Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-11-02
THE SILVER PLATFORM

The silver wing Of the EopubIl
can State CcnveutiJ- uLauImous-
ly adopted the III ,wtu- yla;0orm;
The CO. CcEjiru e,,Icrse5 and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
licas State Convention. held at Va
citv on the 30 Of April last, a4 fol-
lows;
Resolved. That We caalI.nn the
Republican party # the Ea4tern
states and the aiIuinl-tTatI'n o.
President Harrison, insofara.- lhoy
have failed TO &C ompllsh the COM
Tlete remone ization of silver, and
10 enatt laws providing for the
free and unrestricted coinaye or
that metal.
Resolved, That the festOr ltion
of silver to the place 1t ?'cLpied
previous 10 the passage Ga the
the prosperity of the country and
paramount to all other political
considerations The Legislation
witch robbed silver of its money
functions and denied TO the owner
Of silver bullion the right to havs
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
which apply to the Coinage OF gold.
reduced the money of ultimate re-
demptiOn or Tayment, about one
half. and enabled the owners Of
money and obligations payable In
money TO monopolize tn coin or
| the commercial world.
Resolved, That the people OF
Nevada are ia favor Of the COIN
age Of silver upon the came con-
diti0ns which apply to the coinage
/ Of gold, and they are opposed tc
elevating any person TO. Office who
is not known to be unequlvocal!y
| i a favor + opening the MiLls Of
the United States to the free and
unlimited Coinage of silver.
In view Of th0 unsatisfactory at
| titude of President Harrison to the
paramount issue of the remoDeti-
zation Of silver, tits convention
will make no nominations for Pres
idential electors and the State Cen
trail Committee to be appointed by
this Convention shall have no au-
thority to put ia nomination eleo-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigorous efforts II cur
Senators and Representatives tys
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 bondhold-
ers and laborers and producers OF
wealth
And we favor the continuation
of agitation and contention for the
free and uuiimited coinage OF sli-
yer at the preseLt ratio Of 16 to /,
for their own benefit and for the
nc7eit Of the people al large
miners, farmers. laboIers and me
chanics.
The citizens of Nevada, repre-
sentatives OF the various silver
leagues irrespective OF past party
affiliations, in convention assembi-
ed, do sat firth the following dec
laratiun Of nIinciples:
Fl 81. We demand the full re-
mon tizatioa Of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof, at
the present ratio Of l6 80 l
Second. We are ra9ically and
unalterably opposed to the Naoion-
IL Repubhc-n and Democratic par
ties on the question OF the rec
coinage of silver and we denounce
the action OF their recent national
conventions as inimical 10 the ma
terial interests OF the people II the
United states. and especially to
those Of Nevada and all the other
mining ST ties and territories, and
we therefore repu iiata the n'mt-
nees of their convention.
Third We ploage tie nominees
O this convention for Presidential
electors t, support 40 -~a1 for
Presiiert or Ero-Pre=5 .~a. - the
Unite1 Stats vino IL La- uu-..a1v-
ocally in favor Of free coinage as
deti.ed by this convention. We
reSeare To the silver leaG.cs Of
Nevada, il. Convention assembled.
the right Of directing sid Pres
Dental electors for whom to est
their votes, should couiiu- uc..s
require. GEO. 5 NIXON,
Chairman State Committee Of 5h.
yer p.Hty.
II. Z. FLANNErY, = Secretary.