is not known to be unequIvocaliy
/ IA I. vor f opening the AiiLIs Of
the United States TO the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
| In vieo of tn unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the remoneu-
zatiou OF silver, t. is convention
| will make 40 nominations 70 Pres
! idential electors and the State Cen.
trail Committee to be appointed By
this /, onvenuion shall have no au-
thority to put in soninaticn cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en-
derses the vigo Gus efforts VI our
Senators and Representatives es
secure the free and Unlimited coin
age of silver, and the educational
work that they have done in pre-.
sentipg the true issue between the
money powers and the bondhoid.
ers and laborers and producers Of
wealth
And we favur tn cont1nU alton
of agitation and conJshtion for the
free and unumited coinage of sH-
yer All the present ratio Of 16 to !,
for their own benefit and TOR the
seue fit of the people a, large
naihers, farmers. Labor era and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives of the various silver
leagues, irrespective of past party
affiliations, in convention assembi-
ed, do set firth the following dec
laration of principles;
Fl st. We demand the full re-.
mon tizatiaa OF silver and the free
and uBlimiCed coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of Is te l
Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
a. Republican ana Democratic par
ties on the question OF the rec
coinage of silver and we denounee
the action of their recent natl nal
conventions as inimical 10 the ma
terial interests OF the people ~ the
United States. and especially TO
those of Nevada and all the othcr
mining sites and territories, and
we therefore repuiiate the npmi-
nees of their convention.
Third. We rledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
electors t. support no "oa1 for
President or Vice-Presidenl Of the
United States who is not unegsGiN-
ocally in fevor of free coinage as
defined by this convention, We
reseave to the silver leaed des of
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said Presi-
Dental electors for whom to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. s NIXON,
Chairman State Committee OF SE
YER perty.
III. r. FLANHBRY, s. .erotary.