Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-01-26
THE SILVER PLATFORM.
The silver wing of the Republi

The silver wing OF Gtio hePuDI
can Stale Conventio, unanimous
| ly adopted 'ne 2iiawing platform:
The CO. ecEtion en,:>r3cs and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held at Va
citv on the 80 of April last, as fol-
lows;
Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party of the Eastern
states and the admiui tralloa Q.
President Harrison, insofar as they
| have fail-d to ac omplish the COM
rlete remone izatlon OF silver, and
to e.a,t laws providing for the
free and unrestricted Coinage OF
! that metal.
Reso we'd, That the restoration
of silver to the place 1t occupied
previous to the passage OF the
Mint Act of 1878, is essential to
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
copsid eratiols The legislation
W ich ro. bed silver of it's money
functions and denied to the owner
of silver bullion the right to have
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which a ply to the C image of gold,
reduced the money Of ultimate re.
demptinn or ayment, about one
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations payable In
money 70 monopoIize the coin OF
the commel cial world.
| Resolved, That the people o.
Nevada are in favor Of the COIN
age Of silver upon the same con-
ditiuns which apply to .he coinage
Of gold, and they are opposed tc
elevating any person % o{iice who
is not known to be uueqnivocally
in f. vor f opening the MiLts OF
the United States 10 the tree and
unlimited mage of silver.
In view Of th unsati factory at
titude Of President Harrison to the
paramount issue OF the remonet1.
zation Of silver, t is convention
will make no nominations 70 Pres.
idential electors and the State Gene
tral Committee to be appointed by
this Couveh Lion shall have no au-
thority to put ia nomination cleo
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives to
secure the FREQ and Unlimited coins
age Of silver, and -the educational
Wort that they have done in pre-
senting the true is ue between tho
money powe rs and the bondhold-
ers end laborers and producers OF
wealth
Aud we fay the continuation
of a. itati3n and cont ntion Tor the
fee and u. niited coinage OF sill
yer Ut the preseht ralio OF 16 to, /,
fer their own benefit and tor the
benefit of the peorle at large :
miners, tanners, laboIors and me-
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives II the various silver
leagues irrespective of past party
affiliations, in conyeution ASSEMBLE
ed. do set firth the following dec
laration Of ntinciple-:
Fl st. We demand the full re-
monetizatian of silver and the free
and Unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio of l6 t. /.
Second. We are raii ally and
unal'erably opposed to the Nation
a Republic, and Democratic par
ties on he quest. on Of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the acti n of th-ir recent nati"nai
cunventi rs rs inimical 10 the ma
+er,al interests OF the people cs the
United states and especially ia
those of Nevada and all the othol
mining st t4s and territ prie9, AID
we therefore repn liate the noml-
nees of thei convention.
Third. We rle ge the nominees
= O. this convention for Presidential
electors to su port no mal Tor
President or Vlce-President OF the
United Stats who is not uneq niF-
ocaIly in fpvor of free coinage az
'S def ed 10y this convention. we
reseave to the silver leagues Oh
Nevada. il. Convention as emhlcf
- the right of directing said P'csi-
~ Dental electors for u HON to cast
their votes, should contingencies
REQUIRE GEO. S NIXON.
Chairman State Committee of Sn'
yer patty.
H. T.. FLANNEEY, Secretary.