Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-12-08
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

/ The silver wing of the Eepubn
can State ConveDtion unanimous
ly adopted tua living plat.orm:
/ The CO vcEtion endorses and
adopts the platform Of the Repub-
Iicas State Convention. heit 1t Va
city on the 80 of April last. as fol-
lows;
! Resolved, That we condemn the
Republican party 81 the Eastern
states ana the admini-trati. n os
. President Harrison. insofar - they
have failed TO ac omplish TIA, osm-
Flete remOue izatlon OF silver and
TO enavt laws providing tcT the
/ free and unrestricted coinaTa SS
that metal.
Resolved. That tie fest2r ton
of silver TO the place It D'o-pied
/ previous 70 the passage O, the
Mint Act Of 1878, is essential to
/ the prosperity OF the county and
paramount 10 al other poi tical
! consid erattons The Legislation
witch robbed silver Of its money
functions and denied to the pwner
/ Of silver bullion the right to ave
the same coined into money upon
the some terms and conditions
! which ply TO the C image of gold.
reduced the money Of ultim 10 re-
demption or ayment, about me
half. and enabled tn" On r' 4 OF
money and Obll4atioI x p.ya 20 In
money 10 munopoiize IL CON of
! the CONNER clal void.
Resolved, That the leopse OF
! Nevada ar ia favor Of the coin-
age Of silver upon the same con-
ditions which apply to :he ccIpage
Of GOLD, and they are oprosed &c
elevatinE any person 20 Office who
is not known to be uuequlvonally
in favor # cueDIng the Nn's OF
! the United States to the free and
. unIlnlited c.lua.e OF silver.
la We. Of tn unsatisfactory at
titude of President Harrison IL the
paramount issue OF the remuneti-
zation or silver, t is convention
will Ike no nominations 70 Pres
identi electors and the State tsn-
tral Committee to be appointed by
this COnven zion shall have no au-
thority to put in nomination eieS-
tors
The Convention cordially en-
dorses the vigo' Gus efforts II our
Senators and Representatives Il,
secure the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver, and the educational
worl that they have done in pro-
senting the true issue between the
money powers and the bCndhoid-
ers and laborers aud producers OF
wealth
And we fav + tn cOHt1n alton
Of agitation and contention for the
! free and uu, mited coinage OF sill
yer at the present ratio Of 10 to !,
| for their own benefit and for ths
ueEetit of the peorle at large
miners, farmers. laboIcrs 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 'lincipies:
| Fl st. We demand the full re-
mon tizatian of silver and the free
and unlimited coinage thereof. at
! the present ratio Of Is to
; Second. We are radically and
unalterably opposed tC the Nation
a Republican and Dem ocratic par
. ties on the question of the rec
coinage of silver and we denounoe
! the action of their recent national
/ conventions as inimical to the ma
/ terial interests of the people II the
United states, and especially to
4 those of Nevada and all the other
mining st ties and tertit Irie>, aud
we therefore repui iiate the noni--
( neeS of their convention.
{ Third. We pledge the nominees
OF this convention for Presidential
elecjors t, support no 'Ha1 for
! President or Vice-PUesideht + the
/ United States who is not unct.qiy-
I ocally in favor OF free coinage as
defined by this convention. We
/ reseave to the silver leagues OF
Nevada, il Convention assembled,
the right of directing said Piesi-
( dental electors Tor holn to cast
their votes, should contingencies
require. GEO. ) NlAON.
/ Chairman State Committee Of Sd
yer p.1ty.
Il. 7. FLANTx.tT, Secretary.